Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-wq484 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T17:47:59.064Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Late Holocene 14C Marine Reservoir Corrections for Hawai'I Derived from U-Series Dated Archaeological Coral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Marshall I Weisler ,
Quan Hua  and
Jian-xin Zhao
Marshall I Weisler*
Affiliation:
School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia
Quan Hua
Affiliation:
Australia Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), PMB 1, Menai, New South Wales 2234, Australia
Jian-xin Zhao
Affiliation:
Radiogenic Isotope Facility, Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia
*
Corresponding author. Email: m.weisler@uq.edu.au
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

The first application of U-series dating and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) assay of Polynesian archaeological Pocillopora spp. branch corals for deriving a precise local marine reservoir correction (ΔR) is described. Known-age corals were selected that spanned the entire culture-historical sequence for the Hawaiian Islands, thus eliminating the problem of not having known-age dated samples that cover the period of direct relevance to prehistorians; in this case, about AD 700–1800. Dating coral samples from windward and leeward coastlines of Moloka'i Island, with different offshore conditions such as upwelling, currents, wind patterns, coastal topography, and straight or embayed shorelines, provides insights into possible variations of local conditions on the same island—something that has never been attempted. In this regard, there was no spatial variability in ΔR during the 17th century. We report a weighted average ΔR value for Moloka'i Island of 52 ± 25 yr using 12 pair-dated dedicatory branch corals from religious archaeological sites and demonstrate that there is no significant temporal variability in ΔR between about AD 700 to 1800. In combination with 4 selected previously published ΔR values based on pre-bomb known-age marine shells, a revised ΔR of 66 ± 54 yr is established for the Hawaiian Islands. However, future research should examine the archipelago-wide spatial variability in ΔR with the analysis of additional dated archaeological coral samples.

Type
Marine Studies
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , 2009 , pp. 955 - 968
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

