COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL DEPOSITS BEHIND THE CHARLES WONG HOUSE, LEVUKA, FIJI
Creators: name: Cummings, Linda Scott
name: Yost, Chad
name: Puseman, Kathryn
name: Logan, Melissa K.
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Fiji (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/81311/fiji-country
subject: Island of Ovalau
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84682/island-of-ovalau
subject: Ovalau
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84681/ovalau
subject: Levuka
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84684/levuka
subject: Fijian Archipelago
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84683/fijian-archipelago
subject: 1920s
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/2870/1920s
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Charlie Wong’s house
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/108250/charlie-wongs-house
subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2247/midden
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Starch Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135583/starch-analysis
subject: Macrofloral Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/879/macrofloral-analysis
subject: Protein Residue Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/19426/protein-residue-analysis
subject: 09-151
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/162116/09-151
subject: Pollen Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3351/pollen-analysis
subject: 08-128
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/162117/08-128
subject: Phytolith Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/872/phytolith-analysis
subject: CIEP Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/145638/ciep-analysis
subject: 07-093
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/162118/07-093
subject: FTIR Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/136972/ftir-analysis
subject: organic residue analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/125787/organic-residue-analysis
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: A Chinese house was built in the 1920s on fill that enlarged the narrow strip of land on the southeast side of the Island of Ovalau in the Fijian Archipelago, on which much of the town of Levuka is built. Since the beach was narrow in this area, many of the first commercial structures were built on fill. A bakery is located to the north of Charlie Wong’s house. Cultural deposits that appear to represent a midden behind the house, excavated in 2007, were examined to identify likely local vegetation at the time they accumulated, which is assumed to be associated with use of the bakery during the 1920s, when it was built. This date of occupation is substantiated by artifacts recovered at the site. Pollen, phytolith, starch, macrofloral, protein residue, and FTIR analyses were conducted on fill from Test Units 1 (2007) and 2 (2008), which represent the midden associated with the house. Both samples, collected approximately 40 cm apart, represent deposits originating between 1920 and 1930. Sediment recovered 20 cm below the ground surface behind the house next to the chimney during the 2009 excavation also was submitted for pollen, phytolith, macrofloral, and FTIR analyses.