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New discoveries from the early Māori village at Shag River Mouth, New Zealand, reveal intestinal parasites Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Mark Horrocks, Bronwen Presswell, Ian W.G. Smith
Presented here are the results of archaeoparasitological analysis of habitation layers at Shag River Mouth, Otago coast. Two types of helminth eggs were identified: The first type is Toxocara canis, associated with the introduced kurī dog (Canis familiaris), which could have adversely affected local people and their dogs. The other type very closely resembles that of Stringopotaenia psittacea, associated
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First Nations pre-LGM ochre processing in Parramatta, NSW, Australia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Timothy Owen, Simon Munt, Sam Player, Phillip Toms, Jamie Wood
Previous archaeological evidence and published analysis has suggested that ochre was first used in the Sydney Basin around 9000 years ago, and that the Parramatta region may not have been occupied by First Nations peoples before ∼14 ka. We present new evidence which firmly places both events before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Multiple ochre fragments, two with microscopically visible evidence of
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Late Holocene hunting economies in coastal southeastern Australia: Insights from the archaeological fauna of Curracurrang 1 Rockshelter, Royal National Park Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Loukas G. Koungoulos, Jane Balme, Sue O'Connor, Shane Ingrey
Curracurrang 1 (1CU5) is a rockshelter site located in the Royal National Park (RNP) on the coast south of Sydney. Excavated from 1962 to 1966, the site's rich Holocene cultural deposit has become important for understanding regional Late Holocene developments in Australian lithic and shell technologies. Our comprehensive analysis of 1CU5's faunal remains is presented here, accompanied by new AMS radiocarbon
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The archaeology of 19th century oyster consumption in Melbourne Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Brendan Marshall
This paper presents comparative research on marine shell from four 19th century historical archaeological sites in Melbourne. The shell derives predominantly from Mud Oyster (Ostrea angasi) and Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) commercially harvested from natural reefs along the south-east Australian coastline. The research collects quantitative data that informs on the 19th century oyster
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Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Marshall I. Weisler, Ashleigh J. Rogers, Quan Hua, Fiona Bertuch, Thomas A. Wake, Yosihiko H. Sinoto
In 1976, Yosihiko H. Sinoto conducted extensive archaeological survey and excavations on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago as part of a Japanese, multi-disciplinary expedition led by Prof. Sachiko Hatanaka. Primarily excavating three marae and four habitation sites totalling ∼180 m2, more than 25000 vertebrate remains were recovered. We report the jidentification and analysis of the fauna and contrast
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The pre-contact temple system of Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Patrick V. Kirch, Jillian Swift, Clive Ruggles
Building upon a pioneering 1909 survey of Moloka‘i Island heiau (temples) by archaeologist John F. G. Stokes, the pre-contact temple system of Hālawa Valley is described and analysed. Ten heiau were relocated and mapped, with seven sites test excavated and radiocarbon dated. The majority of sites are terraces or terraced platforms in architectural form, ranging in size from 72 to 1300 square meters
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A 600–700-year-old basalt adze production site from Mount Bates, Norfolk Island Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Nicola Jorgensen, Amy Mosig Way, James Flexner
While pre-European settlement of Norfolk Island has been recognised for many decades, particularly the larger settlement site at Emily Bay, until this point there has been limited understanding, and very little systematic recording of evidence for inland settlement. This report presents the location, chronology, stratigraphy and artefact assemblage of a previously undocumented lithic production site
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Hunting with dogs: a synthesis of ethnohistorical data and discussion of their implications for prehistoric subsistence in New Guinea Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Loukas G. Koungoulos, Adam Brumm
The advent of the dog is widely recognised as a major development in the economic organisation of ancient and contemporary hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies. Although the utility of dogs in assisting recent historical and contemporary New Guinean hunters is commonly emphasised in anthropological discourse, to date there has been no critical evaluation of their actual contributions to hunting
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Indirect dating of secondary cave burials in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea reveals last millennium reorganisation of social practices Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Zali Boyd, Ben Shaw
