Recently added articles from Archaeology in Oceania:
Correction.(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 2008 ... This figure is the correct version of Figure 19 in R. Ellen's paper 'Distribution and variation in sago extraction equipment: convergent and ...
The reconstructed environment and absolute dating of SE-SZ-8 Lapita site on Nendo, Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract The SE-SZ-8 site of Nanggu is a large Lapita site in the Reef/Santa Cruz group of the Southeast Solomon Islands. This paper provides a detailed discussion of its geomorphological and environmental context on Santa Cruz and the within site position of four marine shell ...
Distribution and variation in sago extraction equipment: convergent and secondary technologies in island southeast Asia.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract It is argued, following Francois Sigaut, that the way elements of technology are invented, borrowed and re-combined challenges the notion of 'technical lineage', with its implication of 'successive orderly accretions'. The contention is examined in relation to pith ...
A small salvage excavation in Windjana Gorge, Kimberley, Western Australia.(Research Reports)(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract Windjana Gorge Water Tank Shelter (DIA 12588) is a narrow limestone rockshelter located in Windjana Gorge National Park, Western Australia. Although the site is badly disturbed, test excavation revealed some 45cm of in situ deposit down to massive roof-fall. Radiocarbon ...
Patterns of chronological variability in occupation on the coastal margin of Blue Mud Bay.(Research Reports)(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract This paper presents an analysis of radiocarbon dating of shell mounds and middens in Blue Mud Bay, northern Australia. The aim is to investigate variability in use of the landscape and foraging activity through time. By considering both mounded and non-mounded shell ...
Archaeology of Ancient Australia.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Archaeology of Ancient Australia By Peter Hiscock Routledge, London 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-33810-3 (hbk); ISBN 978-415-33811-0 (pbk). Pp. xviii + 338. Australian RRP $65.00. Its Preface pitches this nicely produced book as a ...
Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson Edited by A. Anderson, K. Green and F. Leach Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2008. ISBN 978 1 877372 45 2. Pp.319. NZ$65.95 Those of us who do our ...
Pieces of the Vanuatu Puzzle. Archaeology of the North, South and Centre.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Pieces of the Vanuatu Puzzle. Archaeology of the North, South and Centre By Stuart Bedford Terra Australis 23, 2006. ISBN 1 74076 093 X. Pp. xx+326. AU$49.50. This book is the reworked version of Bedford's PhD thesis (ANU 2000), composed of 11 chapters and ...
Explaining fortifications in Indo-Pacific prehistory.(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract This paper puts forward the premise that fortifications are uniquely suited to addressing questions of climatic variation and human response, as they are large, permanent repositories of human history, and also reflect behaviors directly associated with conflict, ...
Fortification as a human response to late Holocene climate change in East Timor.(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract We present evidence for a significant shift in human landscape use in post 1000 AD East Timor towards fortified and defensively-oriented settlement sites. We propose a model of agents selecting to invest in fortification building that is based on the spatial and ...
Assessing the role of climate change and human predation on marine resources at the Fatu-ma-Futi site, Tutuila Island, American Samoa: an agent based model.(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract In the tropical Pacific, climate change has been implicated as a causal variable in the development of a variety of social processes, including resource scarcity, cultural diversification, changes in spatial organization, and conflict. Hypotheses concerning the effects ...
Apocalypse now (and avoid the rush): human dimensions of climate change in the Indo-Pacific.(Essay)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract This essay draws attention to a set of related alternatives to conventional archaeological approaches to climate change and cultural transformation. It canvasses concepts drawn from the 'new ecology', the study of societal vulnerability and from 'political ecology' ....
Fishing in Pre-European New Zealand.(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Fishing in Pre-European New Zealand By Foss Leach New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication and Archaeofauna 15. 2006. ISBN 0-476-00864-6 Pp. iv+359. NZ$78.50+postage Over the past 30 years, Foss Leach has become the premier scholar of fish remains from New Zealand ...
Coastal Themes: An Archaeology of the Southern Curtis Coast.(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Coastal Themes: An Archaeology of the Southern Curtis Coast By Sean Ulm Terra Australis 24, ANU EPress, Canberra, 2006. ISBN 1 920942 93 9 (pbk) Price: $49.50 (print on demand); ISBN 1 920942 96 3 (web) Price: Free (without cover)://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/terra_australis.html Pp. xxvii + ...
The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory.(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory By Graeme Barker Oxford University Press, 2006 ISBN 0019-928109-2 Pp. xvi + 598. UK80 [pounds sterling](hb) In the last few years several books have sought to provide global or pan-regional reviews of early agriculture (Bellwood 2005; ...
The First Boat People.(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008; ... The First Boat People By Stephen Webb Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology 47, Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 13 978-0-521-85656-0 Pp. 318. Price UK75 [pounds sterling]. It is unusual for an author to abandon caution, to embrace eccentricity and ...
Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds.(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds By David W. Steadman University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2006. ISBN 0-226-77141-5, US$110 (hb); 0-226-77142-3, US$45 (pb), Pp. 594. During his eight-year stay in the Malay Archipelago, Alfred Russell Wallace killed and ...
Historical Archaeology: Why the Past Matters.(Book review)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Historical Archaeology: Why the Past Matters By Barbara Little Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA, 2007. ISBN-10 1-59874-022-5 (hb), UK40 [pounds sterling]; 1-59874-023-3 (pb), UK12.99 [pounds sterling], Pp. 160. This book is from the new American publisher Left Coast Press, ...
Climate change and archaeology in the pacific.
Oct 01, 2007; ... All but one of the papers on this topic published in this and the next issue of Archaeology in Oceania were first presented in the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association conference in Manila in March 2006. The session was organized by Julie Field and I and titled 'Climate Change in the Indo ...
A matter of balance: an overview of Pleistocene occupation history and the impact of the Last Glacial Phase in East Timor and the Aru Islands, eastern Indonesia.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Abstract This paper explores the subsistence records from cave sites with Pleistocene-aged deposits in East Timor and the Aru Islands during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and discusses these records within the context of the limited archaeological evidence for LGM occupation ...