Polynesian plainware (Temporal Keyword)

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Dataset for Quintus and Clark 2020 (2020)
DATASET Seth Quintus.

Attribute data for fishhooks described and analyzed in Quintus and Clark.


An early fishhook assemblage from Ofu and Olosega islands, Manu'a Group, American Samoa: implications for technological evolution and cultural interaction (Quintus and Clark 2020, Archaeology in Oceania))
PROJECT Uploaded by: Seth Quintus

Marine resources are integral to the subsistence of coastal populations in Oceania and have been since the islands were first settled. While items of fishing gear, most notably fishhooks, are found throughout the Pacific, they are not as common as one might think. Fishhooks are in fact noticeably uncommon in the Central Pacific, for example. Consequently, the various types of analyses of fishhook morphology, particularly the types of line attachment devices, that have been carried out on East...