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Papers by Scarlett Chiu

Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 2015

Understanding the nature and process of initial Pacific settlement by people carrying the Lapita ... more Understanding the nature and process of initial Pacific settlement by people carrying the Lapita culture is ultimately founded upon accurate knowledge of the timing and speed of settlement. This paper reports on re-dating of one of the earliest Lapita sites (SE-SZ-8) from Santa Cruz in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands on the western margin of Remote Oceania. Our results indicate this site is considerably younger than previously believed and comparison of this result to other early Lapita sites suggests initial settlement of Remote Oceania was at not much more than 3000 BP. This would argue for very rapid Lapita settlement of much of the South-western Pacific.

Archaeology in Oceania, 2016

Results of petrographic analysis for ten New Caledonian Lapita pottery assemblages are presented ... more Results of petrographic analysis for ten New Caledonian Lapita pottery assemblages are presented in this paper. These findings enable us to
identify several major pottery production areas during the Lapita period. It could be argued that the rise of pottery production traditions at
the northern bank of the Diahot Valley near Ou´egoa/Pou´ebo in the north, and the region between Tontouta and Noum´ea/Saint Louis in the
south, was influential in the formation of the northern versus southern New Caledonian cultural divisions (Sand et al.: 64-5, fig. 11) that
developed at a later date.

The Lapita Cultural Complex in Time and Space: Expansion Routes, Chronologies and Typologies, 2015

The Lapita Cultural Complex in Time and Space: Expansion Routes, Chronologies and Typologies, 2015

Essential Digital Humanities: Defining Patterns and Paths Series on Digital Humanities, 2012

The Lapita Pottery Online Database is now the leading so urce of information for researchers and ... more The Lapita Pottery Online Database is now the leading so urce of information for researchers and the general population to learn more about this particular pottery tradition. It is the first database esrablished with the vision of providing online storage m anagement and research tools that will help investigators locate and compare Lapita pottery excavated from seven countries in the Pacific. It also contains standardized recode themes that serve as platforms for furt her comparisons. This database has established itself as a great source for the research of Lapita pottery, a means to establish and maintain international collaborations among scholars, and a useful e-learning tool for Pacific islanders. This paper will focus on describing the research collaborations achieved so far for establishing this Lapita Pottery Online Data base, its basic functions, and future plan for promoting the usage and research applications. A brief summary of w h at has been accomplished in the past six years w ill be presented in the second sectio n, while future research questions will be proposed in the last section.

Archaeology in Oceania, 2024

Petrographic and motif analyses of Lapita pottery assemblages from the Talepakemalai (ECA), Etako... more Petrographic and motif analyses of Lapita pottery assemblages from the Talepakemalai (ECA), Etakosarai (ECB) and Etapakengaroasa (EHB) Lapita sites of the Mussau Islands help to illuminate the social lives of people living in the Bismarck Archipelago some 3000 years ago. Based on petrographic analysis, these early Mussau Lapita sites acquired pots from many parts of the Bismarck Archipelago, namely the Admiralty Islands, northeast and central north New Britain, northern and southwestern New Ireland and the Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni (TLTF) chain. None of our petrographic samples indicate sources from southern New Britain, even though ECA shares a high number of motifs with sites in the Kandrian region of southwestern New Britain. There is also no evidence of imports from the northern coast of New Guinea. We suggest that the Mussau Lapita community was linked with at least two possible social networks based on pottery sources, motifs and obsidian distribution patterns.

This article summarizes the results of a wide range of analyses on pottery assemblages from New C... more This article summarizes the results of a wide range of analyses on pottery assemblages from New Caledonia, including both petrographic analysis and chemical composition analysis. This study illustrates how such techniques can be employed to review past hypotheses about the migration patterns of prehistoric Oceania, and how such studies can supplement and improve our current understanding of the social relationships between the populations involved. Despite populations settling in the Loyalty Islands early on, our current results indicate that pottery made from this area was not transferred to Grande Terre of New Caledonia, or to the Île des Pins located to the south.

