Australian Museum Journal Archaeological Studies of the Middle and Late Holocene, Papua New Guinea. Part I. Ceramic sites on the Duke of York Islands
- Shortform:
- White, 2007, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus., online 20: 3–50
- Author(s):
- White, J. Peter
- Year published:
- 2007
- Title:
- Archaeological Studies of the Middle and Late Holocene, Papua New Guinea. Part I. Ceramic sites on the Duke of York Islands
- Serial title:
- Technical Reports of the Australian Museum (online)
- Volume:
- 20
- Start page:
- 3
- End page:
- 50
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.1835-4211.20.2007.1473
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 12 December 2007
- Cover date:
- 12 December 2007
- ISSN:
- 1835-4211
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; NEW GUINEA
- Digitized:
- 12 December 2007
- Available online:
- 12 December 2007
- Reference number:
- 1473
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (19kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (11463kb PDF)
Abstract
Surveys and surface collections of pottery and obsidian from 21 localities in the Duke of York Islands are reported. Test pits dug in seven of these revealed similar stratigraphies in nearly all, with pottery, obsidian, and sometimes other stone, animal bone and shell, underlying Rabaul volcanic ash dated to c. 1400 bp. The pottery decoration is extensively figured.