Geological subsidence and sinking islands: the case of Manono (Samoa). Issue 2 (14th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: SAND, CHRISTOPHE; BOLÉ, JACQUES; BARET, DAVID; OUETCHO, ANDRÉ‐JOHN; PETCHEY, FIONA; HOGG, ALAN; ASAUA, TAUTALA
• Other Names: Burley David guestEditor.; Weisler Marshall guestEditor.; White Peter guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Archaeology in Oceania. Volume 51:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 99
• Page End: 107
• Publication Date: 2016-06-14
• Subjects: geological subsidence -- Samoa -- Manono island -- Pagai -- resilience -- intensification -- Clés: affaissement géologique -- Samoa, île de Manono -- Pagai -- resilience, intensification; Archaeology -- Islands of the Pacific -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Australia -- Periodicals; Physical anthropology -- Islands of the Pacific -- Periodicals; Physical anthropology -- Australia -- Periodicals; Anthropology, Physical -- Southeast Asia -- Periodicals; Anthropology, Physical -- Australia -- Periodicals; Anthropology, Physical -- Pacific Islands -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Southeast Asia -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Australia -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Pacific Islands -- Periodicals; 990
• DOI: 10.1002/arco.5099
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0728-4896

Abstract

ABSTRACT: W.R. Dickinson, as part of his wide study of the geological history of the Pacific islands, has linked the unique case of the deeply submerged Lapita site of Mulifanua in western Upolu (Samoa) to the slow subsidence of Upolu island. Recent archaeological research on the neighbouring small island of Manono has yielded new and detailed data on this geological process. A series of new dates has allowed us to define the speed of the subsidence and demonstrate the massive environmental changes to which the local population has had to adapt over the past 2000 years.