Renewed Excavations at Motu Paeao, Maupiti Island, French Polynesia: Preliminary Results

Abstract

Earlier research in the ancient burial ground at Motu Paeao, o n Maupiti Island, Frenc h Polynesia, by Emory and Sinoto bad produced a diverse range of material culture of Archaic East Polynesian type, similar to that known from Wairau Bar in New Zealand. Typological considerations suggested that the Motu Paeao burials dated lo about the ninth century AD, the age of o ne radiocarbon determination from the site. In the Light of recent radiocarbon determinations indicating a thirteenth century age for Wairau Bar. investigati ons were renewed at Mo tu Paeao. These uncovered four burial areas. Determinations o n samples o f human bone gelatin and marine shell indicate that the site dates lo th<! 1birteenll1 to fifteenth centuries AD. with a mos t probable use in the ftfteenth century.

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