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The importance of shell: Redating of the To'aga site (Ofu Island, Manu'a) and a revised chronology for the Lapita to Polynesian Plainware transition in Tonga and Sāmoa by Petchey, Fiona, Kirch, Patrick V

“…Radiocarbon dating Pacific archaeological sites is fraught with difficulties. Often situated in coastal beach ridges or sand dunes, these sites exhibit…”
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Peopling of the Pacific: A Holistic Anthropological Perspective by Kirch, Patrick V.

“…The human colonization of the Pacific is an enduring problem in historical anthropology. Recent advances in archaeology historical linguistics, and…”
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Restructuring of nutrient flows in island ecosystems following human colonization evidenced by isotopic analysis of commensal rats by Swift, Jillian A., Roberts, Patrick, Boivin, Nicole, Kirch, Patrick V.

“…The role of humans in shaping local ecosystems is an increasing focus of archaeological research, yet researchers often lack an appropriate means of measuring…”
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Cook Island artifact geochemistry demonstrates spatial and temporal extent of pre-European interarchipelago voyaging in East Polynesia by Weisler, Marshall I., Bolhar, Robert, Ma, Jinlong, St Pierre, Emma, Sheppard, Peter, Walter, Richard K., Feng, Yuexing, Zhao, Jian-xin, Kirch, Patrick V.

“…The Cook Islands are considered the “gateway” for human colonization of East Polynesia, the final chapter of Oceanic settlement and the last major region…”
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Hawaii as a Model System for Human Ecodynamics by Kirch, Patrick V.

“…The human ecodynamics approach in archaeology privileges landscape as a core concept, asserting that there can be no environment or ecosystem detached from…”
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Investigating the global dispersal of chickens in prehistory using ancient mitochondrial DNA signatures by Storey, Alice A, Athens, J Stephen, Bryant, David, Carson, Mike, Emery, Kitty, deFrance, Susan, Higham, Charles, Huynen, Leon, Intoh, Michiko, Jones, Sharyn, Kirch, Patrick V, Ladefoged, Thegn, McCoy, Patrick, Morales-Muñiz, Arturo, Quiroz, Daniel, Reitz, Elizabeth, Robins, Judith, Walter, Richard, Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth

“…Data from morphology, linguistics, history, and archaeology have all been used to trace the dispersal of chickens from Asian domestication centers to their…”
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Polynesian colonization and landscape changes on Mo’orea, French Polynesia: The Lake Temae pollen record by Stevenson, Janelle, Benson, Alexis, Athens, J. Stephen, Kahn, Jennifer, Kirch, Patrick V

“…An analysis of sediment cores from Lake Temae utilizing pollen, accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dating, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and charcoal…”
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NEW AMS RADIOCARBON DATES AND A RE-EVALUATION OF THE CULTURAL SEQUENCE OF TIKOPIA ISLAND, SOUTHEAST SOLOMON ISLANDS by KIRCH, PATRICK V., SWIFT, JILLIAN A.

“…The Polynesian Outlier of Tikopia, situated in the Santa Cruz Islands group (Temotu Province) of the Solomon Islands, has one of the best-defined…”
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Household expansion linked to agricultural intensification during emergence of Hawaiian archaic states by Field, Julie S, Ladefoged, Thegn N, Kirch, Patrick V

“…The Leeward Kohala Field System (LKFS) covering…”
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Mid- to late Holocene landscape change and anthropogenic transformations on Mo‘orea, Society Islands: A multi-proxy approach by Kahn, Jennifer G, Nickelsen, Cordelia, Stevenson, Janelle, Porch, Nick, Dotte-Sarout, Emilie, Christensen, Carl C, May, Lauren, Athens, J Stephen, Kirch, Patrick V

“…Archaeology’s ability to generate long-term datasets of natural and human landscape change positions the discipline as an inter-disciplinary bridge between the…”
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Origins of Polynesian Pigs Revealed by Mitochondrial Whole Genome Ancient DNA by Horsburgh, K. Ann, Gosling, Anna L., Cochrane, Ethan E., Kirch, Patrick V., Swift, Jillian A., McCoy, Mark D.

“…Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) were first transported to Polynesia through a series of long-distance voyages ultimately linked to the Neolithic expansion of…”
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Interpolity exchange of basalt tools facilitated via elite control in Hawaiian archaic states by Kirch, Patrick V., Mills, Peter R., Lundblad, Steven P., Sinton, John, Kahn, Jennifer G.

“…Ethnohistoric accounts of late precontact Hawaiian archaic states emphasize the independence of chiefly controlled territories (ahupua'a) based on an…”
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Modern Polynesian genomes offer clues to early eastward migrations by Kirch, Patrick V.

“…A genome-wide analysis of modern populations in Polynesia suggests the direction and timing of ancient Polynesian migrations. This model bears consistencies…”
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Correction: Investigating the Global Dispersal of Chickens in Prehistory Using Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Signatures by Storey, Alice A, Athens, J Stephen, Bryant, David, Carson, Mike, Emery, Kitty, deFrance, Susan, Higham, Charles, Huynen, Leon, Intoh, Michiko, Jones, Sharyn, Kirch, Patrick V, Ladefoged, Thegn, McCoy, Patrick, Morales-Muñiz, Arturo, Quiroz, Daniel, Reitz, Elizabeth, Robins, Judith, Walter, Richard, Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039171.]…”
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When early Polynesians migrated eastwards by Kirch, Patrick V

“…[...]the subset of genetic variants from the parent population that were carried by individuals who established new populations are expected to be more…”
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Human ecodynamics in the Mangareva Islands: a stratified sequence from Nenega-Iti Rock Shelter (site AGA-3, Agakauitai Island) by Kirch, Patrick V., Molle, Guillaume, Nickelsen, Cordelia, Mills, Peter, Dotte-Sarout, Emilie, Swift, Jillian, Wolfe, Allison, Horrocks, Mark

“…The Gambier Islands (French Polynesia) are noted for their extreme deforestation and low biodiversity in the post-European contact period. We report on the…”
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Anything but a backwater by Kirch, Patrick V.

“…In the spring of 1970, tired of the chilly Philadelphia winters where I was studying archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, I arranged to spend a…”
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The pre‐contact temple system of Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands by Kirch, Patrick V., Swift, Jillian, Ruggles, Clive

“…ABSTRACT Building upon a pioneering 1909 survey of Moloka‘i Island heiau (temples) by archaeologist John F. G. Stokes, the pre‐contact temple system of Hālawa…”
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Qualities and Contributions of Agroforestry Practices and Novel Forests in Pre-European Polynesia and the Polynesian Outliers by Quintus, Seth, Huebert, Jennifer, Kirch, Patrick V., Lincoln, Noa Kekuewa, Maxwell, Justin

“…Agroforestry systems have long played a central role in Polynesian societies, contributing to food production, building and craft production, and ritual…”
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People of the Sea, or of the Soil? How the Balance of Marine and Terrestrial Resource Availability Informs Maximum Population on Four Polynesian Islands by Puleston, Cedric O., Kahn, Jennifer G., Chadwick, Oliver A., Belluzzo, Nick, Kirch, Patrick V.

“…Most studies of the food resource potential of early Polynesian populations focus exclusively on agricultural potential, and specifically starchy staples,…”
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