Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12408
Title: DNA and Pacific Commensal Models: Applications, Construction, Limitations, and Future Prospects
Contributor(s): Storey, Alice  (author); Clarke, Andrew C (author); Ladefoged, Thegn (author); Robins, Judith (author); Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth (author)
Publication Date: 2013
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2012.761299Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12408
Abstract: Components of the Pacific transported landscape have been used as proxies to trace the prehistoric movement of humans across the Pacific for almost two decades. Analyses of archaeological remains and DNA sequences of plants, animals,and microorganisms moved by or with humans have contributed to understanding prehistoric migration, trade, exchange, and sometimes revealed the geographic origins of particular plants and animals. This paper presents the basic elements of a DNA based commensal model and discusses the phylogenetic and population genetic approaches these models employ. A clear delineation of the underlying assumptions of these models and the background information required to construct them have yet to appear in the literature. This not only provides a framework with which to construct a commensal model but also highlights gaps in current knowledge. The ways in which commensal models have enriched archaeological reconstructions will be highlighted, as will their current limitations. With these limitations in mind, options will be outlined for augmenting commensal models through the application of established techniques and new technologies in order to provide the best tools for reconstructing ancient human mobility and behavior in the Pacific and beyond.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 8(1), p. 37-65
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1556-1828
1556-4894
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210109 Maori Archaeology
210106 Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl New Zealand)
210110 Maritime Archaeology
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430108 Maritime archaeology
450704 Te mātai whaipara Māori (Māori archaeology)
451303 Pacific Peoples artefacts
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 950505 Understanding New Zealands Past
950599 Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130705 Understanding New Zealand’s past
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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