Oceania (Continent) (Geographic Keyword)
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This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...
Primitive pottery for the contemporary Neanderthal, a Pacific Nortwest perspective, part III - into the fire (2004)
This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...
Property Regimes, Resource Protection, and Sustainability in the Remote Pacific (2024)
This is an abstract from the "The Archaeology of Property Regimes" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The tradition of resource-use prohibition known as rahui is found throughout the Pacific Islands. Rahui typically involves placing certain resources or areas of the land and sea under the protection of a central authority. For rahui to exist the concept of collective resource exploitation must also exist. This appears antithetical to the traditional...
Proposal for Archaeological Services Related to Soil and Tank Removal at Bellows Air Force Station, O'ahu Island, Hawaii (1995)
Archaeological monitoring of UST removal was recommended in order to mitigate any adverse effects upon significant surface and subsurface cultural resources. The intention of this work was to determine the presence or absence of significant cultural resources, and to ensure the collection of sufficient archaeological materials in order to mitigate adverse impact resulting from UST removal activities.
Push and Pull Factors in Inland Settlement (2017)
Archaeological investigation along the coastlines of the islands of the Western Pacific have documented the distinct deposits of human colonizers and their descendants. Recent research has indicated that the first colonists were marine foragers, but also directed their forays into the interiors of islands to collect reptiles, bats, and birds. The research presented here reveals how predictive modeling and directed survey can aid in the detection of post-colonization sites located in the...
Push and Pull, Part II: Modeling the Inland Exploration and Settlement of Fiji (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Geospatial Studies in the Archaeology of Oceania" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Previous GIS-based analyses (2017) by the authors have identified the ranges of several classes of terrestrial fauna that would inhabited the island of Viti Levu in prehistory. The ranges and habits of reptiles (giant tortoises, iguanas, and snakes), flightless birds (megapodes and giant pigeons), and bat and seabird colonies intersect in...
Quantifying Energy Investment in Monuments (Ahu) on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Using Structure from Motion Mapping (2018)
Pre-European contact Rapa Nui (Easter Island) society is well-known for its substantial investment in monumental architecture, including over 300 platforms (ahu) and almost 1000 statues (moai). Recent theoretical and empirical research on the island suggests that ahu and moai were focal points for competitive and cooperative signaling by relatively small-scale communities dispersed across on the island. Evaluation of this hypothesis, however, requires the measurement of the amount of energy...
Quantifying the Number of 14C Determinations Required to Improve Dating Accuracy for Lapita Deposits (2017)
The use of radiocarbon dating to calculate the dates of Lapita deposits remains largely a single-step, ad hoc procedure. The accuracy of dating results can be greatly improved through Bayesian modeling. However, this depends on the number and stratigraphic distribution of radiocarbon determinations and the shape of the calibration curve. To evaluate these issues, we used Oxcal 4.2 to simulate, through the process of back-calibration, radiocarbon determinations that we could expect to receive as...
Queer Feminist Science in Hawaiian Archaeology (2019)
This is an abstract from the "The Future Is Fluid...and So Was the Past: Challenging the 'Normative' in Archaeological Interpretations" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Queer theory is an important tool for critically analyzing ideas about the past that are normalized and reproduced to the detriment of descendant populations. This approach is particularly relevant when investigating the social structures that governed daily life in the past....
Radiocarbon Dating in the Mariana Islands (2017)
One of the most enigmatic human dispersals into the Pacific is the colonisation of the Mariana Islands. Here the interpretation of radiocarbon (14C) dates from early settlement sites are hotly debated. One interpretation suggests the Marianas were colonised directly from the northern Philippines around ~3500 BP. However, the age of one of the earliest Mariana sites; Bapot-1, has recently been revised down to ~3200-3080 cal. BP following research by Petchey et al. (in press) which demonstrated...
Receipt and review of Final Archaeological Report Reconnaissance, Subsurface Testing and Monitoring of Proposed Projects HIC 84-1269, Recreation Library and HIC 86-3221, Recreation Library Utilities Support Project Sites at Waimanalo (1985)
SHPO correspondence regarding a small modular pre-engineered Recreational Library, approximately 220 square feet in size.
Recent Investigations at Western Raiatea (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Rethinking Hinterlands in Polynesia" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The island of Raiatea in the Leeward Society Islands of French Polynesia is viewed as a central place for the initial colonization of East Polynesia and the dispersal of pre-contact voyaging populations to distantly located islands of the Pacific Ocean. This history is embedded in the oral traditions of Pacific Island peoples and supported by...
Reconstruccions del passat. Un recorregut per l’història d’Europa i Amèrica (1994)
This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...
