TY - JOUR
T1 - Rapid emergence of the Archaic Tongan state: The royal tomb Paepaeotelea
AU - Clark, Geoffrey
AU - Reepmeyer, Christian
AU - Melekiola, Nivaleti
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - New research indicates that the royal tomb Paepaeotelea was built c. AD 1300–1400, more than 200 years earlier than its traditional association with Uluakimata I, who ruled when the Tongan polity was at its greatest extent. The large and stylistically complex tomb marks a dramatic increase in the scale of mortuary structures. It represents a substantial mobilisation of labour by this early archaic state, while the geochemical signatures of stone tools associated with the tomb indicate long-distance voyaging. The evidence suggests that the early Tongan state was a powerful and geographically expansive entity, able to rapidly organise and command the resources of the scattered archipelago.
AB - New research indicates that the royal tomb Paepaeotelea was built c. AD 1300–1400, more than 200 years earlier than its traditional association with Uluakimata I, who ruled when the Tongan polity was at its greatest extent. The large and stylistically complex tomb marks a dramatic increase in the scale of mortuary structures. It represents a substantial mobilisation of labour by this early archaic state, while the geochemical signatures of stone tools associated with the tomb indicate long-distance voyaging. The evidence suggests that the early Tongan state was a powerful and geographically expansive entity, able to rapidly organise and command the resources of the scattered archipelago.
U2 - 10.15184/aqy.2016.114
DO - 10.15184/aqy.2016.114
M3 - Article
SN - 0003-598X
VL - 90
SP - 1038
EP - 1053
JO - Antiquity
JF - Antiquity
IS - 352
ER -