Archaeology in Oceania articles from October 2008

Archaeology in Oceania archives from October 2008

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...

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...

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...

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...

From Southeast Asia to the Pacific: Archaeological Perspectives on the Austronesian Expansion and the Lapita Cultural Complex.
October 1, 2008... From Southeast Asia to the Pacific: Archaeological Perspectives on the Austronesian Expansion and the Lapita Cultural Complex Edited by S. Chiu and C. Sand Center for Archaeological Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 2007. ISBN...