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Archaeology in Oceania archives from April 2006
Is there a Pleistocene archaeological site at Cuddie Springs?
April 1, 2006... Abstract
The juxtaposition of stone tools, charcoal and bones at Cuddie Springs has been used to support claims that people were butchering now-extinct animals, and grinding seeds about 30,000 BE Statistical analysis of dates for the site...
The maritime transport of prehistoric megaliths in Micronesia.
April 1, 2006... Abstract
This paper examines Micronesian examples of megalithic transport, focusing particularly on the ocean transport of the famous stone money disks quarried in Palau by Yapese Islanders and moved back to Yap prior to European contact....
Late Holocene human remains from northwest Queensland, Australia: archaeology and palaeopathology.
April 1, 2006... Abstract
A human burial of late Holocene age was recently excavated from inland northwest Queensland and studied prior to reburial by the Indigenous community. Bones from the lower thoracic region to the feet were recovered. The person had...
Excavations at a Chinese fish curing site near Port Albert, Victoria.(Research Report)
April 1, 2006... Abstract
From approximately 1850 to 1900, Chinese people played a crucial role in the development of Victoria's fishing industry. This research report uses evidence from the excavation of an 1860s Chinese fish curing site in Victoria's...
Archaeology from Australia.(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Archaeology from Australia Edited by Tim Murray. Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2004. ISBN 1 74097 063 2. Pp. xxv + 408. $A55.00.
This is a very brave attempt to show the quality and breadth of Australian archaeological work...
Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives.(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives Edited by Peter Veth, Mike Smith and Peter Hiscock Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2005. Pp. x + 308. ISBN 1-4051-0090-7 (hardcover) UK60.00 [pounds sterling] 1-4051-0091-5 (paper) UK19.99 [pounds...
The Archaeology of Micronesia.(Book review)
April 1, 2006... The Archaeology of Micronesia By Paul Rainbird Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. ii + 301. ISBN cloth, 0-521-65188-3, UK52 [pounds sterling]; paper, 0-521-65630-3, UK26 [pounds sterling].
Micronesia is especially notable for its...
The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The Culture and Environment of Ancestral Oceanic Society, Material Culture, vol. 1. .(Book review)
April 1, 2006... The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic. The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. 1. Material culture Edited by Ross, M., A. Pawley and M. Osmond. Pacific Linguistics C-152, 1988. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific...
The Sweet Potato in Oceania: a reappraisal.(Book review)
April 1, 2006... The Sweet Potato in Oceania: a reappraisal Edited by C. Ballard, P. Brown, R.M. Bourke and T. Harwood Ethnology Monographs 19, Oceania Monographs 56, 2005. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh and University of Sydney, Sydney. ISBN...
Change Through Time: 50 Years of New Zealand Archaeology.(Book review)
April 1, 2006... Change Through Time: 50 Years of New Zealand Archaeology Edited by Louise Furey and Simon Holdaway. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 26, Auckland, 2004. ISSN 0111-5715; ISBN 0-9597915-9-0. Pp. 374 + CD. $NZ45 + postage.
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