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ArticleScience advances2023

Artifact geochemistry demonstrates long-distance voyaging in the Polynesian Outliers.

Aymeric Hermann, Pamela Gutiérrez, Catherine Chauvel, René Maury, Céline Liorzou, Edson Willie, Iarawai Phillip, Robert Forkel, Christoph Rzymski, Stuart Bedford

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Aymeric HermannUMR 8068 Temps, CNRS, F-92023 Nanterre, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3577-0294
Pamela GutiérrezUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.
Catherine ChauvelUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3959-4665
René MauryUniversité de Brest, UMR6538 Géosciences Océan, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS, F-29280 Plouzané, France.
Céline LiorzouUniversité de Brest, UMR6538 Géosciences Océan, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS, F-29280 Plouzané, France.
Edson WillieVanuatu National Museum, Vanuatu Cultural Centre, P.O. Box 184, Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
Iarawai PhillipVanuatu National Museum, Vanuatu Cultural Centre, P.O. Box 184, Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
Robert ForkelDepartment of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, MPI-EVA, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1081-086X
Christoph RzymskiDepartment of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, MPI-EVA, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6165-0440
Stuart BedfordDepartment of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, MPI-EVA, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6476-5617

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Abstract

Although the peopling of Remote Oceania is well-documented as a general process of eastward migrations from Island Southeast Asia and Near Oceania toward the archipelagos of Remote Oceania, the origin and the development of Polynesian societies in the Western Pacific (Polynesian Outliers), far away from the Polynesian triangle, remain unclear. Here, we present a large-scale geochemical sourcing study of stone artifacts excavated from archeological sites in central Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and the Caroline Islands and provide unambiguous evidence of multiple long-distance voyages, with exotic stone materials being transported up to 2500 kilometers from their source. Our results emphasize high mobility in the Western Pacific during the last millennium CE and offer insights on the scale and timing of contacts between the Polynesian Outliers, their neighbors in the Western Pacific, and societies of Western Polynesia.

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