Archaeological research at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea : cultural, linguistic and environmental setting / edited by Thomas Richards, Bruno David, Ken Aplin and Ian J. McNiven.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richards, Thomas, editor.

David, Bruno, 1962- editor.

Aplin, Ken, editor.

McNiven, Ian J., editor.

Series:

Caution Bay studies in archaeology ; 1.

Caution Bay studies in archaeology ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Papua New Guinea.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Papua New Guinea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In 2008 intensive archaeological surveys began at Caution Bay, located 20km to the northwest of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This was followed by the excavation of 122 stratified sites in 2009-2010, and detailed analysis of the well preserved and abundant faunal, ceramic and lithic finds has continued ever since. The Caution Bay Archaeology Project is providing new and exciting contributions to western Pacific prehistory. It has radically expanded the known geographic distribution of the Lapita Cultural Complex to include, for the first time, the southern coast of Papua New Guinea; it has established the relationship of Lapita to later cultural expressions in this area; it has pinpointed the time of arrival of domesticated animals along the southern coast of Papua New Guinea and, by inference, on the larger island of New Guinea.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 6, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781784915056

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.