In the Massim Island region of southeastern Papua New Guinea secondary interment of skeletal remains was widely practiced historically, but its social context and regional expression in the deeper past remains uncertain. In this paper the chronology of secondary burial on Panaeati Island is established indirectly by reconstructing the cultural and spatiotemporal association of 21 clay pots placed with
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Putting the Dark Emu debate into context Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Tim Denham, Mark Donohue
In this review of the Dark Emu debate we start out by summarising Bruce Pascoe's original work and Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe's critique. However, the majority of this contribution is to place this Australian-focussed debate into broader conceptual, methodological and evidential contexts generally associated with the investigation of early agriculture in other parts of the world. If we are to apply
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Re-assessing regional chronologies for island southeast Asian voyaging to Aboriginal Australia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Chris Urwin, John J. Bradley, Ian J. McNiven, Lynette Russell, Lily Yulianti Farid
According to written histories, trepang fishers from Island Southeast Asia (“Makassans”) frequented coastal northern Australia from c.1750 to 1907 CE. Yolŋu oral traditions and old Austronesian borrow words in coastal Aboriginal languages suggest a long and complex history of foreign voyaging to northern Australia. Yet archaeological radiocarbon chronologies for the Southeast Asian trepang industry
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Late Holocene technological provisioning at the Kings Table rockshelter, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Andrew McLaren, Geordie Oakes
Technological analysis of the late Holocene component of the stone artefact assemblage recovered from the Kings Table rockshelter in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, provides the basis for an assessment of the site's role in broader late Holocene settlement-subsistence systems. Drawing on Kuhn's widely employed “provisioning model”, as well as Kelleher's general pre-contact occupation model for
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An archaeological review of Polynesian adze quarries and sources Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Christopher Jennings, Marshall Weisler, Richard Walter
Adze quarries and sources are some of the most visible, unique and well-preserved Polynesian archaeological sites where stone technology, intensification of production, other aspects of economy, social organisation and ritual practices are anchored together on the landscape. The production and exchange of adzes are associated with complex interaction networks connecting islands and archipelagos up
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Investigating hafting and composite tool repair as factors creating variability in backed artefacts: Evidence from Ngungara (Weereewa/Lake George), south-eastern Australia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Amy Mosig Way, Loukas Koungoulos, Simon Wyatt-Spratt, Peter Hiscock
Across the Australian continent, backed artefacts are produced in enormous numbers during the mid-late Holocene. Previous examinations have revealed variation in the average shape of these artefacts, at both continental and regional scales. To better understand the factors creating this variability, we examine a large assemblage of backed artefacts from Ngungara (Weereewa/Lake George), in south-eastern
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Archaeology of animate ancestors and entanglement at Mayarnjarn in the Wellington Range region, Northern Territory Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Duncan Wright, Ladislav Nejman, Steve Skitmore, Wayne Brennan, Rebecca Parkes, Ronald Lamilami, Paul S. C. Taçon
The Wellington Range region, in far Northern Australia, provides a remarkable record of cultural encounter. Cathedral-sized rock art galleries include contact imagery referencing Macassan and European visitors while lithic artefact assemblages echo social mobility between Indigenous groups occurring from at least the mid Holocene period. In this paper, we continue the trajectory of archaeological research
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Hand stencils and communal history: A case study from Auwim, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Roxanne Tsang, Sebastien Katuk, Sally K. May, Paul S.C. Taçon, François-Xavier Ricaut, Matthew G. Leavesley
Hand stencils directly represent modern humans in landscape settings around the world. Yet their social and cultural contexts are often overlooked due to the lack of ethnography associated with the artwork. This paper explores the hand stencils from Kundumbue and Pundimbung rock art sites, situated in the traditional boundaries of the Auwim people in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. Combining
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Archaeology of powerful stones in the Australia-Pacific region: an Introduction Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Duncan Wright, Geoffrey Clark, E. Jaydeyn Thomas, Sam Juparulla Wickman, Timothy Darvill
