Paleoenvironment of Lapita sites on Fanga ‘Uta Lagoon, Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga

Origin and significance of a founding settlement in Polynesia.

Selected prehistoric potsherds from the deepest cultural level of the oldest known archaeological site in the Kingdom of Tonga, within the Eastern Lapita province of western Polynesia, display decorative motifs characteristic of the Western Lapita province of modern-day Island Melanesia, to the west. Most of the stylistically anomalous sherds contain temper sands exotic to Tonga but, in one cas...

Bayesian Modeling and Chronological Precision for Polynesian Settlement of Tonga

First settlement of Polynesia, and population expansion throughout the ancestral Polynesian homeland are foundation events for global history. A precise chronology is paramount to informed archaeological interpretation of these events and their consequences. Recently applied chronometric hygiene protocols excluding radiocarbon dates on wood charcoal without species identification all but elimin...

In Search of Lapita and Polynesian Plainware Settlements in Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga

Effect of school-based fluoride mouth-rinsing on dental caries incidence among schoolchildren in the Kingdom of Tonga.

Since 1998, the authors have been working to improve the oral health of children at kindergartens and primary schools in the Kingdom of Tonga (Tonga). Our primary activity has been a school-based fluoride mouth-rinsing (FMR) program. FMR is performed using 7-10 mL of a 0.2% NaF solution for 1 min once per week at each school. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of school-based FMR on ...

Mortality Data in the Kingdom of Tonga: A Review of Changing Trends over the Ten Years since 1996.

Introduction The Kingdom of Tonga, which consists of 175 islands in the South Pacific, has a population of a little over 100,000 living on only 36 of these islands, with about two thirds of the population living on the main island of Tongatapu. The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Tonga provides health services to this population through four hospitals, 14 Health Centres and 34 Maternal and Child He...