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Weisler, Marshall I., Hua, Quan, Collins, Sara L., Rogers, Ashleigh J., Mendes, Walter P. |
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Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology; Jul-Sep2024, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p610-642, 33p |
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The earliest archaeological sites anchor discussions of the timing, speed, and direction of colonization of continents, single archipelagos, and individual islands, and new discoveries of the oldest sites often cause reevaluations of settlement models and culture-histories at various scales. Consequently, the oldest sites have continued to garner great interest amongst archaeologists worldwide. Here we report a suite of 21 AMS radiocarbon age determinations from a deeply stratified sandy mound habitation situated at an environmentally diverse "hot-spot" along the south-central leeward shore of Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands. Despite its ecological position in a dry leeward region – what some have called "high risk zones" – the ease of access and concentration of vital resources, including potable water, nutrient-rich gardening soils, and marine and freshwater biota was a magnet for early colonists. The faunal content, site stratigraphy, and geomorphological context of the Kawela Mound is described documenting rapid change in the dynamic landscape over several centuries. A Bayesian analysis of the Kawela Mound radiocarbon dates places earliest habitation at a modeled age of AD 1121–1262 (median AD 1210) making it one of the earliest habitations in the Hawaiian Islands. We provide a model for discovering early sites on leeward coastal Moloka'I, which should be applicable elsewhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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