Teti’aroa, located 28 nautical miles (52 km) north of Tahiti, lies at the periphery of the Windward Society islands. At the end of the eighteenth century, this atoll was presumably controlled by the chiefdom of Porionu’u, which included the districts of Pare and Arue on the north coast of Tahiti. This situation is confirmed by a number of ethnohistorical accounts and oral traditions describing an intense traffic of basic resources between the atoll and Tahiti island as well as the specific function of Teti’aroa for Tahitian social elites visiting the atoll for ceremonial or recreational purposes. However, the prehistory of the atoll remains largely unknown and the time-depth of dominance by Tahitian elites on the atoll is unclear. In this paper, we investigate potential inter-island relationships between Teti’aroa and other islands in the archipelago and beyond. We present geochemical analyses (energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence and inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry) of stone tools and elements of ceremonial architecture (marae), which were necessarily imported given the complete subsidence of the volcanic substratum of the island. Our results confirm the regional origin of a majority of artefacts, but also indicate several later long-distance relationships maintained by Tahitian chiefs.

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进口到 Teti'aroa 环礁的火山物质的地球化学来源显示法属波利尼西亚的向风社会群岛存在多种长距离相互作用

Teti'aroa 位于大溪地以北 28 海里（52 公里）处，位于向风社会群岛的外围。在 18 世纪末，这个环礁大概由 Porionu'u 酋长领地控制，其中包括大溪地北海岸的 Pare 和 Arue 地区。许多民族历史记载和口述传统都证实了这种情况，这些记载和口述传统描述了环礁和塔希提岛之间基本资源的密集交通，以及 Teti'aroa 为塔希提社会精英访问环礁以举行仪式或娱乐目的的特定功能。然而，环礁的史前史在很大程度上仍然未知，大溪地精英对环礁的统治的时间深度尚不清楚。在本文中，我们调查了 Teti'aroa 与群岛内外其他岛屿之间潜在的岛屿间关系。我们介绍了石器和仪式建筑 (marae) 元素的地球化学分析（能量色散 X 射线荧光和电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱），鉴于岛上火山地层完全下沉，这些元素是必须进口的。我们的研究结果证实了大多数文物的区域起源，但也表明了后来由大溪地酋长维持的几个远距离关系。考虑到岛上火山地层完全下沉，这些材料是必须进口的。我们的研究结果证实了大多数文物的区域起源，但也表明了后来由大溪地酋长维持的几个远距离关系。考虑到岛上火山地层完全下沉，这些材料是必须进口的。我们的研究结果证实了大多数文物的区域起源，但也表明了后来由大溪地酋长维持的几个远距离关系。