References

REFERENCES

Allen, MS, Wallace, R. 2007. New evidence from the East Polynesian gateway: substantive and methodological results from Aitutaki, southern Cook Islands. Radiocarbon 49(3):1163–79.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Athens, JS. 1985. Prehistoric investigations at an upland site on the leeward slopes of central Moloka'i. Honolulu: International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc.Google Scholar
Athens, JS. 1997. Hawaiian native lowland vegetation in prehistory. In: Kirch, PV, Hunt, TL, editors. Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands: Prehistoric Environmental and Landscape Change. New Haven: Yale University Press. p 248–70.Google Scholar
Beggerly, PEP. 1990. Kahana Valley, Hawai'i, a geomorphic artifact: a study of the interrelationships among geomorphic structures, natural processes, and ancient Hawaii technology, land use, and settlement patterns [PhD dissertation]. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i.Google Scholar
Broecker, WS, Olson, EA. 1961. Lamont radiocarbon measurements VIII. Radiocarbon 3:176–204.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cao, L, Fairbanks, RG, Mortlock, RA, Risk, MJ. 2007. Radiocarbon reservoir age of high latitude North Atlantic surface water during the last deglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews 26(5–6):732–42.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cheng, H, Edwards, RL, Hoff, J, Gallup, CD, Richards, DA, Asmerom, Y. 2000. The half-lives of uranium-234 and thorium-230. Chemical Geology 169(1–2):17–33.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cobb, KM, Charles, CD, Cheng, H, Kastner, M, Edwards, RL. 2003. U/Th-dating living and young fossil corals from the central tropical Pacific. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 210(1–2):91–103.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dang, PX, Mitsuguchi, T, Kitagawa, H, Shibata, Y, Kobayashi, T. 2004. Marine reservoir correction in the South of Vietnam estimated from annually-banded coral. Radiocarbon 46(2):657–60.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dean, JS. 1978. Independent dating in archaeological analysis. In: Schiffer, MD, editor. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory. New York: Academic Press. p 223–55.Google Scholar
Druffel, ERM, Griffin, S, Guilderson, TP, Kasahgarian, M, Southon, J, Schrag, DP. 2001. Changes of subtropical North Pacific radiocarbon and correlation with climate variability. Radiocarbon 43(1):15–25.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dye, T. 1994. Apparent ages of marine shells: implications for archaeological dating in Hawai'i. Radiocarbon 36(1):51–7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fink, D, Hotchkis, MAC, Hua, Q, Jacobsen, GE, Smith, AM, Zoppi, U, Child, D, Mifsud, C, van der Gaast, HA, Williams, AA, Williams, M. 2004. The ANTARES AMS Facility at ANSTO. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 223–224:109–15.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Grigg, RW. 1983. Community structure, succession and development of coral reefs in Hawaii. Marine Ecology Progress Series 11:1–14.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Guilderson, TP, Schrag, DP, Cane, MA. 2004. Surface water mixing in the Solomon Sea as documented by a high-resolution coral 14C record. Journal of Climate 17(5):1147–56.2.0.CO;2>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Handy, ESC. 1927. Polynesian Religion. Bulletin 34. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum.Google Scholar
Hua, Q, Jacobsen, GE, Zoppi, U, Lawson, EM, Williams, AA, Smith, AM, McGann, MJ. 2001. Progress in radiocarbon target preparation at the ANTARES AMS Centre. Radiocarbon 43(2A):275–82.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hua, Q, Woodroffe, CD, Barbetti, M, Smithers, SG, Zoppi, U, Fink, D. 2004. Marine reservoir correction for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Radiocarbon 46(2):603–10.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hua, Q, Woodroffe, CD, Smithers, SG, Barbetti, M, Fink, D. 2005. Radiocarbon in corals from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and implications for Indian Ocean circulation. Geophysical Research Letters 32:L21602, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023882.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hughen, KA, Baillie, MGL, Bard, E, Beck, JW, Bertrand, CJH, Blackwell, PG, Buck, CE, Burr, GS, Cutler, KB, Damon, PE, Edwards, RL, Fairbanks, RG, Friedrich, M, Guilderson, TP, Kromer, B, McCormac, G, Manning, S, Bronk Ramsey, C, Reimer, PJ, Reimer, RW, Remmele, S, Southon, JR, Stuiver, M, Talamo, S, Taylor, FW, van der Plicht, J, Weyhenmeyer, CE. 2004. Marine04 marine radiocarbon age calibration, 0–26 cal kyr BP. Radiocarbon 46(3):1059–86.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Johnson, AG, Glenn, CR, Burnett, WC, Peterson, RN, Lucey, PG. 2008. Aerial infrared imaging reveals large nutrient-rich groundwater inputs to the ocean. Geophysical Research Letters 35:L15606.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jokiel, PL, Brown, EK, Rodgers, KS, Smith, WR. 2008. Reef corals and the coral reefs of south Moloka'i. In: Field, ME, Cochran, SA, Logan, JB, Storlazzi, CD, editors. The Coral Reef of South Moloka'i—Portrait of a Sediment-Threatened Fringing Reef. Menlo Park, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5101. p 43–50.Google Scholar
Jones, M, Petchey, F, Green, R, Sheppard, P, Phelan, M. 2007. The marine ΔR for Nenumbo (Solomon Islands): a case studying calculating reservoir offsets from paired sample data. Radiocarbon 49(1):95–102.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kay, ES. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii, Section 4: Mollusca. Special Publication 64(4). Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press.Google Scholar
Khaweerat, S, Weisler, MI, Zhao, J-X, Feng, Y-X. 2008. Human-caused stratigraphic mixing of a coastal Hawaiian midden during prehistory: implications for interpreting cultural deposits. Paper presented at the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology annual meeting, Hilo, Hawai'i.Google Scholar
Kirch, PV, McCoy, MD. 2007. Reconfiguring the Hawaiian cultural sequence: results of re-dating the Halawa dune site (MO-A1-3), Moloka'i Island. Journal of the Polynesian Society 116(4):385–406.Google Scholar
