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- Title
Colonisation, mobility and exchange in New Zealand prehistory.
- Authors
Walter, Richard; Jacomb, Chris; Bowron-Muth, Sreymony
- Abstract
An analysis of the exchange of lithics in settlement period New Zealand (fourteenth century AD) is used to throw light on the mechanisms of colonisation more generally. The early distribution of New Zealand's Mayor Island obsidian demonstrates efficient exploration and dispersal, and the rapid establishment of long-distance exchange networks similar to that seen in early Melanesian obsidian movements. But in New Zealand the motivation is the cementing of social networks, rather than maintaining connections back to a homeland. In the sixteenth century, the distribution of a new high status material, nephrite, shows a different supply system - suggesting trade.
- Subjects
MAYOR Island (N.Z.); NEW Zealand; MELANESIA; OCEANIA; ARCHAEOLOGICAL research; NEW Zealand history -- To 1840; LAPITA culture; JADE
- Publication
Antiquity, 2010, Vol 84, Issue 324, p497
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00066734