The human colonization of the Pacific is an enduring problem in historical anthropology.
Recent advances in archaeology, historical linguistics, and bioanthropology have coalesced …

Background Over 4.2 million confirmed cases and more than 285,000 deaths, COVID-19
pandemic continues to harm significant number of people worldwide. Several studies have …

The citizens of the Marshall Islands have been told that climate change will doom their
country, and they have seen confirmatory omens in the land, air, and sea. This book …

Abstract The vast Asia-Pacific region, spanning from the islands of Indonesia and Borneo in
the west through Melanesia, Micronesia, and West Polynesia in the east, is a panorama of …

Remote Oceania was colonized initially in three migratory phases: the western archipelagos
of Micronesia plus eastern Melanesia out to west Polynesia in the period 3500–2800 cal BP …

Across the world's seas and oceans, archaeological research focused on islands has
generally privileged those that are larger in size. Explanations for this phenomenon range …

Abstract Excavations at Mask Cave on the sacred islet of Pulu off Mabuyag in the central
west of Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait) reveal four occupational phases: Phase 1 (2900–3800 …

ABSTRACT In 1976, Yosihiko H. Sinoto conducted extensive archaeological survey and
excavations on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago as part of a Japanese, multi‐disciplinary …

Sea turtles are one of the largest vertebrates in the shallow water ecosystems of Remote
Oceania, occurring in both sea grass pastures and on coral reefs. Their functional roles …

Abstract The Pacific Islands—consisting of culturally diverse Melanesia, Micronesia, and
Polynesia—is the ideal region to investigate the development of prehistoric fishing studies …