Archaeology in Oceania articles

Recent articles from Archaeology in Oceania

Coastal shell middens of the Abydos coastal plain, Western Australia.
April 1, 2009... Abstract Middens and mounds dominated by Anadara granosa began to be formed on the Abydos Coastal Plain sometime between 4400 and 5300 calibrated years before present, and while mounds appear to have ceased forming some 1800-1600 years ago, middens continued to form until the early...

Anything more than a picnic? Re-considering arguments for ceremonial Macrozamia use in mid-Holocene Australia.
October 1, 2008... Abstract Influential arguments have been advanced in Australian archaeology concerning the origins and development of social and economic change in the mid-late Holocene (Lourandos 1997). One example used to support this claim is the perceived existence of ceremonial feasting events held...

Correction.(Correction notice)
October 1, 2008... This figure is the correct version of Figure 19 in R. Ellen's paper 'Distribution and variation in sago extraction equipment: convergent and secondary technologies in island southeast Asia', Archaeology in Oceania 43:71. The caption remains unchanged. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Organizing the manufacture of Bondi points at Balmoral Beach, Middle Harbour, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
October 1, 2008... Abstract Analysis of the stone artefact assemblage excavated from a stratified midden in a sandstone rockshelter at Balmoral Beach in Middle Harbour, Sydney, has revealed various strategies were adopted in manufacturing asymmetric backed artefacts, also known as Bondi points. The...

Characterising volcanic glass sources in the Banks Islands, Vanuatu.(Research Report)
October 1, 2008... Abstract In 2006 volcanic glass deposits on Vanua Lava and Gaua Islands were re-visited and systematically sampled. Twenty-nine source samples were analysed using EDXA-SEM and LA-ICP-MS with a focus on detecting possible intrasource variation. The results show both Banks Islands deposits...