Archaeology in Oceania articles from October 2005

Archaeology in Oceania archives from October 2005

The Solo (Ngandong) Homo erectus assemblage: a taphonomic assessment.
October 1, 2005... Abstract This paper explores the likely taphonomic history of the Ngandong assemblage of Homo erectus. Ngandong is clearly atypical of other discoveries of hominin remains in fluvial deposits because so many crania are present, but so few...

A fourteenth-century house from the Rakaia River Mouth, Canterbury, New Zealand.
October 1, 2005... Abstract Large-scale areal excavations at the Rakaia River Mouth moa-hunting site exposed an array of post holes indicative of a substantial building. Also found were the remains of a possible cooking shelter and oven, several fire scoops,...

Microfossils of introduced starch cultigens from an early wetland ditch in New Zealand.
October 1, 2005... Abstract Pollen, phytolith and starch residue analyses of a wetland ditch at Motutangi, far northern New Zealand reveals evidence of early environment and introduced cultigens. During the period of use or infilling, local vegetation...

The rongorongo tablets from Easter Island: botanical identification and 14C dating.(Research Report)
October 1, 2005... Seven Easter Island rongorongo tablets and one pectoral, now housed in various museums, are described. All are made of Thespesia populnea, a wood used widely in Polynesian traditional ceremonies. Wood from one tablet is dated to 80 +/- 40 BP....

Indigenous Archaeologies: decolonizing theory and practice.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Indigenous Archaeologies: decolonizing theory and practice Edited by Claire Smith and H. Martin Wobst Routledge, London, 2005. ISBN 0-415-30965-4. Pp. xxii + 408. UKP85. For some, archaeology as a means of historicising the past has a...

Kibo le Serment Grave, Essai de synthese sur les petroglyphes caledoniens.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Kibo le Serment Grave, Essai de synthese sur les petroglyphes caledoniens By Jean Monnin and Christophe Sand Les Cahiers de l'Archeologie en Nouvelle-Caledonie 16, Noumea. ISSN 1264-1502 / ISBN 2-9519208-2-2. Pp 319. Price PFr1500 +...