Testing the human factor: Radiocarbon dating the first peoples of the South Pacific

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dc.contributor.authorPetchey, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorSpriggs, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorLeach, Foss
dc.contributor.authorSeed, Mike
dc.contributor.authorSand, Christophe
dc.contributor.authorPietrusewsky, Michael
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Kathy
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-12T04:27:59Z
dc.date.available2010-08-12T04:27:59Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractArchaeologists have long debated the origins and mode of dispersal of the immediate predecessors of all Polynesians and many populations in Island Melanesia. Such debates are inextricably linked to a chronological framework provided, in part, by radiocarbon dates. Human remains have the greatest potential for providing answers to many questions pertinent to these debates. Unfortunately, bone is one of the most complicated materials to date reliably because of bone degradation, sample pretreatment and diet. This is of particular concern in the Pacific where humidity contributes to the rapid decay of bone protein, and a combination of marine, reef, C₄, C₃ and freshwater foods complicate the interpretation of ¹⁴C determinations. Independent advances in bone pretreatment, isotope multivariate modelling and radiocarbon calibration techniques provide us, for the first time, with the tools to obtain reliable calibrated ages for Pacific burials. Here we present research that combines these techniques, enabling us to re-evaluate the age of burials from key archaeological sites in the Pacific.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationPetchey, F., Spriggs, M., Leach, F., Seed, M., Sand, C.,…, Anderson, K. (2010). Testing the human factor: Radiocarbon dating the first peoples of the South Pacific. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(1), 29-44.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.029en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/4320
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevieren_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Archaeological Scienceen_NZ
dc.rightsThis is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: Journal of Archaeological Science. © 2010 Elsevier.en_NZ
dc.subjectOceaniaen_NZ
dc.subjectLapitaen_NZ
dc.subjectPost-Lapitaen_NZ
dc.subjecthuman boneen_NZ
dc.subjectradiocarbonen_NZ
dc.subjectcalibrationen_NZ
dc.subjectdieten_NZ
dc.titleTesting the human factor: Radiocarbon dating the first peoples of the South Pacificen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page29en_NZ
pubs.elements-id35249
pubs.end-page44en_NZ
pubs.issue1en_NZ
pubs.volume38en_NZ
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