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Reconstructing Lithic Supply Zones and Procurement Areas: An Example from the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: While our ability to match lithic artefacts to geological source continues to improve, few explicit techniques exist for the spatial analysis and interpretation of sourced assemblages on the regional level. Obsidian from the Bay of Islands, New Zealand is used here to describe a method of spatial analysis focused on defining intra-regional procurement areas where people accessed a common set of sources. The results suggest future analyses of North Island obsidian should take care to account for the natural accessibility of sources and the use of non-local obsidian among coastal populations with greater access to maritime trade and exchange.

Source: Journal of Pacific Archaeology

DOI: 10.70460/jpa.v1i2.16

Authors: Mark D. McCoy, Thegn N. Ladefoged, Andrew Blanshard, Alex Jorgensen

Institutions: University of Otago, University of Auckland, Department of Conservation

Language: English

Topic: Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: University of Otago

OpenAlex ID: W69200123

FWCI: 17.91

Cites: 12

Cited by: 22

Related to: 10