%0 Journal Article
%A Henderson, Robert
%A Bedford, Stuart
%A Spriggs, Matthew
%A Yona, Salkon
%A Iarawai, Phillip
%A Shing, Richard
%A Valentin, Frédérique
%A Harvey, Caitlin
%+ Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Kuwae, Epi and Tongoa Islands: Transformations of a volcanic landscape in central Vanuatu : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-B641-7
%R 10.1002/arco.5346
%7 2025-02-05
%D 2025
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X This paper presents a detailed overview of archaeological research undertaken on Epi and Tongoa, in central Vanuatu. These islands were <br>previously connected to one another and respectively formed the western and eastern portions of Kuwae, one of the largest islands in the <br>Vanuatu archipelago, until the catastrophic Tombuk volcanic eruption separated them in the mid-fifteenth century AD. Oral traditions and <br>insights drawn from previous ethnographic, linguistic and genetic research provide context for the archaeological data. We begin to address <br>questions about the extent to which impacts of the major Tombuk eruption were experienced across the entirety of the former Kuwae <br>landmass, and the role of this and other volcanic events in the complex transformations of the physical and cultural landscapes of central <br>Vanuatu.
%K Vanuatu, Kuwae, Epi, Tongoa, volcanic eruptions, Tombuk
%J Archaeology in Oceania 
%V 60
%N 1
%& 42
%P 42 - 62
%I Wiley-Blackwell - SSH
%C Hoboken, NJ
%@ 0728-48961834-4453