Journal of Archaeological Science

Burley, David V; Sheppard, Peter J; Simonin, Maia

dc.contributor.author	Burley, David V
dc.contributor.author	Sheppard, Peter J
dc.contributor.author	Simonin, Maia
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-02T21:29:04Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-02T21:29:04Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.uri	${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1111
dc.description.abstract	A provenance study of volcanic glass specimensfrom 12 archaeological sitesin the kingdom of tonga is carried out employing pXRF(portable X-Ray Fluoresence) analysis. To accomplish this volcanic glass smaples from previously identifiedsources in northern tongaand the adjacent islands of Samoa are analyzed. Results indicate inter-island voyaging and interactions over a 600km linear distance along the tongan lisland chain from first lapita settlement ca 2900 BP throughout later prehistory. Tongan volcanic glass however, it is not found in Samoa and, with the expectation of one late prehistoricspecimen, Samoan volcanic glass isnot present in Tonga. This distribution challenges current conepts of an intergrated ancestral society and homeland common to Tongaand Samoa from the lapita period onward.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Tongan and Samaon volcanic glass	en_US
dc.subject	Volcanic glass in the Pacific	en_US
dc.subject	ancestral polynesian society	en_US
dc.title	Journal of Archaeological Science	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Tongan and Samoan volcanic glass: pXRF analysis and implicationsfor constructs of ancestral Ploynesian society	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US