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020

As part of a wider study of the transfer of Lapita pottery into and within New Caledonia, we stud... more As part of a wider study of the transfer of Lapita pottery into and within New Caledonia, we studied a sample of Lapita sherds from the site of Kurin on Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. The Loyalty Islands lie between the Vanuatu island chain and the rest of New Caledonia, so it has been suggested that they may have been the first part of New Caledonia to have been colonized during the initial Lapita expansion. We examined 28 sherds by optical petrography, and compared these to archived thin sections of Lapita pottery from the islands of Erromango and Efate in Vanuatu. We also made chemical analyses by neutron activation analysis (INAA) of 11 of these 28 sherds, and later reanalyzed these 11, and 12 more, by inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) analysis as part of the analysis of 329 sherds from throughout New Caledonia. We find no evidence in this sample for the transfer of Lapita pottery from Vanuatu to the Loyalty Islands; the only demonstrably exotic pots are 5 sherds from the main island (Grande Terre) of New Caledonia. Our results offer some support to the view that the initial Lapita expansion was not a continuous wave of advance, but a discontinuous “leapfrogging” process that initially bypassed some island chains. We also note evidence for the existence of at least two mutually exclusive networks of exchange of Lapita pottery in New Caledonia after the initial colonization of the region.

This chapter illustrates the degree of motif similarity between 50 Lapita sites, in an attempt to... more This chapter illustrates the degree of motif similarity between 50 Lapita sites, in an attempt to measure whether social connections may be traced through the distribution of the same motifs. Data generated from 10 major motif themes identified from the Lapita Pottery Online Database are also presented, to strengthen further the hypothesis that a number of motif themes (a given motif and its alloforms) may serve the purpose of being house-or group-specific identity symbols. Current research suggests that the preference to create many regional-specific motifs while continuing to use some shared motifs is a common cultural phenomenon. In a linear diffusion model, the number of shared motifs employed by potters of all regions shows a sharp decline from west to east, with only a small number of motifs continuing to be reproduced as Lapita communities expanded further into Remote Oceania. It also shows that in most cases roughly half of the 'traditionally shared motifs' would be passed on to the neighbouring region located to the east of the previous one. Future examination of these motif themes, such as their temporal and spatial distribution patterns, and the motif construction rules applied by different groups to create alloforms of a certain motif theme, should contribute fruitfully to our understanding of the decorative traditions of the Lapita Cultural Complex.

Archaeology in Oceania, 2013

One of the striking characteristics of Lapita archaeology during the past century has been the ve... more One of the striking characteristics of Lapita archaeology during the past century has been the very limited number of preserved whole or nearly whole pots found in excavations. This appears odd for ceramics mostly interpreted in the scientific literature as non-utilitarian and carrying social or ritual symbolism. The clear connection between dentate-stamped pots and complex burial rituals at the Teouma site (Vanuatu), along with studies on pottery breakage carried out in other parts of the world, allows the canvassing of a theoretical model that explains the apparent absence of logic in finding numerous Lapita pots reduced to small potsherds. By positioning the analysis in a framework relying on the specific behaviour of Pacific Islanders regarding the "invisible" and by using ethnographic Melanesian rituals as examples of how "natural forces" can be controlled, this paper proposes a hypothetical reconstruction of one of the possible ceremonies that may have been practiced by Oceanic explorers in newly settled islands.

This paper examines the roles Lapita pottery might have played during the expansions of Austrones... more This paper examines the roles Lapita pottery might have played during the expansions of Austronesian-speaking populations from Island Southeast Asia into the Pacific. It is argued that the importance and the roles Lapita pottery had in the local communities, in each of these contexts, are quite different from one another, and should be represented as such. Judging from the different production scales and exchange and transfer patterns, the meanings of Lapita pottery also changed depending on the social and economic contexts it was situated in. It has been argued that Lapita pottery might have been employed as a materialized symbol by people coming from different genetic, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds, to show their intention to become part of the local community they had just moved into.

