Recent Archaeological Research in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia

dc.contributor.author Sand, Christophe en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2010-08-04T19:47:41Z
dc.date.available 2010-08-04T19:47:41Z
dc.date.issued 1998 en_US
dc.description.abstract Recent archaeological research in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia has added to our understanding of the region's culture history. Excavations at nine primarily rockshelter sites on the islands of Ouvea, Lifou, and Mare suggest that the earliest human occupation of the Loyalty' Islands, as with New Caledonia, is attributed to the Lapita complex; there is no preceramic tradition evident at these sites. Along with dentate-stamped pottery, the Lapita age ceramics are associated with other forms of decoration that have not been described previously. The Lapita assemblage and assemblages from subsequent occupations at these sites produced pottery and lithic materials suggestive of continuous but diminishing interaction over time with the main island of New Caledonia. Several sites contain archaeological deposits that record the transition to recent history and the arrival of European voyagers and missionaries in the region. KEYWORDS: Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Lapita, culture history, Melanesian archaeology. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1535-8283 (E-ISSN) en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0066-8435 (Print) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/17110
dc.publisher University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu) en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 37 en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Number 2 en_US
dc.subject Loyalty Islands en_US
dc.subject New Caledonia en_US
dc.subject Lapita en_US
dc.subject culture history en_US
dc.subject Melanesian archaeology en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Prehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Prehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Oceania--Antiquities--Periodicals. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh East Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals. en_US
dc.title Recent Archaeological Research in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.type.dcmi Text en_US
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