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1 online resource (xiv , 433 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts |
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Terra Australis ; 57 |
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Terra Australis ; 57.
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| Summary |
"This edited volume of invited chapters honours the four decades of fundamental research by archaeologist Glenn Summerhayes into the human prehistory of the islands of the western Pacific, especially New Guinea and its offshore islands. This area helped to shape and direct many ancient dispersal events associated with Homo sapiens, initially from Africa more than 50,000 years ago, through the lower latitudes of Asia, into Australia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and possibly the Solomon Islands.Around 3000 years ago, coastal regions of northern and eastern New Guinea, and the islands of Melanesia beyond, played a major role in the Oceanic migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples from southern China and Southeast Asia, migrations that have recently attained new levels of genetic complexity through the analysis of ancient DNA from human remains. For the first time, humans of both Southeast Asian and New Guinea/Bismarck genetic origin reached the islands of Remote Oceania, beyond the Solomons. Many of the chapters in this book deal with archaeological aspects of this Austronesian maritime expansion (which never seriously impacted the populations of the New Guinea Highlands), especially as revealed through the analysis of Lapita pottery and associated artefacts. Other chapters offer archaeological perspectives on trade and exchange, and on related topics that extend into the ethnographic era.The research of Glenn Summerhayes stands centrally amongst all these offerings, ranging from the discovery of some of the oldest traces of Pleistocene human settlement in Papua New Guinea to documentation of the remarkable phenomenon of Lapita expansion through Melanesia into western Polynesia around 3000 years ago. This volume is a fitting celebration of a remarkable career in western Pacific archaeology and population history." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Unless stated otherwise, the author retains copyright to their work while ANU Press retains exclusive worldwide rights for the distribution of the book. From 2018, the majority of ANU Press titles are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which broadens the ways in which works can be used and distributed. Please refer to the copyright page of each book for more information on a specific title's copyright licensing. |
| Contents |
Intro -- List of figures -- Figure 1.1: Locations in Papua New Guinea where Glenn Summerhayes has undertaken archaeological fieldwork. -- Figure 1.2: Glenn in the Arawe Islands. -- Figure 1.3: Glenn sieving at the Boduna Island Lapita site, West New Britain, 1989. -- Figure 1.4: Glenn recording rock art on Feni Island, Bismarck Archipelago, 1998. -- Figure 1.5: Glenn with the research team on Feni Island, 1998. -- Figure 1.6: Glenn with the late Herman Mandui (white shirt) and local collaborators in the Ivane Valley, 2008. |
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Figure 1.7: Professor Glenn Summerhayes receiving the Order of Logohu, 2014. -- Figure 1.8: Glenn wearing his trusty Swazi top, safety jandals and a woven beanie gifted to him by the Simbai community. Simbai, 2016. -- Figure 1.9: Glenn in his element, discussing archaeology with Kenneth Miamba (centre) and an interested public on Karkar Island, 2018. -- Figure 2.1: Glenn Summerhayes teaching Loretta Hasu field notebook recording techniques on Koil Island. -- Figure 3.1: Nidatha and Jason excavating at the Kosipe Mission Station, 2008. |
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Figure 3.2: Some of the team excavating a site at the Kosipe Mission Station, 2008. -- Figure 4.1: (Left) Glenn talking to schoolchildren at Gomogom Cave. (Right) Glenn, Geoff and Lisa on day of departure from Koil. -- Figure 4.2: (Left) Jimmy Peter from Lihir Gold and the team. (Right) Glenn with Edward Salle (centre), Tatau, Tabar. -- Figure 4.3: (Left) Herman, Minol and Glenn on Manus. (Right) Glenn, Herman and Lisa at Lepong. -- Figure 4.4: (Left) Our arrival at Emirau in 2007. (Right) Glenn undertaking community consultation. |
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Figure 4.5: (Left) Glenn arriving at Tamuarawai with Kelly and Lyn Amanga. (Right) School visit to the site. -- Figure 4.6: (Left) Glenn admiring a Lapita pot fragment. (Right) Fishhook recovered from Tamuarawai (2008). -- Figure 4.7: (Left) Dissecting rats 2007. (Right) Collecting genealogy and DNA in 2009, Emirau. -- Figure 4.8: (Left) 2010 Lunch on Emirau. (Right) Return of results, Emirau. -- Figure 5.1: The Bismarck Archipelago with locations discussed in text circled. |
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Figure 5.2: (Top) Map of Emirau Island. (Bottom) Map of Tamuarawai (EQS) showing the site boundaries (outlined in grey) and the test pits (TP) and shovel pits (SP) excavated at the site. -- Figure 5.3: Vessel forms. -- Figure 5.4: Pottery from the site of Tamuarawai (EQS). -- Figure 5.5: Additional pottery from the site of Tamuarawai (EQS). -- Figure 6.1: Map of the Mussau Islands and nearby isles with locations of Lapita sites discussed in this paper. -- Figure 6.2: Map showing the simplified geological zones within the Bismarck Archipelago region. |
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Open Access EbpS |
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National edeposit: Available online Unrestricted online access. star AU-CaNED |
| Terms Of Use |
Licensed under Creative Commons. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 AU-CaNED |
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Prehistoric peoples -- Papua New Guinea.
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Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea.
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Prehistoric peoples -- Oceania.
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Ethnologie -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
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HISTORY / Oceania
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Ford, Anne (Lecturer), editor.
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Shaw, Ben, 1947- editor.
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Gaffney, Dylan, editor
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Australian National University Press, publisher.
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| Added Title |
40 years in the South Seas |
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Archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific Region |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Forty years in the South Seas : archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific Region. Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2024 9781760466435 (OCoLC)1426264665 |
| ISBN |
1760466441 (electronic book) |
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9781760466442 (electronic bk.) |
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9781760466435 (paperback) |
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1760466433 (paperback) |
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AU@ 000077310990 |
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AU@ 000077311631 |
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AU@ 000077332959 |
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AUNED 000077284765 |
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