Reconstructing Ancient Pottery Transfer Patterns through Petrographic Analysis: A Case Study of New Caledonian Lapita Pottery Assemblages (2023)
This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Science and African Archaeology: Appreciating the Impact of David Killick" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Humans first arrived in New Caledonia during the Lapita seaborne expansion from New Guinea to Tonga between 1250 and 800 cal BC. We use stylistic and petrographic analyses of Lapita pottery to study social relationships among Lapita communities. New Caledonia has a large island (Grande Terre) with...
Repair Utilities Support, Bellows Air Force Station (1986)
The attached documents for subject project are submitted for Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program review and coordination. The project provides for the repair of the support structure for a utility crossing (Whiteman Road (abandoned)) at Inhale Stream, Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii.
Report of Archaeological Monitoring and Sampling During Placement of Electrical Poles at Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, Ko'olaupoko District, O'ahu Island, Hawai'i (2002)
The purpose of the field investigations was to determine if cultural resources are present in the area and to mitigate any impact that the placement of the electrical poles would have on the cultural resources.
Report on Archaeological Investigations of the Bellows Archaeological Zone National Register Site and Adjoining Portions of Bellows Air Force Station, Spring 1975 (1975)
ln the spring of 1975, archaeological research was conducted by the University of Hawaii, Department of Anthropology, along the sides of Waimānalo Stream inland of the National Register boundary. Survey and excavations revealed extensive material representing an occupation of around A. D. 1000 and earlier. Excavations within the Bellows Archaeological Zone hove resulted in the discovery of additional cultural deposits which enhance the importance of 0-18. It is suggested that the Bellows...
A Report on Bellows Runway Site 511-2 (1975)
A student report on the excavations at Bellows Runway, Site 511-2.
Report on the Human Skeletal Material Recovered from Nan Madol (1985)
The human skeletal material recovered from the Nan Medal islets in Ponape, Federated States of Micronesia, was excavated during the spring of 1984 by Drs. J. Stephen Athens and Joyce Bath. A forensic examination of this material was undertaken at the University of Hawaii-Manoa during the 1984-85 academic year. The bone collections come from eight different sites among the islets; some are from excavated test units, others are bone caches found in the crevices between the stones of several walls...
Resiliency in Hawaiian Irrigated Agricultural Systems : A GIS Approach (2017)
Pre-contact Hawaiian agriculturalists created irrigated cropping systems of considerable complexity across all of the Hawaiian archipelago. While many of these systems are concentrated in short but broad alluvial valleys, the windward coast of the big island of Hawaii presents a unique hydrological landscape. Here the geologic youth of the island presented Hawaiian agriculturalists with a landscape dominated by relatively small, narrow gulches with limited space for cultivation and a propensity...
Results of Archaeological Preconstruction Subsurface Reconnaissance for Replacement of Beach Cottages at Bellows Air Force Station, Island of O`ahu, Hawai`i (TMK: 4-1-15:) (draft) (2000)
Ogden Environmental and Energy Services Company Inc., conducted archaeological subsurface testing at Bellows Air Force Station in November of 1998. Work was conducted in preparation for the proposed construction of three beach cottages. A total of ten shovel test pits and one controlled 1 m by 1 m test unit were excavated. Pre-contact period midden material and artifacts, including fishing gear, were collected during this project. However, no potentially significant, intact cultural layers or...
Ritual and/or Transformation: The Anadara granosa-Dominated Shell Mounds of the Australian Tropics (2017)
Mounded shell deposits dominated by the mudflat bivalve Anadara granosa are highly visible features on the north Australian coast. Because of their distinctive, often monumental, features they have been a focal point for research into hunter-gatherer groups in these coastal environments. Interpretations of these mounded deposits have oscillated between those concerned with the functioning of prehistoric economic systems and those invoking ceremonial and ritual behaviours. In this paper we review...
Robyn's Reports
These are documents added by Robyn Morin.
Rock Art As Place-Making Strategy: A Papua New Guinea Case Study (2024)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Rock art and its ethnographic study provide important insights to understand people’s connection to place. In this research, formal and informed methods were used to analyze four stenciled rock art sites in Auwim village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). One thousand and seventy-seven rock art motifs were identified while the ethnographic data...
The Role of Short-Term and Catastrophic Climatic Events and Human-Induced Landscape Change in Society Island Cultural Transformations (2018)
As studies of sustainability and resilience in pre-contact Polynesian societies proliferate, records of small-scale and large-scale environmental change are being refined. Yet the question of what drives social change, human actions or climatic factors, is still quite hard to discern. My case study focuses on non-human agency, particularly eroding landforms and climatic conditions, as forces of change in pre-contact East Polynesia. A Society Island case study outlines varied human responses to...