Over millennia, and right across the globe, people have invested time and energy to create cultural landscapes that revolve around or incorporate powerful stones. Questions about the structured nature, distribution, source, or placement of stones (both within physical and meta-physical worlds), pose intriguing theoretical and methodological challenges. Emic and etic perspectives may provide additional
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Stones, stories and ceremonies: A Gamilaraay, Arrernte, Luritja, Pitjantatjarra, Yankuntjatjarra perspective Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Wayne Brennan, Sam Jupparula Wickman
Cylcons are common in Australia, reported in early accounts (e.g., by Etheridge, McCarthy) as spiritually important for Aboriginal people, but where are the Indigenous perspectives on these important stones? Here we provide two stories about our engagement with these objects and then look at an archaeological excavation that allowed culture and science to come together helping us to interpret these
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Resurrecting the power in the stones, developing a modern narrative of the agency and sentience of powerful stones, and recreating shared knowledge encounters at Gummingurru and its associated site architecture Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 E. Jaydeyn Thomas, Annie Ross, Shannon Bauwens, Conrad Bauwens
Prior to European settlement, the Gummingurru stone arrangement was a place of man-making and knowledge sharing for Aboriginal people from across vast areas of what is now southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia. One of the most powerful sites of ritual and exchange en-route to the Bunya Mountains, Gummingurru was the place at which boys became adults, were assigned “yurees” (totems)
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The New Zealand bracken fern rhizome, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst): a toxic food plant of pre-European Māori Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Foss Leach, Janet Davidson, Michael Burtenshaw, Graham Harris, Tony Tomlin, Paul Davis
The two species of bracken fern, Pteridium esculentum and Pteridium aquilinum, are well known to produce neoplastic lesions and thiamine deficiency when consumed by mammals, with severe consequences to health. New Zealand Pre-European Māori are known to have consumed rhizomes of P. esculentum as food with little or no recorded consequences to health. Processing methods by Māori prior to consumption
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The sacred stone from the sea. Archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on the ritual value of coral across the Pacific Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Guillaume Molle, Jean-Marie Wadrawane, Louis Lagarde, Duncan Wright
The Pacific Islands offer a variety of marine environments providing peoples in the present and past with abundant coral materials, a “stone from the sea”. Archaeologists have long recognised the importance of coral in ancient contexts, whether as gravel, natural branches, squared blocks or cut-and-dress slabs. Coral was also used to manufacture tools such as files or pounders and incorporated in monumental
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Stones in Motion: monuments and chiefly title histories in central Vanuatu Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Chris Ballard
This paper addresses the ways in which stones have anchored stories and people in central Vanuatu. Three different sets of stones, and stories about those stones, cast light from different angles on the history of the distinctive chiefly title system of this region. The first set revolves around the fulcrum of Wotanimanu, a pillar of stone that rises from the sea between Efate and the Shepherd Islands
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Cosmo-political landscapes of Torres Strait adhi and misœri stones: Closing the gap between Islander and non-indigenous perspectives Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Rod Mitchell, Friedrich von Gnielinski, Josh Willsher, McRose Elu, Duncan Wright
Torres Strait (TS), on Australia's north-east border, has a long history of research on pœrapœral kulal: powerful stones. Pœrapœral kulal contain vital power from site-of-origin and therefore their movement across the Coral-Arafura Sea corridor provides important information about past and present human relationships (Elu 2004). With few exceptions Western models draw on anthropological, linguistic
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Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south-eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Sarah Martin, Hubert Chanson, Badger Bates, Duncan Keenan-Jones, Michael C. Westaway
Fish traps and fish weirs built by Indigenous people in the Barwon-Darling River system of the Murray Darling Basin (MDB), south-eastern Australia, are an important component of their traditional social, spiritual and economic systems. The celebrated Brewarrina stone fish traps (Ngunnhu) on the Barwon River are the largest and best documented stone fish traps in the Basin. However, there has been minimal
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Archaeobotanical futures in the Indo-Pacific Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Tim Denham, Alison Crowther, Aleese Barron
This paper introduces several archaeobotanical papers published in the same issue of Archaeology in Oceania and presents strongly argued reasons why archaeobotany should become an important subdiscipline within archaeological research in the Indo-Pacific.
