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19 July 2021 | dataset

Lapita sites in the Central Province of mainland Papua New Guinea

For over forty years, archaeologists working along Papua New Guinea’s southern coastline have sought evidence for early ceramics and its relationship with Lapita wares of Island Melanesia. Failing to find any such evidence of pottery more than 2000 BP, and largely based on the excavation of eight early pottery-bearing sites during the late 1960s into the early 1970s, synchronous colonization some 2000 BP along 500km of the south Papuan coastline by post-Lapita ceramic manufacturers has been posited. This paper presents conclusive evidence for the resence of Lapita ceramics along the Papuan south coast between c. 2500 and 2900 cal. BP, thereby indicating that current models of colonization by ceramicists for the region need to be rethought. We conclude with a brief reflection as to why these Lapita horizons were missed by previous researchers.

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Lapita pottery trade in Papua

For over forty years, archaeologists working…

Field Value
Publisher PNG Department of Education
Modified 09 April 2022
Release Date 19 July 2021
Source URL https://png-data.sprep.org/dataset/lapita-sites-central-province-mainland-papua…
Identifier c3405b6a-8ad8-495e-8e20-40bf2e88d421
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location Papua New Guinea
Relevant Countries Papua New Guinea
License Public
[Open Data]
Contact Name biatus.bito
POD Theme Culture and Heritage