Strontium (87 Sr/86 Sr) isotope analysis of the Namu skeletal assemblage: A study of past human migration on Taumako, a Polynesian Outlier in the eastern Solomon Islands.
Robyn T KramerCharlotte L KingHallie R BuckleyKlervia JaouenDerek A BoydLawrence KikoManuel TrostFiona PetcheyRebecca L KinastonPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2020)
We suggest that during the Namu period, Taumako was patrilocal and that some females migrated there from the nearby Santa Cruz and Reef islands. One female immigrated to Taumako from a geologically distinct region outside of the Duff, Reef, and Santa Cruz Island groups.