Provenance and technology of lithic artifacts from the Teouma Lapita site, Vanuatu

Reepmeyer, Christian; Spriggs, Matthew; Bedford, Stuart; Ambrose, Wallace

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Provenance and technology of lithic artifacts from the Teouma Lapita site, Vanuatu

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2011

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Reepmeyer, Christian

Spriggs, Matthew

Bedford, Stuart

Ambrose, Wallace

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University of Hawaii Press

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Fifty-six obsidian artifacts and 141 non-obsidian artifacts were excavated in three field seasons at Teouma, Efate Island, central Vanuatu. Using LA-ICP-MS the majority of the obsidian artifacts were provenienced to the obsidian subsource of Kutau/Bao on

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