Archaeology of Oceania Australia and the Pacific Islands

by Lilley, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780631230830
• ISBN10: 0631230831
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• 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 Editors' Preface	viii
List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xii
Notes on Contributors	xiii
Acknowledgments	xix
Archaeology in Oceania: Themes and Issues	1	(30)
Ian Lilley
Part I Australia
Revisiting the Past: Changing Interpretations of Pleistocene Settlement Subsistence and Demography in Northern Australia	31	(17)
Sue O'Connor
Peter Veth
Archaeology and the Dreaming: Toward an Archaeology of Ontology	48	(21)
Bruno David
Blunt and to the Point: Changing Technological Strategies in Holocene Australia	69	(27)
Peter Hiscock
Rock Art and Social Identity: A Comparison of Holocene Graphic Systems in Arid and Fertile Environments	96	(20)
Jo McDonald
Peter Veth
Closing the Distance: Interpreting Cross-Cultural Engagements through Indigenous Rock Art	116	(21)
Anne Clarke
Ursula Frederick
Part II The Pacific
Archaeology in Melanesia: A Case Study from the Western Province of the Solomon Islands	137	(23)
Richard Walter
Peter Sheppard
Envisaging Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea	160	(29)
Tim Denham
Late Pleistocene Complexities in the Bismarck Archipelago	189	(16)
Matthew Leavesley
Life before Lapita: New Developments in Melanesia's Long-Term History	205	(23)
Christina Pavlides
The First Millennium B.C. in Remote Oceania: An Alternative Perspective on Lapita	228	(12)
Jean-Christophe Galipaud
Ethnoarchaeology in Polynesia	240	(19)
Eric Conte
The Formation of Hawaiian Territories	259	(25)
Thegn Ladefoged
Michael Graves
Ritual and Domestic Architecture, Sacred Places, and Images: Archaeology in the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia	284	(18)
Sidsel Millerstrom
The Archaeology of the Conical Clan in Micronesia	302	(19)
Paul Rainbird
Part III Politics
What is Archaeology for in the Pacific? History and Politics in New Caledonia	321	(25)
Christophe Sand
Jacques Bole
Andre Ouetcho
Levuka, Fiji: A Case Study in Pacific Islands Heritage Management	346	(17)
Anita Smith
Last Words	363	(20)
A Few Words about Archaeology in French Polynesia	363	(4)
Mickaelle-Hinanui Cauchois
Shaking the Pillars	367	(12)
Mark Dugay-Grist
What is the Future of our Past? Papua New Guineans and Cultural Heritage	379	(4)
Herman Mandui
Index	383