Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands

Copyright © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands

Editor(s): Ian Lilley

Published Online: 4 FEB 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631230823

Online ISBN: 9780470773475

DOI: 10.1002/9780470773475

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This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to the archaeology of Oceania, covering both Australia and the Pacific Islands.


  • The first text to provide integrated treatment of the archaeologies of Australia and the Pacific Islands

  • Enables readers to form a coherent overview of cultural developments across the region as a whole

  • Brings together contributions from some of the region's leading scholars

  • Focuses on new discoveries, conceptual innovations, and postcolonial realpolitik

  • Challenges conventional thinking on major regional and global issues in archaeology

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xix)

    1. Chapter 1

      Archaeology in Oceania: Themes and Issues (pages 1–28)

      Ian Lilley

  3. Part I: Australia

    1. Chapter 2

      Revisiting the Past: Changing Interpretations of Pleistocene Settlement Subsistence and Demography in Northern Australia (pages 29–47)

      Sue O'Connor and Peter Veth

    2. Chapter 3

      Archaeology and the Dreaming: Toward an Archaeology of Ontology (pages 48–68)

      Bruno David

    3. Chapter 4

      Blunt and to the Point: Changing Technological Strategies in Holocene Australia (pages 69–95)

      Peter Hiscock

    4. Chapter 5

      Rock Art and Social Identity: A Comparison of Holocene Graphic Systems in Arid and Fertile Environments (pages 96–115)

      Jo McDonald and Peter Veth

    5. Chapter 6

      Closing the Distance: Interpreting Cross-Cultural Engagements Through Indigenous Rock Art (pages 116–133)

      Anne Clarke and Ursula Frederick

  4. Part II: The Pacific

    1. Chapter 7

      Archaeology in Melanesia: A Case Study from the Western Province of the Solomon Islands (pages 135–159)

      Richard Walter and Peter Sheppard

    2. Chapter 8

      Envisaging Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea (pages 160–188)

      Tim Denham

    3. Chapter 9

      Late Pleistocene Complexities in the Bismarck Archipelago (pages 189–204)

      Matthew Leavesley

    4. Chapter 10

      Life before Lapita: New Developments in Melanesia's Long-Term History (pages 205–227)

      Christina Pavlides

    5. Chapter 11

      The First Millennium B.C. in Remote Oceania: An Alternative Perspective on Lapita (pages 228–239)

      Jean-Christophe Galipaud

    6. Chapter 12

      Ethnoarchaeology in Polynesia (pages 240–258)

      Eric Conte

    7. Chapter 13

      The Formation of Hawaiian Territories (pages 259–283)

      Thegn Ladefoged and Michael Graves

    8. Chapter 14

      Ritual and Domestic Architecture, Sacred Places, and Images: Archaeology in the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia (pages 284–301)

      Sidsel Millerstrom

    9. Chapter 15

      The Archaeology of the Conical Clan in Micronesia (pages 302–317)

      Paul Rainbird

  5. Part III: Politics

    1. Chapter 16

      What is Archaeology for in the Pacific History and Politics in New Caledonia (pages 319–345)

      Christophe Sand, Jacques Bole and André Ouetcho

    2. Chapter 17

      Levuka, Fiji: A Case Study in Pacific Islands Heritage Management (pages 346–362)

      Anita Smith

    3. Chapter 18

      Last Words (pages 363–382)

      Mickaelle-Hinanui Cauchois, Mark Dugay-Grist and Herman Mandui

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      Index (pages 383–396)

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