Search Results - "Addison, David J"
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Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-06-2007)“…Two issues long debated among Pacific and American prehistorians are (i) whether there was a pre-Columbian introduction of chicken (Gallus gallus) to the…”
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Rethinking Polynesians origins: A West-Polynesia Triple-I Model
Published in Archaeology in Oceania (01-04-2010)“…The last twenty years has seen an apparent consensus that the immediate origins of Polynesian language, culture and biology lie solely with the Lapita peoples…”
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Pre-Columbian chickens, dates, isotopes, and mtDNA
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An Analysis of the Last 1000 Years Human Diet on Tutuila (American Samoa) Using Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Data
Published in American antiquity (01-07-2011)“…This paper reports the first set of isotopic data relating to human diet from the Samoan Archipelago. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data measured on bone…”
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The Changing Role of Irrigated Colocasia esculenta (taro) on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands: From an Essential Element of Colonization to an Important Risk-Reduction Strategy
Published in Asian perspectives (Honolulu) (01-04-2008)“…This paper proposes that, on the Marquesan island of Nuku Hiva, wet cultivation of Colocasia taro was important in initial colonization because it was the most…”
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The Temporal and Spatial Patterning of the Initial Settlement of Sāmoa
Published in Journal of island and coastal archaeology (27-10-2008)“…Among the Lapita-bearing island groups of the Pacific, Sāmoa is unusual for having a relatively large land area but only one cultural deposit containing Lapita…”
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Examining Causes and Trends in Marine Trophic Level Change: 1500 Years of Fish Exploitation at Fatu-ma-Futi, Tutuila Island, American Sāmoa
Published in Journal of island and coastal archaeology (14-10-2009)“…Excavations at Fatu-ma-Futi, Tutuila Island, American Sāmoa reveal a rich cultural deposit spanning approximately 1500 years (1620-150 cal BP). Abundant…”
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Stability in the South Pacific surface marine 14C reservoir over the last 750 years. Evidence from American Samoa, the southern Cook Islands and the Marquesas
Published in Journal of archaeological science (2009)“…Although minor climatic and sea-level changes have been documented for the South Pacific during the late Holocene, our understanding of the consequent impact…”
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Assessing the role of climate change and human predation on marine resources at the Fatu-ma-Futi site, Tutuila Island, American Samoa: an agent based model
Published in Archaeology in Oceania (01-04-2008)“…In the tropical Pacific, climate change has been implicated as a causal variable in the development of a variety of social processes, including resource…”
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Ateliers of basalt. Basalt industries of Tafuna (AS-31-150) and Pava'ia'i (AS-31-170), Tutuila Island, American Samoa
Published in Archaeology in Oceania (01-04-2007)“…ABSTRACT We examine two basalt industry sites, one at Tafuna and one at Pava'ia'i, located on a Holocene lava and pyroclastic plain, several kilometers from…”
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The spectrum of postmortem ocular findings in victims of shaken baby syndrome
Published in Canadian journal of ophthalmology (01-12-2001)“…Abstract Background: Ophthalmologists and ocular pathologists are called on to help identify children who have undergone violent shaking. The objective of this…”
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The Polynesian settlement of the Hawaiian Archipelago: Integrating models and methods in archaeological interpretation
Published in World archaeology (01-02-1995)“…Archaeological investigations of the prehistoric colonization of East Polynesia have focused on the question: when did this event occur? A relatively late date…”
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The Changing Role of Irrigated Colocasia esculenta (taro) on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands : From an Essential Element of Colonization to an Important Risk-Reduction Strategy: Maritime Migration and Colonization in Indo-Pacific Prehistory
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Intrusion, integration and innovation on small and not-so-small islands with particular reference to Samoa
Published in Archaeology in Oceania (01-04-2012)“…Investigations on small Polynesian outliers have illustrated how difficult it can be to identify archaeological evidence of intrusion, or to interpret the…”
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Ateliers of basalt. Basalt industries of Tafuna , Tutuila Island, American Samoa
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Ateliers of Basalt. Basalt Industries of Tafuna (AS-31-150) and Pava'ia'i (AS-31-170), Tatuila Island, American Samoa
Published in Archaeology in Oceania (01-04-2007)“…We examine two basait industry sites, one at Tafuna and one at Pava'ia'i, located on a Holocene lava and pyroclastic plain, several kilometers from potential…”
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Feast or famine? Predictability, drought, density, and irrigation: The archaeology of agriculture in Marquesas Islands valleys
Published 01-01-2006“…This work examines the archaeology of pondfield cultivation of taro ( Colocasia esculenta) on Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands within an evolutionary ecology…”
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Feast or famine? Predictability, drought, density, and irrigation: The archaeology of agriculture in Marquesas Islands valleys
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