COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF A CULTURAL DEPOSIT BEHIND THE CHARLES WONG BAKERY, LEVUKA, FIJI

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Chad Yost; Kathryn Puseman; David V. Hill

Year: 2007

Summary

A Chinese bakery was built in the 1920s on fill that enlarged the narrow strip of land on the southeast side of the Island of Ovalau in the Fijian Archipelago, on which much of the town of Levuka is built. Since the beach was narrow in this area, many of the first commercial structures were built on fill. Cultural deposits that appear to represent a midden behind the structure were examined to identify likely local vegetation at the time they accumulated, which is assumed to be associated with use of this bakery during the 1920s, when it was built. This date of occupation is substantiated by artifacts recovered at the site. Pollen, phytolith, starch, macrofloral, protein residue, and FTIR analyses were conducted on fill from this midden.

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COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF A CULTURAL DEPOSIT BEHIND THE CHARLES WONG BAKERY, LEVUKA, FIJI. Linda Scott Cummings, Chad Yost, Kathryn Puseman, David V. Hill. PRI Technical Report ,2007-093. 2007 ( tDAR id: 379526) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8NZ8735

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Macrobotanical • Midden • Pollen

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
07-093 • CIEP Analysis • FTIR Analysis • organic residue analysis • Pollen Analysis • Protein Residue Analysis • pytolith ana • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Fiji (Country) • Fijian Archipelago • Island of Ovalau • Levuka • Ovalau

Temporal Keywords
Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: 178.69; min lat: -17.821 ; max long: 178.888; max lat: -17.58 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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