Archaeology in Oceania articles from July 2002

Archaeology in Oceania archives from July 2002

Avifaunal extinctions, vegetation change, and Polynesian impacts in prehistoric Hawai`i.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Abstract Pre-contact avifaunal extinctions in Hawai`i generally have been attributed to human predation and/or landscape alteration by colonizing Polynesians. However, until recently there have been insufficient data for evaluating most of...

Holocene scraper reduction, technological organization and landuse at Ingaladdi rockshelter, Northern Australia.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Abstract This paper proposes a reduction sequence for `scrapers' found at Ingaladdi rocksheiter, Northern Territory. The sequence is based on the proposal that distinctive `types' represent stages in a continuum and hence may be...

Prehistoric settlement at Anaho Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands: preliminary observations. (Research Reports).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Abstract Anaho Bay on the northwest coast of Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas is a deep well-protected bay that is distinguished by its sizeable coral reef. A small number of test excavations were carried out at two localities. We identified an...

Late Pleistocene human occupation of inland rainforest, Bird's Head, Papua. (Research Reports).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Abstract This paper reports new AMS dates for Late Pleistocene occupation of the Ayamaru Plateau in the central Bird's Head of Papua. Two cave sites, Kria Cave and Toe Cave, together provide occupation sequences that span the Holocene and...

Bones of contention: reply to Walshe. (Comment).
July 1, 2002... Abstract A recent critique by Walshe of taphonomic analyses made at three key arid zone sites is addressed. We defend our position that the extreme reduction of bone elements in these sites during the Holocene is most likely the product of...

Australian Archaeologist: Collected Papers in Honour of Jim Allen.
July 1, 2002... Edited by Atholl Anderson and Tim Murray Centre for Archaeological Research and Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Australian National University with the Department of Archaeology, LaTrobe University. Coombs Academic Publishing,...