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Early Polynesian mortuary behaviour at the Talasiu site, Kingdom of Tonga

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This paper describes a well-preserved and burned human bone assemblage containing at least four individuals dating to ca. 2400-2600 years ago from Tongatapu Island in the Kingdom of Tonga. The remains are the oldest securely dated skeletal assemblage from Polynesia, and they shed light on the early mortuary behavior at the end of the Lapita era when Ancestral Polynesian Society (APS) is thought to have emerged.

Source: Journal of Pacific Archaeology

DOI: 10.70460/jpa.v4i1.92

Authors: Frederique Valentin, Geoffrey Clark

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Mondes, Australian National University

Language: English

Topic: Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1502662001

FWCI: 2.031

Cites: 61

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10