Kutau/Bao Obsidian – Extending its Eastern Distribution into the Fijian Northeast
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Fiji, Lapita, Kutau/Bao ObsidianAbstract
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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01-08-2013
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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. Available at: https://pacificarchaeology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/RossSheppard (Accessed: 5 November 2024).
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