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Identifying archaeological parenchyma in three dimensions: Diagnostic assessment of five important food plant species in the Indo-Pacific region Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Aleese Barron, Jeni Pritchard, Tim Denham
Archaeobotanical evidence for the exploitation of vegetatively propagated underground storage organs (USOs) in the tropical regions of Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific is currently limited. Although there have been several key studies of archaeological parenchyma published in the past two decades, systematic application of identification methods for vegetatively propagated crop species utilising
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Star anise from a fifteenth century Indonesian shipwreck Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Cristina Cobo Castillo, Brian Fahy, Dorian Q. Fuller
Maritime trade routes in Southeast Asia date to at least the last millennium BC evidenced by excavations of port-cities, entrepôts and early coastal polities in Peninsular Thailand, the Mekong Delta and Island Southeast Asia. This trade network intensified over the next millennium and by the fifteenth century, the number of trade goods throughout Medieval Southeast Asia was prolific. The bulk of studied
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The sailing performance of ancient Polynesian canoes and the early settlement of East Polynesia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-10-02 Geoffrey Irwin, Richard G.J. Flay, Loughlin Dudley, Dilys Johns
Scholarly estimates and opinions of the sailing performance of ancient Pacific canoes vary widely. This paper measures performance by testing real sails in a wind tunnel and hulls in a towing tank. The sails were three East Polynesian Oceanic spritsails of late eighteenth century type, held by the British Museum, collected from New Zealand, Tahiti and Hawaii/Marquesas, which conform to the first historical
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Archaeological identification of fragmented nuts and fruits from key Asia-Pacific economic tree species using anatomical criteria: Comparative analysis of Canarium, Pandanus and Terminalia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-10-02 Andrew S. Fairbairn, S. Anna Florin
The fats, protein and carbohydrates afforded by tree nuts and fruits are key resources for communities from Southeast Asia, through Melanesia, Australia and across Oceania. They are important in long-distance marine trade networks, large-scale ceremonial gatherings, and are core resources in a wide range of subsistence economies, including foraging systems, horticulture and swidden agriculture. Recent
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Stone-flaking technology at Leang Bulu Bettue, South Sulawesi, Indonesia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Yinika L. Perston, Mark W. Moore, n.f.n. Suryatman, Basran Burhan, Budianto Hakim, n.f.n. Hasliana, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Rustan Lebe, Irfan Mahmud, Adam Brumm
Approximately 50000 stone artefacts have been recovered from the prehistoric site of Leang Bulu Bettue (LBB), on the Wallacean island of Sulawesi, in Indonesia. This large assemblage offers the opportunity to produce a large-scale, comprehensive model of the early lithic technologies of South Sulawesi. Through the analysis of half of this assemblage, this study identifies a technological shift between
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Re-evaluating the evidence for late-surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Gavin J. Prideaux, Isaac A. R. Kerr, Jacob D. van Zoelen, Rainer Grün, Sander van der Kaars, Annette Oertle, Katerina Douka, Elle Grono, Aleese Barron, Mary-Jane Mountain, Michael C. Westaway, Tim Denham
The causes of the Late Pleistocene extinction of most larger-bodied animals on the Australian continent have long been controversial. This is due, in no small part, to inadequate knowledge of exactly when these species were lost from different ecosystems. The Nombe rockshelter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea is one of very few sites on Sahul with as-yet-unrefuted evidence for the survival of megafaunal
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The ScMo-350 site, Haumi, Moʻorea (Society Islands): Preliminary analysis of coastal occupation spanning the colonization phase to classic phase Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-07-20 Jennifer G. Kahn
In the Society Islands, multi-phase coastal sites with successive occupations spanning several centuries have been difficult to find and have been poorly studied, resulting in a vague understanding of this archipelago's founding cultural complex and its adaptations to specific island environments through time. Discovery and excavation of ScMo-350, a well-stratified coastal site in Haumi, Moʻorea, Society
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Irrigation, fortification, and the proto-historic settlement landscape of the Ndughore Valley, Kolombangara, Western Solomon Islands Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-07-05 PATRICK V. KIRCH, DOUGLAS E. YEN