自 2005 年起由多國學者合作策劃與推動的長期太平洋史前 Lapita 陶器研究 計劃，是透過對太平洋區域的各個相關遺址及所出土的陶器進行資料蒐集彙整， 試圖來建立一適合此地區陶器資料建置的標... more 自 2005 年起由多國學者合作策劃與推動的長期太平洋史前 Lapita 陶器研究 計劃，是透過對太平洋區域的各個相關遺址及所出土的陶器進行資料蒐集彙整， 試圖來建立一適合此地區陶器資料建置的標準，並透過線上數位資料庫提供各國 研究人員比較各地之 Lapita 陶器收藏。通過建置大量且詳盡的陶器型制、質地、 紋飾與製作技術等方面的資料，讓研究人員得以利用統計方法來互相對照、比較 遺址之間的異同，用以檢驗及修正過去針對此一史前文化所提出的不同假說。 本文中將對過去針對 Lapita 陶器紋飾研究所做的努力以及所遇見的困難做一 反思，鋪陳利用建立一跨國資料庫來解決研究困難的理念及當下所獲得之初步成 果，並提出幾項未來可能之研究議題發展方向。從建立此一資料庫的經驗中也可以 看出，典藏的考古資料若能即時數位化，並善加的整合、管理與運用，便能針對過 去不同的假說提出更為詳盡的資料來驗證，也能在理論發展上提出新的見解。 * 謹將此文章獻給 Roger Green 教授，若不是他無私的將所有與遺址相關的文獻資料、田野 筆記、陶器材料都提供給本資料庫使用，若不是他大力協助策劃及推動各國考古學者間的 合作，本資料庫也不可能有現今的成果。 在此也向所有提供來自各個島群的標本的諸多合作學者表達謝意：新喀里多尼亞與太平洋 考古中心主任 Christophe Sand 博士、紐西蘭 Otago 大學人類學系 Glenn Summerhayes 教授、 澳洲國家大學考古學與人類學系的 Matthew Spriggs 教授、澳洲國家大學考古學與自然史 學系的 Stuart Bedford 博士、前澳洲博物館人類學部門主任 Jim Specht 教授，及美國加州 大學柏克萊分校 Patrick Kirch 教授。 在過去七年間，承蒙中央研究院人文社會科學研究中心提供資料庫建置所需之軟硬體經費 支援，以及中央研究院「利用數位典藏改善學術研究環境計畫」提供資料庫陶器資料所需 之業務費支援，GIS 中心廖泫銘研究助技師、李玉亭小姐、林農堯先生，本院計算機中心 林晰科長、林宗茂先生和本院資訊科學研究所方俞喬先生，及資創中心王祥安先生等也 提供許多幫助，特此予以感謝。最後也感謝創意引晴有限公司在資料庫系統建置上的合 作。最後，要鄭重向曾經為此資料庫付出許多心力的助理及工讀生們致謝，沒有你們的 辛勞與努力，就不會有今天的成果。

方式、裝飾紋路、以及器型上的變化，一直是辨別族群及界定文化分類的重要利 器。筆者們所執行之 96 年度國科會計畫「西南太平洋法屬新喀里多尼亞島群史 前 Lapita 陶器之化學與礦物分析」即是企... more 方式、裝飾紋路、以及器型上的變化，一直是辨別族群及界定文化分類的重要利 器。筆者們所執行之 96 年度國科會計畫「西南太平洋法屬新喀里多尼亞島群史 前 Lapita 陶器之化學與礦物分析」即是企圖透過辨識新喀里多尼亞 Lapita 陶片 中所含的化學與礦物成份，來找出島群內各遺址出土陶器之原料採集及生產製作 的地點，並透過瞭解不同地區陶匠在製作 Lapita 陶器時所慣用的陶土摻和料組合 類型，進而就地質背景與特性來探討此區域當時可能的陶器流通狀況，以及可能 的社會經濟背景。本文總結了該計畫陶片岩象分析部份之研究成果，對於新喀里 多尼亞 Lapita 文化時期之陶器流通狀況提出初步圖像，提供日後進行類似陶器岩 象分析研究時的參考。 關鍵字：Lapita 文化叢、陶片岩象分析、新喀里多尼亞 *

Perceived as one of the most significant cultural markers of Austronesian movement into the Pacif... more Perceived as one of the most significant cultural markers of Austronesian movement into the Pacific, Lapita pottery appeared in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea some 3,500 years ago with highly complex decorative motifs and vessel forms. Pacific archaeologists have been using various statistical means to search for patterns from which migration routes and directions may be inferred by comparing frequencies of certain design elements and motifs, as well as motif construction rules, over time and space. How these highly elaborated decorative styles and pottery-making techniques were shared or transformed from one island to another, and how many of these techniques continued to be practiced for many hundreds of years, are intriguing questions whose answers will broaden our understanding of the past. Due to the limitations of previous coding systems and the lack of a fast and reliable communication platform, however, comparison of complex vessel forms and motifs amongst various island groups has been seriously crippled throughout the past few decades.

