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The material findings in early-period Marianas sites include broken pottery, stone and shell tools, shell ornaments, food remains, and structural remnants. Each type of material is reviewed here, building toward a larger understanding of the cultural activities and social setting in which these objects once functioned.
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Carson, M.T. (2014). Early-Period Material Culture. In: First Settlement of Remote Oceania. SpringerBriefs in Archaeology, vol 1. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01047-2_5
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