What is that bird? Pros and cons of the interpretations of Lapita pottery motifs.

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  • Arnaud Noury

Keywords:

Lapita pottery, designs, Lapita, birds, pattern, ceramic markers

Abstract

While Lapita pottery has fascinated researchers for more than half a century the interpretation of specific designs remains a difficult task that has only been rarely undertaken due to the speculative and contentious nature of such analysis. Here I attempt a tentative interpretation of a design that may help in the analysis of Lapita motifs. The example used is a relatively complex bird-shaped pattern, unidentified so far in the Lapita period, which it is argued may represent a number of specific species.


Author Biography

Arnaud Noury

Docteur in Oceanian Archaeology and Historical Anthropology

(Université de La Rochelle, France)

 

Independant Researcher

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Published

06-09-2017

How to Cite

Noury, A. (2017) “What is that bird? Pros and cons of the interpretations of Lapita pottery motifs”., Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 8(2), pp. 79–87. Available at: https://pacificarchaeology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/199 (Accessed: 29 March 2024).

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