17 research outputs found
A Perfect Educational Pairing
WSET classes at Linfield offer an approachable entry to a globally recognized wine progra
Exploring Volcanoes and \u27Vino\u27
Unique international experience returns for Linfield students. Photos courtesy of Toni Ketrenos and Jakob Longbottom \u272
Hands-On Innovation
A partnership with a manufacturer gives nursing students access to state-of-the-art equipmen
Leadership in the Interim and Future
Learn more about the Presidential search process and Interim Presiden
Opening Doors
The new Linfield University Science Complex is paving the way for science education, students and the futur
Shortage In the Schools
Combating the feared teacher exodus by preparing teachers quickly and completel
Testing the human factor: Radiocarbon dating the first peoples of the South Pacific
Archaeologists have long debated the origins and mode of dispersal of the immediate predecessors of all Polynesians and many populations in Island Melanesia. Such debates are inextricably linked to a chronological framework provided, in part, by radiocarbon dates. Human remains have the greatest potential for providing answers to many questions pertinent to these debates. Unfortunately, bone is one of the most complicated materials to date reliably because of bone degradation, sample pretreatment and diet. This is of particular concern in the Pacific where humidity contributes to the rapid decay of bone protein, and a combination of marine, reef, C₄, C₃ and freshwater foods complicate the interpretation of ¹⁴C determinations. Independent advances in bone pretreatment, isotope multivariate modelling and radiocarbon calibration techniques provide us, for the first time, with the tools to obtain reliable calibrated ages for Pacific burials. Here we present research that combines these techniques, enabling us to re-evaluate the age of burials from key archaeological sites in the Pacific