The archaeology of Sāmoa has been structured around the investigation of settlement patterns and systems since the 1960s, and such investigations have been variously used to explore questions of temporal change relating to, among other things, political structure and subsistence. This same intellectual structure is applied here to the evaluation of variation between the geographically close islands of Ofu and Olosega, extending previous approaches by considering population estimates. These analyses, which include a calculation of carrying capacity and population estimates based on settlement patterns, suggest that Olosega supported a higher population density than Ofu, perhaps because of investments in tree cropping on the former. Variation in settlement distribution, subsistence strategies and population density has important implications for population resiliency and vulnerability in small-island societies.

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探索马努阿的定居点，生计与人口的交集

自1960年代以来，萨摩亚的考古学就一直围绕着定居模式和系统的研究而构建，这种研究被广泛用于探讨与政治结构和生存有关的时间变化问题。此处将这种相同的知识结构用于评估Ofu和Olosega地理位置较近的岛屿之间的变异，并通过考虑人口估计来扩展先前的方法。这些分析包括基于定居模式的承载力计算和人口估计，表明Olosega支持的人口密度比Ofu高，这可能是因为前者在树木种植上的投资。沉降分布的变化，