Kirch, PV, Sharp, WD. 2005. Coral 230Th dating of the imposition of a ritual control hierarchy in precontact Hawaii. Science 307(5706):102–4.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ludwig, KR. 1999. User's Manual for Isoplot/Ex version 2, A Geochronological Toolkit for Microsoft Excel. Berkeley Geochronology Center Special Publications 1. 44 p.Google Scholar
Malo, D. 1951. Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii). Special Publication 2, 2nd edition. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press.Google Scholar
Maragos, JE. 1977. Order Scleractinia stony corals. In: Devaney, DM, Eldredge, LG, editors. Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Section 1: Protozoa through Ctenophora. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 64(1). p 158–241.Google Scholar
McCoy, MD. 2007. A revised Late Holocene culture history for Moloka'i Island, Hawai'i. Radiocarbon 49(3):1273–322.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McCoy, PC, Weisler, MI, Zhao, J-X, Feng, Y-X. 2009. 230Th dates for dedicatory corals from a remote alpine desert adze quarry on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. Antiquity 83(320):445–57.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McFadgen, BG, Knox, FB, Cole, TRL. 1994. Radiocarbon calibration curve variations and their implications for the interpretation of New Zealand prehistory. Radiocarbon 36(2):221–36.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McGregor, HV, Gagan, MK, McCulloch, MT, Hodge, E, Mortimer, G. 2008. Mid-Holocene variability in the marine 14C reservoir age for northern coastal Papua New Guinea. Quaternary Geochronology 3(3):213–25.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Owen, BD. 2002. Marine carbon reservoir age estimates for the far south coast of Peru. Radiocarbon 44(3):701–8.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Petchey, F. 1998. Radiocarbon analysis of a novel bone sample type: snapper and barracouta bone from New Zealand archaeological sites . University of Waikato.Google Scholar
Petchey, F. 2000. Radiocarbon dating fish bone from the Houhora archaeological site, New Zealand. Archaeology in Oceania 35(3):104–15.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Petchey, F, Phelan, M, White, JP. 2004. New ΔR values for the southwest Pacific Ocean. Radiocarbon 46(2):1005–14.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Phelan, MB. 1999. A ΔR correction value for Samoa from known-age marine shells. Radiocarbon 41(1):99–101.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Reimer, PJ, Reimer, R. 2003. Marine reservoir correction database [online]. Available at http://calib.org/marine/. Accessed 15 November 2008.Google Scholar
Salmon, JT. 1980. The Native Trees of New Zealand. Auckland: Reed Books.Google Scholar
Schmidt, M. 2000. Radiocarbon Dating New Zealand Prehistory Using Marine Shell. BAR International Series 842. Oxford: Hadrian Books.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shen, CC, Li, KS, Sieh, K, Natawidjaja, D, Cheng, H, Wang, X, Edwards, RL, Lam, DD, Hsieh, YT, Fan, TY, Meltzner, AJ, Taylor, FW, Quinn, TM, Chiang, HW, Kilbourne, KH. 2008. Variation of initial Th-230/Th-232 and limits of high precision U-Th dating of shallow-water corals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72(17):4201–23.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Soares, AMM, Dias, JMA. 2006. Coastal upwelling and radiocarbon—evidence for temporal fluctuations in ocean reservoir effect off Portugal during the Holocene. Radiocarbon 48(1):45–60.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Southon, J, Kashgarian, M, Fontugne, M, Metivier, B, Yim, WWS. 2002. Marine reservoir corrections for the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. Radiocarbon 44(1):167–80.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stoddart, DR. 1992. Biogeography of the tropical Pacific. Pacific Science 46(2):276–93.Google Scholar
Stuiver, M, Braziunas, TF. 1993. Modeling atmospheric 14C influences and 14C ages of marine samples to 10,000 BC. Radiocarbon 35(1):137–89.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stuiver, M, Pearson, GW, Braziunas, TF. 1986. Radiocarbon age calibration of marine samples back to 9000 cal yr BP. Radiocarbon 28(2B):980–1021.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stuiver, M, Reimer, PJ, Reimer, RW. 2005. CALIB 5.0. [WWW program and documentation]. URL: http://radiocarbon.pa.qub.ac.uk/calib/.Google Scholar
Summers, CC. 1964. Hawaiian Fishponds. Special Publication 52. Honolulu: Bishop Museum.Google Scholar
Summers, CC. 1971. Molokai: A Site Survey. Pacific Anthropological Records No. 14. Department of Anthropology. Honolulu: Bishop Museum.Google Scholar
Weisler, MI. 1987. A second look at the archaeology of Kawakiu Nui, west Moloka'i. Report on file, State Historic Preservation Division, Honolulu.Google Scholar
Weisler, MI. 1989. Chronometric dating and late Holocene prehistory in the Hawaiian Islands: a critical review of radiocarbon dates from Moloka'i Island. Radiocarbon 31(2):121–45.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Weisler, MI. 1990. Sources and sourcing of volcanic glass in Hawai'i: implications for exchange studies. Archaeology in Oceania 25(1):16–23.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Weisler, MI, Kirch, PV. 1985. The structure of settlement space in a Polynesian chiefdom: Kawela, Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 7:129–58.Google Scholar
Weisler, MI, Collerson, K, Feng, Y-X, Zhao, J-X, Yu, K-F. 2006. Thorium-230 coral chronology of a late prehistoric Hawaiian chiefdom. Journal of Archaeological Science 33(2):273–82.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wood, WR, Johnson, DL. 1978. A survey of disturbance processes in archaeological site formation. In: Schiffer, MD, editor. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory. New York: Academic Press. p 315–81.Google Scholar
Yu, K-F, Zhao, J-X, Shi, Q, Chen, T-G, Wang, P-X, Collerson, KD, Liu, T-S. 2006. U-series dating of dead Porites corals in the South China Sea: evidence for episodic coral mortality over the past two centuries. Quaternary Geochronology 1:129–41.CrossRefGoogle Scholar