Integration of archaeology, modern genetics, and ancient DNA holds promise for the
reconstruction of the human past. We examine the advances in research on the indigenous …

he research of Patrick Kirch, within the Hawaiian Islands and beyond, has forged
understanding of Hawaiian origins and the chronology of Polynesian island settlement for …

This paper reviews the prehistory of the greater southeast Solomons region in the light of the
46 years of research which has been conducted since Green and Yen published the …

Hatiheu, one of Nuku Hiva's largest and most fertile valleys, is an ideal setting for settlement
but the valley's early human history is poorly known. Its importance in late prehistory is well …

Coastal beach ridges have been favored locales for human habitations on Pacific islands
since initial human settlement. Their smooth crests shaped by surf action form sandy …

ABSTRACT The iconic Ho 'oumi Beach site (NHo‐3), Nuku Hiva Island (Marquesas), was
excavated by Robert Suggs in the late 1950s. It figured importantly in his island‐wide …

Kaute and its derivatives' koute',''oute and'aute'are Polynesian names for a red-flowered
Hibiscus. Since its first botanical collection on Tahiti by Banks and Solander (1769), this …

In the present study, 87 unrelated individuals from the Marquesas Archipelago in French
Polynesia were typed using mtDNA, Y-chromosome and autosomal (STRs) markers and …

From the late 1930s to his death in 2002, the Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-
2002) relentlessly sought scientific acceptance for his controversial Kon-Tiki Theory. The …

Patrick V. Kirch and Roger C. Green proposed that Polynesian cultures today emerged and
developed in an ancestral homeland situated in western Polynesia, primarily Tonga and …