Archaeological sites in the Ndughore Valley of Kolombangara Island in the New Georgia group of the western Solomon Islands were investigated in 1971. The sites include formerly-irrigated pondfield terrace complexes in the valley bottom, ridgetop residential hamlets and specialised ritual sites. The presence of European material culture such as trade beads, clay pipes, glass, a musket barrel and iron
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MicroCT scanning and direct AMS dating of charred sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) fragments from Nombe rockshelter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-07-05 ALEESE BARRON, MARY-JANE MOUNTAIN, TIM DENHAM
Here, we report on the results of microCT scanning and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating of fragments of charred archaeological parenchyma collected from surface deposits at Nombe rockshelter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Five fragments are taxonomically identified as sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Two subsamples from the largest fragment yield a combined AMS date range
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UTU: Sāmoa archaeology and cultural heritage database Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Gregory Jackmond, Dionne Fonoti, Malama Meleisea, Penelope Schoeffel, Matthew Durling, Matiu Matavai Tautunu, Mohammed Sahib
The Sāmoa Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Database was begun in 2016 as an ongoing means of encouraging and assisting more archaeological research in Sāmoa. It is also building a stronger engagement between the Archaeology and Cultural Heritage research and teaching programme at the Centre for Sāmoan Studies at the National University with government agencies here, and is contributing to the still
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Archaeological site types, and assemblage size and diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Rebecca Phillipps, Simon Holdaway, Matthew Barrett, Joshua Emmitt
Archaeological settlement models involve the identification of functional site types like base camps and extraction sites based, in part, on differences in the range and frequency of artefact types and fauna. Using reports describing such assemblages from Aotearoa (New Zealand) archaeological sites dating to the first 300 years after initial colonisation, differences in assemblage composition are assessed
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A dentate-stamped Lapita dish from the central south coast of Papua Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Christophe Sand, Kenneth Miamba, Alois Kuaso, Nick Araho, Jim Allen
The chance recovery of a large pottery sherd from a flat-bottomed dish with dentate-stamped decoration in Galley Reach, about 50 km northwest of Port Moresby, raises interesting questions concerning interactions between Lapita arrivals and the established Melanesian communities of mainland Papua New Guinea. While the geographical proximity of the find to the Caution Bay Lapita sites would suggest some
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Assessing foraging variability on small islands in Manu‘a (American Samoa) during the first millennium BC Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 ARIANA B.J. LAMBRIDES, MARSHALL I. WEISLER, JEFFREY T. CLARK, SETH QUINTUS, TREVOR H. WORTHY, HALLIE BUCKLEY
Small islands are important model systems for examining the role of people in shaping novel environments and modifying resources through time. Here we report on the vertebrate faunal assemblages recovered from two sites on Ofu and Olosega islands (American Samoa), which were occupied only a few centuries after the initial settlement of the islands. We assess forager decision-making both locally and
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Materialising Ancestral Madang: Pottery Production and Subsistence Trading on the Northeast Coast of New Guinea By Dylan Gaffney. University of Otago Studies in Archaeology. No. 29, 2020. ISSN: 0110–3709 (online only). Pp. 290. Free download. Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-10-06 JIM SPECHT
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A highly fragrant comestible: the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) in pre-European Māori New Zealand Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-10-05 Matthew Campbell, Lara Shepherd, Melissa Kellett, Robert Brassey
A count of 6235 Chondrichthyes vertebrae was recovered from the 17th to 18th century AD NRD site (R11/859) on the Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand. These have been identified by aDNA analysis as mostly rig (Mustelus lenticulatus). To provide context for this unusual assemblage we briefly review the archaeological record of Chondrichthyes fishing in Oceania and New Zealand, and more extensively
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Rock art on excavated monolithic statues (moai), Rano Raraku statue quarry, Rapa Nui (Easter Island): context, chronology and the crescent motif Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 JO ANNE VAN TILBURG
