Kutau/Bao Obsidian – Extending its Eastern Distribution into the Fijian Northeast

Callan Ross-Sheppard; Christophe Sand; Jone Balenaivalu; David V. Burley

doi:10.70460/jpa.v4i2.114

Kutau/Bao Obsidian – Extending its Eastern Distribution into the Fijian Northeast

Authors

Callan Ross-Sheppard Auckland University
Christophe Sand Institute of Archaeology of New Caledonia
Jone Balenaivalu Fiji Museum
David V. Burley Simon Fraser University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70460/jpa.v4i2.114

Keywords:

Fiji, Lapita, Kutau/Bao Obsidian

Abstract

This paper reports on the discovery and geochemical sourcing of an obsidian flake from a Lapita site on Vorovoro Island off the northeast coast of Vanua Levu, Fiji. The flake is sourced using pXRF to the Kutau/Bao source located on the Willaumez Peninsula, West New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago.

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Published

01-08-2013

How to Cite

Ross-Sheppard, C., Sand, C., Balenaivalu, J. and Burley, D. V. (2013) “Kutau/Bao Obsidian – Extending its Eastern Distribution into the Fijian Northeast”, Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 4(2), pp. 79–83. doi: 10.70460/jpa.v4i2.114.