On the Rat Trail in Near Oceania: Applying the Commensal Model to the Question of the Lapita Colonization

Presented here are the most recent results of our studies of Ratus exulans, one of the main commensal animals transported across the Pacific by Lapita peoples and their descendants. We sampled several locations in Near Oceania to determine distribution of R. exulans mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haploty...

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Published in:Pacific Science
Main Authors: Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth, Hingston, M, Summerhayes, Glenn, Robins, Judith, Ross, Howard A, Hendy, Mike D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: University of Hawaii Press
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Keywords: archaeology
colonial breeding
colonization
commensal
cultural history
mitochondrial DNA
rodent
Bismarck Archipelago
Melanesia
Pacific islands
Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea
Animalia
Rattus
Rattus exulans
Pacific
Bismarck
Rattus rattus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/51435
https://doi.org/10.2984/049.063.0402
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