Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Late colonization of East Polynesia

1993; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 67; Issue: 255 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0003598x00045324

1745-1744

Matthew Spriggs, Atholl Anderson,

Indigenous Studies and Ecology

In a recent A NTIQUITY article (65: 767–95) Atholl Anderson presented a detailed analysis of radiocarbon dates to show that the settlement of New Zealand occurred later than previously thought. In this paper Anderson teams up with another proponent of ‘chronometric hygiene’, Matthew Spriggs (see A NTIQUITY 63: 587–613), to examine the dates for the colonization of the rest of East Polynesia. Once again the generally accepted dates for initial settlement are found wanting and a later chronology is suggested.