Maupiti Burial Site

An early Eastern Polynesian burial site on Maupiti, Society Islands, dated to 800-1200 AD. There are 16 flexed and extended burials with grave goods of adzes, pendants, pearl-shell fishhooks paralleling the Hane in the Marquesas, and elsewhere in the Society Islands at Vaito'otia (at Huahine) and in New Zealand.

An early Eastern Polynesian burial site on Maupiti, Society Islands, dated ad 800-1200. Grave goods (adzes, pendants, fishing gear) are paralleled in the Marquesas (at Hane), New Zealand (at Wairau Bar) and elsewhere in the Society Islands on Vaito’OTIA (at Huahine).