Ana Manuku: a prehistoric ritualistic site on Mangaia, Cook Islands
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A deposit of dismembered and cooked human remains from Ana Manuku in the Cook Islands, Polynesia, provides evidence for ritual practices c. AD 1390–1470.
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At Ana Manuku (MAN-84), 1864 bone fragments representing a minimum of 41 individuals (14 adults and 27 subadults) were recovered; all human remains come from a midden context close to or inside an earth oven mixed with anthropically modified faunal remains; 84% of bones were moderately or heavily heated.
“The human assemblage is composed of 1864 bone fragments recovered from three distinct layers (Steadman et al., 2000: p. 878), representing a MNI of 41 individuals ranging in age from foetal/newborn to adults (MNI = 14 adults; 27 subadults).All human remains come from a midden context close to or inside an earth oven, mixed with other anthropically modified faunal remains (fish, rats, birds)”
From The Archaeology of Cannibalism: a Review of the Taphonomic Traits Associated with Survival and Ritualistic Cannibalism (2025) · cites this paper as Steadman et al., 2000
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- Authors
- Steadman, D. W., Antón, S. C., & Kirch, P. V.
- Affiliations
- Florida Museum of Natural History (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Venue
- Antiquity
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2000-12
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 286
- Pages
- 873-883
- ISSN
- 0003-598X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1744
- OpenAlex
- W2289787225
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 19.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Antiquity (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Keywords
- prehistoric ritual, human sacrifice, Mangaia, Cook Islands, Polynesia, funerary practices, prehistoric archaeology
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