Archaeology in Oceania articles from July 2006

Archaeology in Oceania archives from July 2006

Mask Cave: red-slipped pottery and the Australian-Papuan settlement of Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait).
July 1, 2006... Abstract Excavations at Mask Cave on the sacred islet of Pulu off Mabuyag in the central west of Zenadh Kes (Tortes Strait) reveal four occupational phases: Phase 1 (2900-3800 years ago), Phase 2 (2100-2600 years ago), Phase 3 (1500-1700...

Micronesia's breadfruit revolution and the evolution of a culture area.
July 1, 2006... Abstract Micronesia was initially settled from at least three quite separate points of origin and comprises multiple cultural and linguistic stocks. It nevertheless manifests a striking uniformity in its sociopolitical organization. I...

Many Exchanges: Archaeology, History, Community and the Work of Isabel McBryde.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Many Exchanges: archaeology, history, community and the work of Isabel McBryde Edited by Ingereth Macfarlane with Mary-Jane Mountain and Robert Paton. Aboriginal History Monograph 11, Canberra, 2005. ISBN 09585637 7 2. Pp. xxxv+402. $A33. ...

Lithics 'Down Under': Australian Perspectives on Lithic Reduction, Use and Classification.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Lithics 'Down Under': Australian Perspectives on Lithic Reduction, Use and Classification Edited by Christopher Clarkson and Lara Lamb. BAR International Series 1408, 2005. ISBN 1-84171851-3, Pp. 125. GBP28. This volume includes a core of...

The Archaeology of the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... The Archaeology of the Aru Islands, eastern Indonesia Edited by S. O'Connor, M. Spriggs and P. Veth. Terra Australis 22. Canberra: Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2005. ISBN 1 74076...

Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analysis.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Archaeology in Practice. A Student Guide to Archaeological Analysis. Edited by Jane Balme and Alistair Paterson. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2005. ISBN 063123573-6 (hardback; GBP 55.00) 0631-23574-4 (paperback; GBP 19.99). Pp. xxv + 438. ...

A Revised and Redated Event Phase Sequence for the Reber-Rakival Lapita site, Watom Island, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... A revised and redated event phase sequence for the Reber-Rakival Lapita site, Watom Island, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. By D. Anson, R. Walter and R.C. Green University of Otago Studies in Prehistoric Anthropology 20, 2005....

Appropriated Pasts: Indigenous Peoples and the Colonial Culture of Archeology.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Appropriated Pasts. Indigenous peoples and the colonial culture of archeology. By I.J. McNiven and L. Russell AltaMira Press, 2005. Pp. x + 317. ISBN 0-7591-0906-0, $US70 (hb); ISBN 0-7591-0907-9, $US34.95 (pb). Using examples from...

Correction.(Correction notice)
July 1, 2006... fan Lilley's review of the Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (AO 41 (2006) 45-6) understandably understood the reference on page 37 fn to refer to volume 3 of this series. It in fact refers to Green and Pawley's chapter in R. Blench and M. Spriggs...