Monolithic statues (moai) of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) are three-dimensional objects and unique to the ancient public art of Eastern Polynesia. The primary purpose here is to summarize the specific landscape and statue production contexts of moai 156 and moai 157 in Rano Raraku, the statue quarry, demonstrating that they are embellished with rock art applied post-production (sixteenth to seventeenth
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A review of the rock art of Palau, Micronesia in local and regional contexts Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-09-16 JOLIE LISTON, RACHEL HOERMAN, MACSTYL O. SASAO, SYLVIA KLOULUBAK
The style and iconography of the ten rock art sites known so far in Palau, Micronesia, including two newly discovered rock painting sites, are described and linked to their geographic locations, archaeological associations, oral traditions and local iconographies. Following a brief review of rock art in Micronesia and parts of Island Southeast Asia and New Guinea, Palau's eight rock painting sites
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Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific. By NicholasThomas. Basic Books, New York, 2021. ISBN: 9781541619838. Pp. 224. US$25. Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-09-15 ETHAN E. COCHRANE
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Aboriginal serrated and perforated shell artefacts from the Murray River, South Australia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-09-15 AMY ROBERTS, CRAIG WESTELL, CHRISTOPHER WILSON, MICHELLE C. LANGLEY, RIVER MURRAY AND MALLEE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION, NGARRINDJERI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
This article describes three freshwater mussel shell artefacts recently documented for the Murray River in South Australia. These finds more than double the known examples of such artefacts from this region. Two of the modified shells are perforated, with the other serrated. The finely serrated item is a rare artefact and we have not located any similar published examples in Australia, although international
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The Dogs of Remote Oceania: an archaeological and ethnohistorical view of domestic dog introduction and loss in the South Pacific Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-09-14 Justin Cramb
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A review of Philippine rock art and its regional context Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-09-13 Andrea Jalandoni
This paper provides a complete overview of all the known rock art sites to demonstrate the variation in motifs and techniques used in the Philippines, outline the indigenous associations, and highlight issues for conservation. In addition, new findings are introduced that include a second rock art site in Alab and previously unnoticed styles of rock art in Peñablanca. In recent years, the study of
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Resistance and remembering through rock art: Contact-period rock art in Wardaman country, Northern Australia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-09-06 Madeleine A. Kelly
Although notions of resistance are not new in rock art research concerning cross-cultural colonial encounters, this study shows how multiple dimensions of Indigenous resistance can be explored through a multidisciplinary analysis of rock art in northern Australia. The study explores the intersections between introduced “Western” and pre-existing “traditional” motifs in rock art near Yingalarri waterhole
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An Archaeology of Innovation: Approaching Social and Technological Change in Human Society By Catherine J.Frieman. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2021. ISBN 978‐1‐5261‐3264‐2 (hardback). Pp. 238. £80.00 (approx. AUD$150). Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-08-24 JAMES L. FLEXNER
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Rock engravings and occupation sites in the Mount Bosavi Region, Papua New Guinea: Implications for our understanding of the human presence in the Southern Highlands Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-08-13 LARA LAMB, BRYCE BARKER, MATTHEW LEAVESLEY, MAXIME AUBERT, ANDREW FAIRBAIRN, TIINA MANNE
An extensive body of engraved rock art on the Great Papuan Plateau is documented here for the first time, along with the first dates for occupation. Consisting largely of deeply abraded or pecked barred ovals and cupules, the rock art of this region does not fit comfortably into any regional models for rock art previously described. It does, however, exhibit some similarity to art in regions to the
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Do Pleistocene rock paintings depict Sulawesi warty pigs (Sus celebensis) with a domestication character? Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-07-23 ADAM BRUMM, ADHI AGUS OKTAVIANA, BASRAN BURHAN, BUDIANTO HAKIM, RUSTAN LEBE, MARLON RIRIMASSE, PRIYATNO HADI SULISTYARTO, ALASTAIR A. MACDONALD, MAXIME AUBERT
