Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1037283 | Journal of Archaeological Science | 2007 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Starch residue, pollen and phytolith analysis was carried out on coralline deposits from a c. 3050–2500 cal. yr BP Lapita site at Bourewa, Viti Levu, Fiji. Starch grains, calcium oxalate crystals and xylem cells of introduced Colocasia esculenta and Dioscorea esculenta were identified, involving a process of elimination of possible taxa by cross-correlation of microfossil types. The data provide an eastward extension of direct evidence of Lapita horticulture in Remote Oceania previously identified in Vanuatu.
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Authors
Mark Horrocks, Patrick D. Nunn,