Dating of in situ longhouse (dubu daima) posts in the Kikori River delta: refining chronologies of island village occupation in the lower Kikori River delta, Papua New Guinea

• Published in: Quaternary International
• Main Authors: Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara, David, Bruno, Skelly, Robert, Korokai, Kenneth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: hiri; Kikori River delta; island; archaeology; pottery; Mud Islands; Delta Island
• Online Access: https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2z25/dating-of-in-situ-longhouse-dubu-daima-posts-in-the-kikori-river-delta-refining-chronologies-of-island-village-occupation-in-the-lower-kikori-river-delta-papua-new-guinea; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.04.003

This paper examines the chronologies of three abandoned village sites in an attempt to refine the timing of occupation of low-lying mud islands of the lower Kikori River delta, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Despite evidence for varying degrees of post-depositional disturbance at all three s...