TY - JOUR
T1 - Preliminary Results of the South Vanuatu Archaeological Survey: Cultural Landscapes, Excavation, and Radiocarbon Dating
AU - Flexner, James
AU - Bedford, Stuart
AU - Valentin, Frederique
AU - Shing, Richard
AU - Kuautonga, Takaronga
AU - Zinger, Wanda
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - South Vanuatu was an important hub of settlement and interaction in the tropical southwestern Pacific. A recent field project, the South Vanuatu Archaeological Survey, has begun carrying out field research, focusing initially on the islands of Futuna, Aniwa, and Tanna. This work builds upon pioneering research carried out in the 1960s, which in these islands has not been followed up until the last five years or so. We present initial findings from survey and test excavations carried out in 2016, including new radiocarbon dates for the region and the discovery of pottery on Tanna. KEYWORDS: Melanesia, Vanuatu, cultural landscapes, archaeological survey, radiocarbon dating.
AB - South Vanuatu was an important hub of settlement and interaction in the tropical southwestern Pacific. A recent field project, the South Vanuatu Archaeological Survey, has begun carrying out field research, focusing initially on the islands of Futuna, Aniwa, and Tanna. This work builds upon pioneering research carried out in the 1960s, which in these islands has not been followed up until the last five years or so. We present initial findings from survey and test excavations carried out in 2016, including new radiocarbon dates for the region and the discovery of pottery on Tanna. KEYWORDS: Melanesia, Vanuatu, cultural landscapes, archaeological survey, radiocarbon dating.
U2 - 10.1353/asi.2018.0016
DO - 10.1353/asi.2018.0016
M3 - Article
VL - 57
SP - 244
EP - 266
JO - Asian Perspectives
JF - Asian Perspectives
SN - 0066-8435
IS - 2
ER -