Ritually breaking Lapita pots: Or, can we get into the minds of Oceanic first settlers? A discussion

Sand, Christophe; Marshall, Yvonne; Sheppard, Peter J; Spriggs, Matthew; Chiu, Scarlett

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Ritually breaking Lapita pots: Or, can we get into the minds of Oceanic first settlers? A discussion

Date

2013

Authors

Sand, Christophe

Marshall, Yvonne

Sheppard, Peter J

Spriggs, Matthew

Chiu, Scarlett

Publisher

Sydney University Press

Abstract

One of the striking characteristics of Lapita archaeology during the past century has been the very limited number of preserved whole or nearly whole pots found in excavations. This appears odd for ceramics mostly interpreted in the scientific literature