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Substantive evidence of initial habitation in the remote Pacific : archaeological discoveries at Unai Bapot in Saipan, Mariana Islands / Mike T. Carson, Hsiao-chun Hung.
LIBRA GN875.M27 C37 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carson, Mike T., author.
- Hong, Xiaojun, author.
- Series:
- Access archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antiquities, Prehistoric.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Prehistoric peoples.
- Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)--Antiquities.
- Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands).
- Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan.
- Prehistoric peoples--Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric--Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 180 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2017]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Unai Bapot and Earliest Remote Oceanic Settlement
- ch. 2 Project Context and Questions
- Physical Environment
- Land Use
- Archaeological Setting
- 2005 Investigation
- Role of the 2016 Investigation
- ch. 3 Investigative Procedures
- ch. 4 New Findings: Stratigraphy and Dating
- Radiocarbon Dating and Marine Reservoir Correction
- Datable Materials within Calcrete
- An Alternative Marine Reservoir Proposal?
- Current Investigation
- Layer VIII
- Layer VII
- Layer VI-B
- Layer VI-A
- Layer V
- Layer IV
- Layer III-B
- Layer III-A
- Layer II
- Layer I
- ch. 5 New Findings: Overall Archaeological Contents
- ch. 6 New Findings: Traces of Structural Features
- Layer VII, Features G, H, I, and Post Moulds
- Layer VI-B, Features D, E, and F
- Layer VI-A, Feature C
- Layer V, Features A and B
- ch. 7 New Findings: Pottery Artefacts
- Layer VII Pottery
- Layer VI-B Pottery
- Layer VI-A Pottery
- Layer V Pottery
- Layer IV Pottery
- Layer III-B Pottery
- Layer III-A Pottery
- Layer II Pottery
- Layer I Pottery
- ch. 8 New Findings: Non-Pottery Artefacts
- Adzes
- Stone Flakes, Fragments, and Raw Materials
- Pounders and Grinding Basins
- Slingstone Fragment
- Polished Balls
- Fishing Gear
- Sea Urchin Spine Abraders
- Shell Discs
- Shell Bands
- Shell Circlets
- Shell Rings
- Cypraea sp. Shell Beads
- Conus spp. and Other Small Round Shell Beads
- Shell Pendants
- Shell Ear Ornaments
- Drilled Turbo spp. Shells
- Drilled and Cut Cypraea spp. Shells
- Smoothed-edge Bivalve Shell Objects
- Drilled Shark Tooth
- Bevelled Shell Triangle
- "Corkscrew" Shell
- Edge-worked Nacreous Bivalve Shells
- Worked Nacreous Shell Debitage
- ch. 9 Mew Findings: Midden of Animal Food Remains
- Shellfish Remains
- Animal Bones
- ch. 10 Answering the Initial Research Questions
- ch. 11 Larger Research Implications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Carson, Mike T. Substantive evidence of initial habitation in the remote Pacific.
- ISBN:
- 178491665X
- 9781784916657
- OCLC:
- 995776511
- Publisher Number:
- 99977933499
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