Archaeology in New Zealand, Jan 1, 2005

Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 2015

Understanding the nature and process of initial Pacific settlement by people carrying the Lapita ... more Understanding the nature and process of initial Pacific settlement by people carrying the Lapita culture is ultimately founded upon accurate knowledge of the timing and speed of settlement. This paper reports on re-dating of one of the earliest Lapita sites (SE-SZ-8) from Santa Cruz in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands on the western margin of Remote Oceania. Our results indicate this site is considerably younger than previously believed and comparison of this result to other early Lapita sites suggests initial settlement of Remote Oceania was at not much more than 3000 BP. This would argue for very rapid Lapita settlement of much of the South-western Pacific.

Archaeology in Oceania, 2016

Results of petrographic analysis for ten New Caledonian Lapita pottery assemblages are presented ... more Results of petrographic analysis for ten New Caledonian Lapita pottery assemblages are presented in this paper. These findings enable us to
identify several major pottery production areas during the Lapita period. It could be argued that the rise of pottery production traditions at
the northern bank of the Diahot Valley near Ou´egoa/Pou´ebo in the north, and the region between Tontouta and Noum´ea/Saint Louis in the
south, was influential in the formation of the northern versus southern New Caledonian cultural divisions (Sand et al.: 64-5, fig. 11) that
developed at a later date.

The Lapita Cultural Complex in Time and Space: Expansion Routes, Chronologies and Typologies, 2015

The Lapita Cultural Complex in Time and Space: Expansion Routes, Chronologies and Typologies, 2015

Essential Digital Humanities: Defining Patterns and Paths Series on Digital Humanities, 2012

The Lapita Pottery Online Database is now the leading so urce of information for researchers and ... more The Lapita Pottery Online Database is now the leading so urce of information for researchers and the general population to learn more about this particular pottery tradition. It is the first database esrablished with the vision of providing online storage m anagement and research tools that will help investigators locate and compare Lapita pottery excavated from seven countries in the Pacific. It also contains standardized recode themes that serve as platforms for furt her comparisons. This database has established itself as a great source for the research of Lapita pottery, a means to establish and maintain international collaborations among scholars, and a useful e-learning tool for Pacific islanders. This paper will focus on describing the research collaborations achieved so far for establishing this Lapita Pottery Online Data base, its basic functions, and future plan for promoting the usage and research applications. A brief summary of w h at has been accomplished in the past six years w ill be presented in the second sectio n, while future research questions will be proposed in the last section.

Archaeology in Oceania, 2024

Petrographic and motif analyses of Lapita pottery assemblages from the Talepakemalai (ECA), Etako... more Petrographic and motif analyses of Lapita pottery assemblages from the Talepakemalai (ECA), Etakosarai (ECB) and Etapakengaroasa (EHB) Lapita sites of the Mussau Islands help to illuminate the social lives of people living in the Bismarck Archipelago some 3000 years ago. Based on petrographic analysis, these early Mussau Lapita sites acquired pots from many parts of the Bismarck Archipelago, namely the Admiralty Islands, northeast and central north New Britain, northern and southwestern New Ireland and the Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni (TLTF) chain. None of our petrographic samples indicate sources from southern New Britain, even though ECA shares a high number of motifs with sites in the Kandrian region of southwestern New Britain. There is also no evidence of imports from the northern coast of New Guinea. We suggest that the Mussau Lapita community was linked with at least two possible social networks based on pottery sources, motifs and obsidian distribution patterns.

This article summarizes the results of a wide range of analyses on pottery assemblages from New C... more This article summarizes the results of a wide range of analyses on pottery assemblages from New Caledonia, including both petrographic analysis and chemical composition analysis. This study illustrates how such techniques can be employed to review past hypotheses about the migration patterns of prehistoric Oceania, and how such studies can supplement and improve our current understanding of the social relationships between the populations involved. Despite populations settling in the Loyalty Islands early on, our current results indicate that pottery made from this area was not transferred to Grande Terre of New Caledonia, or to the Île des Pins located to the south.

