Post-Lapita Health, Lifestyle, and Mortuary Behavior in Fiji: A Brief Report
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2009-05-01
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23
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1
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This study analyzes skeletal remains from Fiji's
relatively unexplored post-Lapita period (6th-19th
centuries CE) to reconstruct lifestyle, health, and
mortuary practice. Although the sample is small and higWy
fragmentary (over 1,000 fragments), the remains show limited
evidence of osteoarthritis and peri- or post-mortem trauma.
These remains may warrant further analysis in combination
with addition skeletal materials to detemtine whether these cut
marks are cannibalistic in nature. Preliminary examination of
post-Lapita mortuary practice also suggests that burial position
may have shifted from flexed to supine. While small fragmentary
samples cannot provide demographic data (i.e., individual
ages and sexes) and therefore limit definitive conclusions,
they can provide important insight into the lifestyle and
behavior of ancient peoples.
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Easter Island, Rapa Nui
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