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The Mangarevan Sequence and Dating of the Geographic Expansion into Southeast Polynesia

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.2green.pdf

Asian Perspectives 41(2). A recently published archaeological sequence supported by information from six sites excavated in the Mangarevan group in 1959 is summarized in the context of additional data and current interpretations of the prehistory of southeastern Polynesia.

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Radiocarbon Ages for Two Sites on Ua Huka, Marquesas

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v042/42.1conte.pdf

Asian Perspectives 43(1). Radiocarbon dates are presented and discussed for two sites with deep stratigraphy on Ua Huka Island, Marquesas.

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Dryland Horticulture in Maupiti: An Ethnoarchaeological Study

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.2cauchois.pdf

Asian Perspectives 41(2). Maupiti is a small high island where dry and nonmechanized horticulture is still practiced. These practices can be seen in small orchard-gardens on the coastal plain and on mountainsides.

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Current Research on the Island of Ua Huka

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.2conte.pdf

Asian Perspectives 41(2). The program included test excavations of early sites, the examination of dwelling and funerary sites, an inventory of surface monuments, an analysis of space utilization in recent periods, and ethnographic observations, all conducted concurrently.

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