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- Title
Paleo-Terrain Research: Finding the First Settlement Sites of Remote Oceania.
- Authors
Carson, Mike T.
- Abstract
A paleo-terrain approach can situate ancient sites within their original landscape settings, as illustrated in a case study of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific. This example combines computer-aided terrain modeling with site-specific excavations to reconstruct the shapes and configurations of landforms during the period of first human settlement of Remote Oceania, 1500-1000 B.C. The results support new understanding of humanity's first contact with the Remote Oceanic environment. The same approach can be applied in other settings to advance programs of site-discovery and general studies of ancient site settings and ecology.
- Subjects
MARIANA Islands; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; LAND settlement; HUMAN settlements; LANDFORMS; LAND settlement patterns
- Publication
Geoarchaeology, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 3, p268
- ISSN
0883-6353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/gea.21457