Small islands are important model systems for examining the role of people in shaping novel environments and modifying resources through time. Here we report on vertebrate faunal assemblages recovered from two sites Ofu Olosega (American Samoa), which were occupied only a few centuries after initial settlement islands. We assess forager decision-making both locally regionally as well changing s...

ABSTRACT This article discusses the absolute chronology of collective burials Trzciniec Cultural Circle communities Middle Bronze Age in East Central Europe. Based on Bayesian modeling 91 accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS 14 C) dates from 18 cemeteries, practice burying individuals was linked to a period 400–640 (95.4%) years, between 1830–1690 and 1320–1160 BC. Collective mounds w...