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Temper sands in prehistoric Oceanian pottery geotectonics, sedimentology, petrography, provenance

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  • ""Oceanian ceramic cultures making earthenware pottery spread during the past 3500 years through a dozen major island groups spanning 6000 km of the tropical Pacific Ocean from western Micronesia to western Polynesia. Island potters mixed sand as temper into clay bodies during ceramic manufacture. The nature of island sands is governed by the geotectonics of hotspot chains, island arcs, subduction zones, backarc basins, and remnant arcs as well as by sedimentology. Because small islands with bedrock exposures of restricted character are virtual point sources of sand, many tempers are diagnostic of specific islands. Petrographic study of temper sands in thin section allows distinction between indigenous pottery and exotic pottery transported from elsewhere. Study of 2223 prehistoric Oceanian potsherds from 130 islands and island clusters indicates the nature of Oceanian temper types and documents 105 cases of interisland transport of ceramics over distances typically <400 km but reaching 1000+ km."--Publisher's website."

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  • "Temper sands in prehistoric Oceanian pottery geotectonics, sedimentology, petrography, provenance"@en
  • "Temper sands in prehistoric Oceanian pottery geotectonics, sedimentology, petrography, provenance"
  • "Temper sands in prehistoric Oceanian pottery : geotectonics, sedimentology, petrography, provenance"
  • "Temper sands in prehistoric oceanian pottery : geotectonics, sedimentology, petrography, provenance"
  • "Temper sands in prehistoric Oceanian pottery"

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