Lapita subsistence strategies and food consumption patterns in the community of Teouma (Efate, Vanuatu)
Frédérique Valentin
(1)
,
Hallie R. Buckley
(1, 2)
,
Estelle Herrscher
(3)
,
Rebecca Kinaston
(1, 2)
,
Stuart Bedford
(4)
,
Matthew Spriggs
(4)
,
Stuart Hawkins
(4)
,
Ken Neal
(5)
Frédérique Valentin
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Estelle Herrscher
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Résumé
The subsistence strategies of the Lapita populations (3100-2800 BP), the first colonisers of the pristine environments of the islands of Eastern Melanesia and Western Polynesia, have been a matter of ongoing debate for decades. Opinions have ranged between the two extremes of Lapita colonisers being either characterised as highly mobile foragers to fully horticultural communities. To further address the question, this paper presents stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic data obtained from analyses of human and animal collagen samples from the site of Teouma (Efate, Vanuatu) dated to between c. 3000-2500 BP. The isotopic signatures obtained from 28 samples (23 human and 5 animal), interpreted in combination with isotopic information from several coastal and insular environments, suggest a diet primarily made up of terrestrially derived animal protein with lesser contributions from vegetable produce and inshore marine species. Comparisons linking the isotopic data gleaned from the Teouma individuals and Lapita subsistence patterns reconstructed through archaeozoological and archaeobotanical remains support the hypothesis of a mixed economy, that included terrestrial foraging, inshore marine exploitation and a low level of food production for at least some of the earliest Lapita colonists in Vanuatu.
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Anthropologie biologiqueFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Lapita subsistence strategies and food consumption patterns in the community of Teouma (Efate, Vanuatu)
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Résumé |
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The subsistence strategies of the Lapita populations (3100-2800 BP), the first colonisers of the pristine environments of the islands of Eastern Melanesia and Western Polynesia, have been a matter of ongoing debate for decades. Opinions have ranged between the two extremes of Lapita colonisers being either characterised as highly mobile foragers to fully horticultural communities. To further address the question, this paper presents stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic data obtained from analyses of human and animal collagen samples from the site of Teouma (Efate, Vanuatu) dated to between c. 3000-2500 BP. The isotopic signatures obtained from 28 samples (23 human and 5 animal), interpreted in combination with isotopic information from several coastal and insular environments, suggest a diet primarily made up of terrestrially derived animal protein with lesser contributions from vegetable produce and inshore marine species. Comparisons linking the isotopic data gleaned from the Teouma individuals and Lapita subsistence patterns reconstructed through archaeozoological and archaeobotanical remains support the hypothesis of a mixed economy, that included terrestrial foraging, inshore marine exploitation and a low level of food production for at least some of the earliest Lapita colonists in Vanuatu.
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Auteur(s) |
Frédérique Valentin
1
, Hallie R. Buckley
1, 2
, Estelle Herrscher
3
, Rebecca Kinaston
1, 2
, Stuart Bedford
4
, Matthew Spriggs
4
, Stuart Hawkins
4
, Ken Neal
5
1
ArScAn -
Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
( 1003 )
- MSH Mondes (bâtiment René-Ginouvès). 21, allée de l’Université 92023 NANTERRE Cedex
- France
2
University of Otago [Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande]
( 416928 )
- 362 Leith St, North Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New-Zeland
- Nouvelle-Zélande
3
UAABC -
Anthropologie Bio-Culturelle
( 942 )
- Faculté de Médecine - Secteur Nord Batiment A - CS80011 Bd Pierre Dramard 13344 MARSEILLE Cedex 15 FRANCE
- France
4
ANU -
Australian National University
( 74662 )
- The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
- Australie
5
Isolytix
( 155168 )
- Dunedin
- Nouvelle-Zélande
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Audience |
Non spécifiée
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Date de publication |
2010
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Volume |
37
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Numéro |
8
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Page/Identifiant |
1820-1829
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Mots-clés |
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Lapita Vanuatu Subsistence strategies Diet Bone collagen Carbon isotopes Nitrogen isotopes
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.039 |
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