Recent Archaeological Research in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.

Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and thePacific | September 22, 1998| | Copyright

ABSTRACT

Recent archaeological research in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia has added to our understanding of the region's culture history. Excavations at nine primarily rockshelter sites on the islands of Ouvea, Lifou, and Mare suggest that the earliest human occupation of the Loyalty Islands, as with New Caledonia, is attributed to the Lapita complex; there is no preceramic tradition evident at these sites. Along with dentate-stamped pottery, the Lapita age ceramics are associated with other forms of decoration that have not been described previously. The ...

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