The Indonesian island of Sulawesi harbours numerous early rock paintings of the endemic Sulawesi warty pig (Sus celebensis). Several S. celebensis images, including one dated to at least 45,500 years ago (ka), portray these suids with an anatomical character not observed in the living species: a pair of teat-like protuberances in the neck area. This feature seems to be most consistent morphologically
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Petroglyphs and place: complex histories at four sites in New Britain Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-07-23 JIM SPECHT, ROBIN TORRENCE, KEN MULVANEY
The analysis of cultural practices at four sites near Cape Gloucester and on Uneapa and Garua Islands in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea shows how rock markings and boulder arrangements create special places within physical and social landscapes. Four kinds of rock markings are documented: cupules, abraded surfaces, geometric curvilinear and rectilinear (i.e., composed of straight lines) petroglyphs
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Marquesan ceramics, palaeotsunami, and megalithic architecture: Ho‘oumi Beach site (NHo-3) in regional perspective Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-05-19 MELINDA S. ALLEN, ANDREW McALISTER, FIONA PETCHEY, JENNIFER M. HUEBERT, MA’ARA MAEVA, BENJAMIN D. JONES
The iconic Ho‘oumi Beach site (NHo-3), Nuku Hiva Island (Marquesas), was excavated by Robert Suggs in the late 1950s. It figured importantly in his island-wide reconstruction of settlement patterns, socio-political organisation, material culture and subsistence change – a cultural historical framework that has guided Marquesan archaeology for six decades. Ho‘oumi is also one of four Marquesan localities
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Revising shell adze analysis in Oceania: a multifaceted approach to the study of a Solomon Islands’ collection Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-05-24 CHARLES JAMES TEKARAWA RADCLYFFE
Shell adzes, although one of the more common artefacts in the Pacific, have not received nearly the same attention by archaeologists as have stone adzes in the region. Large collections of the latter have been studied in detail for over a century, and researchers have developed consistent methodological approaches, terminology and classification for their analysis. This has not been the case for shell
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Identifying marsupials from Australian archaeological sites: current methodological challenges and opportunities in zooarchaeological practice Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 ERIN MEIN, TIINA MANNE
We review current zooarchaeological practice in Australia, identifying major research themes and key methodological gaps where opportunities exist for the development of Australian zooarchaeology as a discipline. We demonstrate that marsupial remains form a significant component of Australian zooarchaeological assemblages, yet high resolution taxonomic identification of these remains continues to prove
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Gilparrka Almira, a rock art site in Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland: cultural connections, dreaming tracks and trade routes Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-07-07 Natalie R. Franklin, Marisa Giorgi, Phillip J. Habgood, Nathan Wright, Josh Gorringe, Betty Gorringe, Brett Gorringe, Michael C. Westaway
This paper describes a rock engraving site in Mithaka Country in the Channel Country, southwest Queensland, where the majority of the motifs consist of crescents or variations on crescents. This is the first rock art site to be recorded in Mithaka Country, which is in a part of Australia's sandy deserts where rock art is uncommon.
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A New Melanesian Rock-Art Style: Figurative Engravings at Roche Mauprat, Arama Chiefdom, New Caledonia Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-06-22 Christophe Sand, David Baret, Jacques Bolé, André-John Ouetcho, Abraham Gagne
The paper presents the initial study of a unique rock-art site discovered at the northern tip of the Mainland (Grande Terre) of New Caledonia. On the walls of a cliff-face at the foot of a karst outcrop near Roche Mauprat, people have carved successive layers of geometric and figurative motifs. The fine, detailed engraving style of some human figures is unlike anything identified to date in the rock-art
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The Archaeology of Island Colonization: Global Approaches to Initial Human Settlement Edited by Matthew F. Napolitano, Jessica H. Stone, and Robert J. DiNapoli; foreword by Victor D. Thompson. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 2021. ISBN: 9780813066851. Pp. xv + 377. USD $95.00 (hardback) Archaeology in Oceania (IF 1.276) Pub Date : 2021-06-20 Thomas S. Dye
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