Continuity and change in Lapita and post‐Lapita ceramics: a review of evidence from the Admiralty Islands and New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Although a relationship between Lapita and post‐Lapita ceramic traditions has long been suspected, a systematic and detailed examination of similarities and differences between them has not been previously made. An important first step is to determine the nature of change from one to the other by examining pottery from sites which have the full ceramic sequence. My analyses of ceramic assemblages from Manus and New Ireland demonstrate continuity between the two traditions.