Subpolar settlement in South Polynesia

Archaeological research in the Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand, has disclosed earth ovens, middens and flaked stone tools dating to the thirteenth–fourteenth centuries AD. This is the first site of prehistoric settlement in the outlying islands of the Subantarctic. Polynesians and their dogs...

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Published in:Antiquity
Main Author: Anderson, Atholl
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
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Auckland Islands
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00114930
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0003598x00114930 2024-09-15T17:56:39+00:00 Subpolar settlement in South Polynesia Anderson, Atholl 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00114930 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X00114930 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antiquity volume 79, issue 306, page 791-800 ISSN 0003-598X 1745-1744 journal-article 2005 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00114930 2024-08-14T04:03:47Z Archaeological research in the Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand, has disclosed earth ovens, middens and flaked stone tools dating to the thirteenth–fourteenth centuries AD. This is the first site of prehistoric settlement in the outlying islands of the Subantarctic. Polynesians and their dogs survived on seals and seabirds for at least one summer. The new data complete a survey of colonisation in the outlying archipelagos of South Polynesia and show that it occurred contemporaneously, rapidly and in all directions from mainland New Zealand. Article in Journal/Newspaper Auckland Islands Cambridge University Press Antiquity 79 306 791 800
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description Archaeological research in the Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand, has disclosed earth ovens, middens and flaked stone tools dating to the thirteenth–fourteenth centuries AD. This is the first site of prehistoric settlement in the outlying islands of the Subantarctic. Polynesians and their dogs survived on seals and seabirds for at least one summer. The new data complete a survey of colonisation in the outlying archipelagos of South Polynesia and show that it occurred contemporaneously, rapidly and in all directions from mainland New Zealand.
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