TY - JOUR AU - Noury, Arnaud PY - 2017/09/06 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - What is that bird? Pros and cons of the interpretations of Lapita pottery motifs. JF - Journal of Pacific Archaeology JA - JPacArch VL - 8 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://pacificarchaeology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/199 SP - 79-87 AB - <p>While Lapita pottery has fascinated researchers for more than half a century the interpretation of specific designs remains a difficult task that has only been rarely undertaken due to the speculative and contentious nature of such analysis. Here I attempt a tentative interpretation of a design that may help in the analysis of Lapita motifs. The example used is a relatively complex bird-shaped pattern, unidentified so far in the Lapita period, which it is argued may represent a number of specific species.</p><p class="western" style="font-weight: normal;" lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><br /></em></span></span></p> ER -