Birds on the rim: a unique Lapita carinated vessel in its wider context

Bedford, Stuart; Spriggs, Matthew

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Birds on the rim: a unique Lapita carinated vessel in its wider context

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2007

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Bedford, Stuart

Spriggs, Matthew

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Sydney University Press

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This paper describes a decorated carinated vessel excavated at the Teouma Lapita site, on the south coast of Efate, central Vanuatu. The vessel contained human bones and, following reconstruction, was found to have had four modelled birds on its rim. The

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Keywords: Lapita; Modelled clay birds; Pot burials; Teouma

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Archaeology in Oceania

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