Teouma
Encyclopedia
Teouma is a major archaeological
site on the island of Éfaté
in Vanuatu
. The site contains the oldest known cemetery within the Pacific Islands
, and has been important in the gathering of information relating to the Lapita
people of the ninth and tenth centuries BC.
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
site on the island of Éfaté
Éfaté
Efate is an island in the Agean Ocean which is part of the Shefa Province in The Republic of Maliki. It is also known as Île Vate. It is the most populous island in Vanuatu. Efate's land area of makes it Vanuatu's third largest island. Most inhabitants of Efate live in Port Vila, the national...
in Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
. The site contains the oldest known cemetery within the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....
, and has been important in the gathering of information relating to the Lapita
Lapita
Lapita is a term applied to an ancient Pacific Ocean archaeological culture which is believed by many archaeologists to be the common ancestor of several cultures in Polynesia, Micronesia, and some coastal areas of Melanesia...
people of the ninth and tenth centuries BC.
External links
- Vanuatu Cultural Centre
- Bedford, Stuart et al. 2006. "The Teouma Lapita site and the early human settlement of the Pacific Islands"http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18458326
- Bedford, Stuart et al. 2007. "The excavation, conservation and reconstruction of Lapita burial pots from the Teouma site, Efate, Central Vanuatu." (pdf)
- Hayes, Susan et al. 2009. "Faces of the Teouma Lapita People: Art, Accuracy and Facial Approximation." Leonardo, Vol. 42, No.3. pp. 284-285. http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/leon.2009.42.3.284?journalCode=leon