Recent genomic analyses show that the earliest peoples reaching Remote Oceania—
associated with Austronesian-speaking Lapita culture—were almost completely East Asian …

At historic contact Europeans remarked on the skill and proficiency of native Caribbean
Amerindians to build and travel in dugout canoes. While archaeological examples of these …

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 …

In popular discourse, tropical forests are synonymous with'nature'and'wilderness';
battlegrounds between apparently pristine floral, faunal, and human communities, and the …

On the 15th of January 2022, a massive hydrovolcanic eruption at Hunga Tonga-Hunga
Ha'apai in Tonga (SW Pacific) sent shockwaves in the near-field regime, close to the …

Previous studies document Nukuleka in the Kingdom of Tonga as a founder colony for first
settlement of Polynesia by Lapita peoples. A limited number of radiocarbon dates are one …

Cultural, linguistic, and phenotypic differences between Fijian and West Polynesian peoples
demarcate the historically defined Melanesian/Polynesian divide. As both regions are …

Agriculture in Hawaiʻi was developed in response to the high spatial heterogeneity of
climate and landscape of the archipelago, resulting in a broad range of agricultural …

'This volume is the most comprehensive review of Lapita research to date, tackling many of
the lingering questions regarding origin and dispersal. Multidisciplinary in nature with a …

Pacific archaeologists were early adopters of the nascent radiocarbon dating technique in
the 1950s, beginning with Emory's excavation in Hawai 'i (Libby 1951) and Gifford's …