Mid-Recent Human Occupation and Resource Exploitation in the Bismarck Archipelago

Mid-Recent Human Occupation and Resource Exploitation in the Bismarck Archipelago

Human settlement of the Bismarck Archipelago occurred by 6000 to 7500 years ago. Early inhabitants of New Ireland drew on widely dispersed stone sources, including obsidian from Talasea (New Britain), whereas those after about 3000 years ago used either stone from more local sources or obsidian from...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1978-02, Vol.199 (4331), p.877-879
Hauptverfasser: White, J. Peter, Downie, J. E., Ambrose, W. R.
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Sprache:eng
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Archipelagos
Geology
Irish culture
Island settlements
Obsidian
Resource utilization
Stone
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Zusammenfassung:Human settlement of the Bismarck Archipelago occurred by 6000 to 7500 years ago. Early inhabitants of New Ireland drew on widely dispersed stone sources, including obsidian from Talasea (New Britain), whereas those after about 3000 years ago used either stone from more local sources or obsidian from Lou Island (Admiralty Islands group) or Talasea. The dates and resource changes support a gradualist model of Melanesian settlement.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.199.4331.877