The first settlement of Remote Oceania: the Philippines to the Marianas

The authors compare pottery assemblages in the Marianas and the Philippines to claim endorsement for a first human expansion into the open Pacific around 1500 BC. The Marianas are separated from the Philippines by 2300km of open sea, so they are proposing an epic pioneering voyage of men and women,...

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Published in:Antiquity 2011-09, Vol.85 (329), p.909-926
Main Authors: Hung, Hsiao-chun, Carson, Mike T., Bellwood, Peter, Campos, Fredeliza Z., Piper, Philip J., Dizon, Eusebio, Bolunia, Mary Jane Louise A., Oxenham, Marc, Chi, Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Archaeology
Asia
Austronesian
Ceramics
Cultural relations
Debate
Emigration and immigration
Far East
History
Human settlements
Lithics
Marianas
Migration
Mitochondrial DNA
Museum exhibits
Neolithic and chalcolithic
Neolithic Philippines
Oceania
Philippines
Pottery
Prehistory and protohistory
R&D
Research & development
Sea level
Settlement archaeology
Social archaeology
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Summary:The authors compare pottery assemblages in the Marianas and the Philippines to claim endorsement for a first human expansion into the open Pacific around 1500 BC. The Marianas are separated from the Philippines by 2300km of open sea, so they are proposing an epic pioneering voyage of men and women, with presumably some cultivated plants but apparently no animals. How did they manage this unprecedented journey?
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00068393