Geochemical sourcing of obsidians from the P ūrākaunui s ite, S outh I sland, N ew Z ealand

Abstract

Abstract We report the first well‐documented case of aSouthIsland site whereMayorIsland obsidian is not the dominant source represented. At thePūrākaunui site (I44/21), located in coastalOtago, we find that most obsidians come from theTaupoVolcanicZone, including sources nearLakeTaupo (52%) andRotorua (27.7 %). A small proportion of the collection comes fromMayorIsland (10.8%) and theCoromandelPeninsula (9.5%) obsidian. The results point to early effects of regionalisation in source exploitation on theSouthIsland.

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