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020

As part of a wider study of the transfer of Lapita pottery into and within New Caledonia, we stud... more As part of a wider study of the transfer of Lapita pottery into and within New Caledonia, we studied a sample of Lapita sherds from the site of Kurin on Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. The Loyalty Islands lie between the Vanuatu island chain and the rest of New Caledonia, so it has been suggested that they may have been the first part of New Caledonia to have been colonized during the initial Lapita expansion. We examined 28 sherds by optical petrography, and compared these to archived thin sections of Lapita pottery from the islands of Erromango and Efate in Vanuatu. We also made chemical analyses by neutron activation analysis (INAA) of 11 of these 28 sherds, and later reanalyzed these 11, and 12 more, by inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) analysis as part of the analysis of 329 sherds from throughout New Caledonia. We find no evidence in this sample for the transfer of Lapita pottery from Vanuatu to the Loyalty Islands; the only demonstrably exotic pots are 5 sherds from the main island (Grande Terre) of New Caledonia. Our results offer some support to the view that the initial Lapita expansion was not a continuous wave of advance, but a discontinuous “leapfrogging” process that initially bypassed some island chains. We also note evidence for the existence of at least two mutually exclusive networks of exchange of Lapita pottery in New Caledonia after the initial colonization of the region.

This chapter illustrates the degree of motif similarity between 50 Lapita sites, in an attempt to... more This chapter illustrates the degree of motif similarity between 50 Lapita sites, in an attempt to measure whether social connections may be traced through the distribution of the same motifs. Data generated from 10 major motif themes identified from the Lapita Pottery Online Database are also presented, to strengthen further the hypothesis that a number of motif themes (a given motif and its alloforms) may serve the purpose of being house-or group-specific identity symbols. Current research suggests that the preference to create many regional-specific motifs while continuing to use some shared motifs is a common cultural phenomenon. In a linear diffusion model, the number of shared motifs employed by potters of all regions shows a sharp decline from west to east, with only a small number of motifs continuing to be reproduced as Lapita communities expanded further into Remote Oceania. It also shows that in most cases roughly half of the 'traditionally shared motifs' would be passed on to the neighbouring region located to the east of the previous one. Future examination of these motif themes, such as their temporal and spatial distribution patterns, and the motif construction rules applied by different groups to create alloforms of a certain motif theme, should contribute fruitfully to our understanding of the decorative traditions of the Lapita Cultural Complex.

Archaeology in Oceania, 2013

One of the striking characteristics of Lapita archaeology during the past century has been the ve... more One of the striking characteristics of Lapita archaeology during the past century has been the very limited number of preserved whole or nearly whole pots found in excavations. This appears odd for ceramics mostly interpreted in the scientific literature as non-utilitarian and carrying social or ritual symbolism. The clear connection between dentate-stamped pots and complex burial rituals at the Teouma site (Vanuatu), along with studies on pottery breakage carried out in other parts of the world, allows the canvassing of a theoretical model that explains the apparent absence of logic in finding numerous Lapita pots reduced to small potsherds. By positioning the analysis in a framework relying on the specific behaviour of Pacific Islanders regarding the "invisible" and by using ethnographic Melanesian rituals as examples of how "natural forces" can be controlled, this paper proposes a hypothetical reconstruction of one of the possible ceremonies that may have been practiced by Oceanic explorers in newly settled islands.

This paper examines the roles Lapita pottery might have played during the expansions of Austrones... more This paper examines the roles Lapita pottery might have played during the expansions of Austronesian-speaking populations from Island Southeast Asia into the Pacific. It is argued that the importance and the roles Lapita pottery had in the local communities, in each of these contexts, are quite different from one another, and should be represented as such. Judging from the different production scales and exchange and transfer patterns, the meanings of Lapita pottery also changed depending on the social and economic contexts it was situated in. It has been argued that Lapita pottery might have been employed as a materialized symbol by people coming from different genetic, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds, to show their intention to become part of the local community they had just moved into.

