Moiapu 3: Settlement on Moiapu Hill at the very end of Lapita, Caution Bay hinterland

David, Bruno;Aplin, Ken;Peck, Helene;Skelly, Robert;Leavesley, Matthew;Mialanes, Jerome;Szabó, Katherine;Koppel, Brent;Petchey, Fiona;Richards, Thomas;Ulm, Sean;Mcniven, Ian J.;Rowe, Cassandra;Aird, Samantha J.;Faulkner, Patrick;Ford, Anne

Sean Ulm Cassandra Rowe

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The Caution Bay archaeological project on the south coast of mainland Papua New Guinea has excavated 122 sites over a 9km2 area. Lapita ceramics appear at a number of sites at c.2900 cal BP. Here we present the results of excavations at Moiapu 3, a site that helps define the end of the dentate-stamped Lapita phase of this region. It is suggested that the decline and ultimate cessation of dentate stamping related to a loss of symbolism during a period of major socioeconomic readjustment and innovation.

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Debating Lapita: Distribution, Chronology, Society and Subsistence

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978-1-76046-331-1

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ANU Press

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Canberra, ACT, Australia

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10.22459/TA52.2019.03