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The Hakaea Beach site, Marquesan colonisation, and models of East Polynesian settlement

ALLEN, MELINDA S., McALISTER, ANDREW J.·2010·Archaeology in Oceania
DOI 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00080.x
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ABSTRACT Field explorations at the newly recorded Hakaea Beach site, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands were spread across a 12,500 m 2 area on the western coastal flat. The site's geomorphic and cultural history is reconstructed based on nine strata and ten radiocarbon determinations. The Hakaea record illustrates the range of powerful environmental processes, including sea level fall, climate change, tsunamis, and tropical storm surges, which have operated on Marquesan shorelines for the last 800 years, and the ease with which past human activity can be obscured or erased. The results highlight the need to systematically search for protected coastal contexts and geomorphic settings where older surfaces might be preserved. Radiocarbon assemblages from the 13th century Hakaea Beach site and seven other early Marquesan sites are considered in light of three models of East Polynesian dispersal: 1) Leap‐frog; 2) Stepping‐stone; and 3) Advancing Wave. Along with chronometrics, the processes and mechanisms which might account for regional patterns of mobility and settlement are emphasized. The Marquesan record is unique amongst central East Polynesian archipelagos in the number of pre‐14th century sites, a pattern that might relate to the antiquity of human settlement, and one which should be considered alongside the late Holocene sea level record.

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  • The Marquesas archipelago now indicates a much shorter chronology (EAEM-LAEM range A.D. 1200-1277), some 200-500 y later than widely accepted.

    “More striking are the results from the Marquesas and Hawaiian archipelagos which now indicate a much shorter chronology (EAEM–LAEM range: A.D. 1200–1277. and A.D. ∼1219–1266, respectively), some 200–500 y later than widely accepted (16, 17), placing them in close agreement with both New Zealand and Rapa Nui.”

    From High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia (2011) · cites this paper as [16]

  • The Hawaiian archipelago now indicates a much shorter chronology (EAEM-LAEM range A.D. ∼1219-1266), some 200-500 y later than widely accepted.

    “More striking are the results from the Marquesas and Hawaiian archipelagos which now indicate a much shorter chronology (EAEM–LAEM range: A.D. 1200–1277. and A.D. ∼1219–1266, respectively), some 200–500 y later than widely accepted (16, 17), placing them in close agreement with both New Zealand and Rapa Nui.”

    From High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia (2011) · cites this paper as [16]

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Authors
ALLEN, M. S., & McALISTER, A. J.
Affiliations
University of Auckland (NZ)
Corresponding author
ALLEN, MELINDA S.
ORCID
Venue
Archaeology in Oceania
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-07
Volume
45
Issue
2
Pages
54-65
ISSN
  • 0003-8121 (ISSN-L)
  • 0728-4896
  • 1834-4453
DOI
10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00080.x
OpenAlex
W2055796221
Cited by
30
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
15.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 916 d)
Locations
Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Wenner-Gren Foundation
  • Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
  • University of Auckland
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Keywords
Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, radiocarbon chronology, coastal geomorphology, sea-level change, tsunami deposits, human mobility, settlement patterns, Late Holocene

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