Starch residue, pollen and phytolith analysis was carried out on coralline deposits from a c. 3050e2500 cal. yr BP Lapita site at Bourewa,
Viti Levu, Fiji. Starch grains, calcium oxalate crystals and xylem cells of introduced Colocasia esculenta and Dioscorea esculenta were identified, involving a process of elimination of possible taxa by cross-correlation of microfossil types. The data provide an eastward extension of
direct evidence of Lapita horticulture in Remote Oceania previously identified in Vanuatu.
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