Dating the first New Zealanders: the chronology of Wairau Bar
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The first colonization of New Zealand is a much debated issue. The lack of appropriate absolute dating has meant chronology has been poorly understood. New 14 C dating of materials from archaic Polynesian graves and occupation levels provides important precision and understanding of early exploitation on New Zealand.
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New Zealand's short colonization chronology is confirmed, with an EAEM-LAEM range of A.D. ∼1230-1282.
“New Zealand's well-established short colonization chronology (11), which was further shortened and refined by dates from nonarchaeological sites on short-lived woody seed cases gnawed by the Polynesian-introduced Rattus exulans and compared with terrestrial avian eggshell from an early human cemetery (4, 15), and the short colonization chronology for Rapa Nui (6), are both confirmed here (EAEM–LAE”
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- Authors
- Higham, T., Anderson, A., & Jacomb, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Waikato (NZ)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Canterbury Museum (NZ)
- Venue
- Antiquity
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1999-06
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 280
- Pages
- 420-427
- ISSN
- 0003-598X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1744
- OpenAlex
- W1631796503
- Cited by
- 119
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 7 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 40.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Antiquity (publishedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Keywords
- Polynesian settlement, radiocarbon dating, chronology, occupational level, Māori settlement
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