Tangatatau Rockshelter The Evolution of an Eastern Polynesian Socio-Ecosystem |
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Author:
| Kirch, Patrick Vinton |
Editor:
| Kirch, Patrick Vinton |
Series title: | Monumenta Archaeologica Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-938770-10-4 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2017 |
Publisher: | Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at U C L A
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $98.00 |
Book Description:
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Excavations at Tangatatau Rockshelter on Mangaia Island produced one of the richest stratigraphic sequences of artifacts, faunal assemblages, and archaeobotanical materials in Eastern Polynesia. More than 70 radiocarbon dates provide a tight chronology from AD 1000 to European contact in about 1800.
Excavations at Tangatatau Rockshelter on Mangaia Island produced one of the richest stratigraphic sequences of artifacts, faunal assemblages, and archaeobotanical materials in Eastern Polynesia. More than 70 radiocarbon dates provide a tight chronology from AD 1000 to European contact in about 1800.