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Title: | Human occupations of caves of the Rove peninsula, southwest Viti Levu island, Fiji | Contributor(s): | Nunn, Patrick (author); Pene, Conway (author); Narayan, Laurence (author); Pastorizo, Ronna (author); Robinson, Stephanie (author); Saunivalu, Petero (author); Tamani, Faye (author); Matararaba, Sepeti (author); Kumar, Roselyn (author); Singh, Preetika (author); Dredregasa, Iliesa (author); Gwilliam, Marian (author); Heorake, Tony (author); Kuilanisautabu, Ledua (author); Nakoro, Elia (author) | Publication Date: | 2005 | DOI: | 10.1071/SP05003 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8051 | Abstract: | Geoarchaeological investigations of limestone caves along the Rove Peninsula, where several Lapita-era (1150-750 BC) sites dating from the earliest period of Fiji's human history have been found, was undertaken by a team from the University of the South Pacific and the Fiji Museum. Surface collection and excavation in the largest cave – Qaranibourewa – was hindered by large amounts of ceiling collapse and no trace of human occupation earlier than about AD 1000 was found. The second-largest cave – Qaramatatolu – had a cave fill 190 cm thick but this was determined to be all of recent origin, having accumulated as a result of being washed down through a hole in the cave roof from a settlement above that probably existed AD 750-1250. The shell faunal remains from the Qaramatatolu excavation all suggest an open-coast location, quite different from the mangrove forest that fronts the area today. This mangrove forest probably formed only within the last few hundred years. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 23(1), p. 16-21 | Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1726-0787 1013-9877 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 040601 Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950503 Understanding Australias Past | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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