Henderson Island prehistory: colonization and extinction on a remote Polynesian island

• Published in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Author: WEISLER, MARSHALL I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: adaptation; ADDITIONAL KEY WORDS:Prehistory; archaeology; extinctions; Henderson Island; Oceania; Pitcairn Group; Polynesia; x-ray fluorescence; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; Pacific; Four Islands
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:56cbd7d

Situated at the extreme margin of the Indo-West Pacific biotic province, the four islands of the isolated Pitcairn Group hold interest for biogeographers and archaeologists alike. Human settlement may have been as early as the 8th century AD for the uplifted limestone island of Henderson, the most p...