自 2005 年起由多國學者合作策劃與推動的長期太平洋史前 Lapita 陶器研究 計劃，是透過對太平洋區域的各個相關遺址及所出土的陶器進行資料蒐集彙整， 試圖來建立一適合此地區陶器資料建置的標... more 自 2005 年起由多國學者合作策劃與推動的長期太平洋史前 Lapita 陶器研究 計劃，是透過對太平洋區域的各個相關遺址及所出土的陶器進行資料蒐集彙整， 試圖來建立一適合此地區陶器資料建置的標準，並透過線上數位資料庫提供各國 研究人員比較各地之 Lapita 陶器收藏。通過建置大量且詳盡的陶器型制、質地、 紋飾與製作技術等方面的資料，讓研究人員得以利用統計方法來互相對照、比較 遺址之間的異同，用以檢驗及修正過去針對此一史前文化所提出的不同假說。 本文中將對過去針對 Lapita 陶器紋飾研究所做的努力以及所遇見的困難做一 反思，鋪陳利用建立一跨國資料庫來解決研究困難的理念及當下所獲得之初步成 果，並提出幾項未來可能之研究議題發展方向。從建立此一資料庫的經驗中也可以 看出，典藏的考古資料若能即時數位化，並善加的整合、管理與運用，便能針對過 去不同的假說提出更為詳盡的資料來驗證，也能在理論發展上提出新的見解。 * 謹將此文章獻給 Roger Green 教授，若不是他無私的將所有與遺址相關的文獻資料、田野 筆記、陶器材料都提供給本資料庫使用，若不是他大力協助策劃及推動各國考古學者間的 合作，本資料庫也不可能有現今的成果。 在此也向所有提供來自各個島群的標本的諸多合作學者表達謝意：新喀里多尼亞與太平洋 考古中心主任 Christophe Sand 博士、紐西蘭 Otago 大學人類學系 Glenn Summerhayes 教授、 澳洲國家大學考古學與人類學系的 Matthew Spriggs 教授、澳洲國家大學考古學與自然史 學系的 Stuart Bedford 博士、前澳洲博物館人類學部門主任 Jim Specht 教授，及美國加州 大學柏克萊分校 Patrick Kirch 教授。 在過去七年間，承蒙中央研究院人文社會科學研究中心提供資料庫建置所需之軟硬體經費 支援，以及中央研究院「利用數位典藏改善學術研究環境計畫」提供資料庫陶器資料所需 之業務費支援，GIS 中心廖泫銘研究助技師、李玉亭小姐、林農堯先生，本院計算機中心 林晰科長、林宗茂先生和本院資訊科學研究所方俞喬先生，及資創中心王祥安先生等也 提供許多幫助，特此予以感謝。最後也感謝創意引晴有限公司在資料庫系統建置上的合 作。最後，要鄭重向曾經為此資料庫付出許多心力的助理及工讀生們致謝，沒有你們的 辛勞與努力，就不會有今天的成果。

方式、裝飾紋路、以及器型上的變化，一直是辨別族群及界定文化分類的重要利 器。筆者們所執行之 96 年度國科會計畫「西南太平洋法屬新喀里多尼亞島群史 前 Lapita 陶器之化學與礦物分析」即是企... more 方式、裝飾紋路、以及器型上的變化，一直是辨別族群及界定文化分類的重要利 器。筆者們所執行之 96 年度國科會計畫「西南太平洋法屬新喀里多尼亞島群史 前 Lapita 陶器之化學與礦物分析」即是企圖透過辨識新喀里多尼亞 Lapita 陶片 中所含的化學與礦物成份，來找出島群內各遺址出土陶器之原料採集及生產製作 的地點，並透過瞭解不同地區陶匠在製作 Lapita 陶器時所慣用的陶土摻和料組合 類型，進而就地質背景與特性來探討此區域當時可能的陶器流通狀況，以及可能 的社會經濟背景。本文總結了該計畫陶片岩象分析部份之研究成果，對於新喀里 多尼亞 Lapita 文化時期之陶器流通狀況提出初步圖像，提供日後進行類似陶器岩 象分析研究時的參考。 關鍵字：Lapita 文化叢、陶片岩象分析、新喀里多尼亞 *

Perceived as one of the most significant cultural markers of Austronesian movement into the Pacif... more Perceived as one of the most significant cultural markers of Austronesian movement into the Pacific, Lapita pottery appeared in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea some 3,500 years ago with highly complex decorative motifs and vessel forms. Pacific archaeologists have been using various statistical means to search for patterns from which migration routes and directions may be inferred by comparing frequencies of certain design elements and motifs, as well as motif construction rules, over time and space. How these highly elaborated decorative styles and pottery-making techniques were shared or transformed from one island to another, and how many of these techniques continued to be practiced for many hundreds of years, are intriguing questions whose answers will broaden our understanding of the past. Due to the limitations of previous coding systems and the lack of a fast and reliable communication platform, however, comparison of complex vessel forms and motifs amongst various island groups has been seriously crippled throughout the past few decades.

