Vol 8 No 2 (2017) | Journal of Pacific Archaeology

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Published: 2017-09-06

Articles

Late Pleistocene Colonisation of the Eastern New Guinea Islands? The Potential Implications of Robust Waisted Stone Tool Finds from Rossel Island on the Long Term Settlement Dynamics in the Massim Region

Ben Shaw

1-16
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Archaeological Charcoal Analysis in New Zealand

Rod Wallace, Simon J Holdaway

17-30
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A Review of Archaeological Māori Canoes (Waka) Reveals Changes in Sailing Technology and Maritime Communications in Aotearoa/New Zealand, AD 1300–1800

Geoffrey Irwin, Dilys Johns, Richard G.J. Flay, Filippo Munaro, Yun Sung, Tim Mackrell

31-43
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Skeletal and dental health: the bioarchaeology of the human skeletons from the Sigatoka Sand Dunes Site, VL 16/1, Viti Levu, Fiji

Michael Pietrusewsky, Michele Toomay Douglas, Rona M. Ikehara-Quebral

63-78
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What is that bird? Pros and cons of the interpretations of Lapita pottery motifs.

Arnaud Noury

79-87
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The Cult of the Birdman: Religious Change at ‘Orongo, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Taylor Robinson, Christopher M Stevenson

88-102
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Research Reports

Māori Cordage from Te Wao Nui a Tiriwa, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Lisa Mckendry

44-52
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Notes

New Radiocarbon Ages Clarify Chronology of Waimea Plains Māori Settlement and Dry Agronomy, Northern Te Waipounamu

Ian G. Barber

103-107
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Book Reviews

Excavations on Motupore Island, Central District, Papua New Guinea - Allen, Swadling & Rye

Jim Rhodes

108
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