
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nunn, P D 
A1  - Pene, C 
A1  - Matararaba, S 
A1  - Kumar, R 
A1  - Singh, P 
A1  - Dredregasa, I 
A1  - Gwilliam, M 
A1  - Heorake, T 
A1  - Kuilanisautabu, L 
A1  - Nakoro, E 
A1  - Narayan, L 
A1  - Pastorizo, M R 
A1  - Robinson, S 
A1  - Saunivalu, P 
A1  - Tamani, F 
T1  - Human occupations of caves of the Rove peninsula, southwest Viti Levu island, Fiji
JF  - The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
JO  - S. Pac. J. Nat. App. Sci.
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
SP  - 16
EP  - 21
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/SP05003 
N2  - Geoarchaeological investigations of limestone caves along the Rove Peninsula, where several Lapita-era (1150-750 BC) sites dating from the earliest period of Fiji’s human history have been found, was undertaken by a team from the University of the South Pacific and the Fiji Museum. Surface collection and excavation in the largest cave &#8211; Qaranibourewa &#8211; was hindered by large amounts of ceiling collapse and no trace of human occupation earlier than about AD 1000 was found. The second-largest cave – Qaramatatolu – had a cave fill 190 cm thick but this was determined to be all of recent origin, having accumulated as a result of being washed down through a hole in the cave roof from a settlement above that probably existed AD 750-1250. The shell faunal remains from the Qaramatatolu excavation all suggest an open-coast location, quite different from the mangrove forest that fronts the area today. This mangrove forest probably formed only within the last few hundred years. 
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