Archaeology of Oceania Australia and the Pacific Islands

by Lilley, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780631230823
• ISBN10: 0631230823
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-13
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to the archaeology of Oceania. It is the first such text to provide integrated treatment of the archaeologies of Australia and the Pacific Islands, enabling readers to form a coherent overview of cultural developments across the region as a whole. The book brings together twenty-six of the regionrs"s leading scholars to address a wide range of questions, ranging from the deep pulses of the longue dureacute;e to contemporary postcolonial realpolitik. All the contributions discuss current theoretical perspectives and take account of the most recent research data. This volume is essential reading for all those studying the Australasian and Pacific region.

Author Biography

Ian Lilley is Reader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at the University of Queensland. He is a past President of the Australian Archaeological Association. Lilley currently conducts field research in Torres Strait and New Caledonia, and his recent publications include Le Pacifique de 5000 à 2000 BP: Suppléments à l’histoire d’une colonisation (with Jean-Christophe Galipaud, 1999), Native Title and the Transformation of Archaeology in the Postcolonial World (2000), and Histories of Old Ages: Essays in Honour of Rhys Jones (with Atholl Anderson and Sue O’Connor, 2001).

Table of Contents

Series EditorsÆ Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

Archaeology in Oceania: Themes and Issues

Australia

Revisiting the Past: Changing Interpretations of Pleistocene Settlement Subsistence and Demography in Northern Australia

Archaeology and the Dreaming: Towards an Archaeology of Ontology

Blunt and to the Point: Changing Technological Strategies in Holocene Australia

Rock Art and Social Identity: A Comparison of Holocene Graphic Systems in Arid and Fertile Environments

Closing the Distance: Interpreting Cross-cultural Engagements through Indigenous Rock Art

The Pacific

Archaeology in Melanesia: A Case Study from the Western Province of the Solomon Islands

Envisaging Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea

Late Pleistocene Complexities in the Bismarck Archipelago

Life Before Lapita: New Developments in MelanesiaÆs Long-term History

The First Millennium BC in Remote Oceania: An Alternative Perspective on Lapita

Ethnoarchaeology in Polynesia

The Formation of Hawaiian Territories: (Thegn Ladefoged and Michael Graves)

Ritual and Domestic Architecture, Sacred Places, and Images: Archaeology in the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia

The Archaeology of the Conical Clan in Micronesia

Politics

What is Archaeology for in the Pacific? History and Politics in New Caledonia

Levuka, Fiji: A Case Study in Pacific Islands Heritage Management

Last Words:

A Few Words about Archaeology in French Polynesia

Shaking the Pillars

What is the Future of Our Past? Papua New Guineans and Cultural Heritage

Index

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