About the Authors

Alice A. Storey

astorey2@une.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

J. Stephen Athens

Affiliation International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States of America

David Bryant

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Mike Carson

Affiliation Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, United States of America

Kitty Emery

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Susan deFrance

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Charles Higham

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Leon Huynen

Affiliation Australian Rivers Institute, School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia

Michiko Intoh

Affiliation National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan

Sharyn Jones

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Patrick V. Kirch

Affiliation Departments of Anthropology and Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Thegn Ladefoged

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Patrick McCoy

Affiliation Pacific Consulting Services, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai’i, United States of America

Arturo Morales-Muñiz

Affiliation Depto. Biologia, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Daniel Quiroz

Affiliation Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos-Proyecto Fondecyt, Santiago, Chile

Elizabeth Reitz

Affiliation Georgia Museum of Natural History, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Judith Robins

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Richard Walter

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, and Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Two of the authors are employed in archaeological consulting firms. These individuals have no personal or commercial stake in the results or interpretations of the experiments listed herein and their employment at consulting archaeology firms does not constitute a competing interest. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS JR LH EMS. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSA MC KE SdF CH MI SJ PK PM AMM DQ ER RW. Wrote the paper: AS JR TL EMS KE ER.