Correction for Sear et al., Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Correction for “Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought,” by David A. Sear, Melinda S. Allen, Jonathan D. Hassall, Ashley E. Maloney, Peter G. Langdon, Alex E. Morrison, Andrew C. G. Henderson, Helen Mackay, Ian W. Croudace, Charlotte Clarke, Julian P. Sachs, Georgiana Macdonald, Richard C. Chiverrell, Melanie J. Leng, L. M. Cisneros-Dozal, and Thierry Fonville, which was first published April 6, 2020; 10.1073/pnas.1920975117 (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 8813–8819).

The authors note that Emma Pearson should be added to the author list after Thierry Fonville. Emma Pearson should be credited with performing research and analyzing data. The corrected author line, affiliation line, and author contributions appear below. The author line, affiliations, and contributions sections have been corrected online.

The authors note that the following statement should be added to the Acknowledgments: “E.P. acknowledges NERC grant BRIS/81/0415.”

David A. Sear^a, Melinda S. Allen^b, Jonathan D. Hassall^a, Ashley E. Maloney^c, Peter G. Langdon^a, Alex E. Morrison^d, Andrew C. G. Henderson^e, Helen Mackay^e, Ian W. Croudace^f, Charlotte Clarke^a, Julian P. Sachs^c, Georgiana Macdonald^a, Richard C. Chiverrell^g, Melanie J. Leng^h,i, L. M. Cisneros-Dozal^j, Thierry Fonville^a, and Emma Pearson^e

^aSchool of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton, United Kingdom; ^bAnthropology, School of Social Sciences, University of Auckland, 1142 Auckland, New Zealand; ^cSchool of Oceanography, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; ^dInternational Archaeology LLC, Honolulu, HI 96826; ^eSchool of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; ^fGeosciences Advisory Unit (GAU)-Radioanalytical, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, SO14 3ZH Southampton, United Kingdom; ^gDepartment of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, Liverpool University, L69 7ZT Liverpool, United Kingdom; ^hNational Environmental Isotope Facility, British Geological Survey, NG12 5GG Nottingham, United Kingdom; ⁱCentre for Environmental Geochemistry, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, LE12 5RD Loughborough, United Kingdom; and ^jNational Environmental Isotope Facility, Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, University of Glasgow, G75 0QF East Kilbride, United Kingdom

Author contributions: D.A.S. and P.G.L. designed research; D.A.S., M.S.A., J.D.H., P.G.L., I.W.C., and E.P. performed research; D.A.S., M.S.A., J.D.H., A. E. Maloney, P.G.L., A. E. Morrison, A.C.G.H., H.M., I.W.C., C.C., J.P.S., G.M., R.C.C., M.J.L., L.M.C.-D., T.F., and E.P. analyzed data; and D.A.S., M.S.A., J.D.H., A. E. Maloney, P.G.L., A. E. Morrison, A.C.G.H., H.M., C.C., J.P.S., and L.M.C.-D. wrote the paper.