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The cultural divisions of the Pacific known to most of us today, those of Melanesia, Micronesia, ... more The cultural divisions of the Pacific known to most of us today, those of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, were first proposed by French explorer JSC Dumont d'Urville to the Geographical Society of Paris in 1832, in order to characterize this vast oceanic world ...

社會可持續性 social sustainability 培力與負責 Empowerment with Responsibility 社區歡愉 Community Conviviality 由下... more 社會可持續性 social sustainability 培力與負責 Empowerment with Responsibility 社區歡愉 Community Conviviality 由下而上、地方 vs. 區域國家、國際 bottom-up, local vs. regional, national, or international focus 公眾考古、社區居民參與、今人與古人共享環境資源、教育建立愛護地 球意識、在地義工導覽、地方資源管理、與其他社區分享資訊 Public Archaeology, participation of community residents, sharing environmental resources with our ancestors, teaching and promoting "Protect our Earth" concepts and ideas, local volunteer guides, regional resources management, sharing information with other communities 經濟可持續性 economic sustainability 經濟保全 Economic Security 經濟適宜 Economic Adequacy 創造性發展，小尺 度 方 案 、 自 給 自 足、再分配 creative development, small-scale projects, self-reliance, redistribution 發展觀光資源、網路傳訊推廣、創造新產品、結合地方產業有效率的運 用、遺址的土地信託 develop tourism resources, online promoting, creating new products, cooperating effectively with local businesses and industries, land trusts of the archaeological sites 環境可持續性 environmental sustainability 生態整合 Ecological Integrity 環境活力 Environmental Viability 生物區域主義 Bioregionalism 綠化資源、瞭解生物多樣性，生態景觀規劃、可及性 green resources, understanding biodiversity, ecological planning, ecological landscape planning and its accessibility 居民生活品質 life quality of the residents 生活品質 Quality of Life 健康(可居人造環 境) Health (livable built environment) __ 認同感、歸屬感、欣賞異文化無歧視、活化考古遺產、有機會產生創新、 寓教於樂、瞭解人群社會責任、保護文化遺產是有意義之工作 the sense of identity and belonging, appreciating other cultures without prejudice, reviving archaeological heritage, innovation opportunities, learning through fun and games, realizing the social responsibility of the mass and that protecting cultural heritage is a worthy cause -

摘要 在距今三千六百年直到約兩千五百年前，Lapita 文化叢出現的地區西自巴布亞新幾 內亞北方俾斯麥島群直到薩摩亞群島的各個島嶼遺址中，其物質文化以帶有梳點壓印紋 的 Lapita 陶器為特色... more 摘要 在距今三千六百年直到約兩千五百年前，Lapita 文化叢出現的地區西自巴布亞新幾 內亞北方俾斯麥島群直到薩摩亞群島的各個島嶼遺址中，其物質文化以帶有梳點壓印紋 的 Lapita 陶器為特色，並由一系列的石器和貝器、貝類裝飾和貴重器物所構成(Kirch 1984:45) 。據推論，當時 Lapita 人的生業型態應屬於一種適應海洋資源而發展的經濟型 態，卻也極有可能兼具以根莖類作物為主之園藝農業的生活方式(Green 1991, Kirch 1997:11-2, Spriggs 1997) 。 太平洋考古學家根據 Lapita 陶器器型、裝飾母題的特徵，及年代先後順序，將 Lapita 文化叢區分為四大文化區塊：遠西區、西區、南區，及東區。但隨著近年來考古材料發 掘數量大增，以往在單一文化分區中未列入考量的器型與裝飾母題也逐漸出現，因此重 新檢視原先的分區標準，並建立新的分區準則是必須的。除此之外，各個文化分區本身 的演進，以及分區之間彼此的互動與影響，也是未來可持續探討的議題。 而本文透過中央研究院人社中心社會科學研究中心-考古學研究專題中心所建構 的太平洋史前 Lapita 陶器線上數位資料庫，結合地理空間資訊系統(GIS)的視覺呈現 效果，於本資料庫上充分展現各類臉面裝飾母題(face motif)在不同 Lapita 文化分區之 間的分布狀況，以探究臉面裝飾母題在分區之間彼此的互動與影響。 關鍵字：Lapita 文化叢、太平洋史前 Lapita 陶器線上數位資料庫、臉面裝飾母題