There is a rapidly growing number of palaeotsunami sites being reported from the Pacific
region but rarely have researchers looked far beyond their immediate site to find …

Knowledge of biodiversity in the past, and the timing, nature, and drivers of human-induced
ecological change, is important for gaining deep time perspectives and for modern …

Little is known of helminth parasites of tropical Remote Oceania, in either archaeological or
modern contexts. This study presents a parasitological analysis of soil samples from Lapita …

Adze quarries and sources are some of the most visible, unique and well‐preserved
Polynesian archaeological sites where stone technology, intensification of production, other …

Hanamiai is a coastal dune site in the Marquesas Islands. The continuous cultural sequence
extends from initial Polynesian colonization through European contact. We present a revised …

The earliest archaeological sites anchor discussions of the timing, speed, and direction of
colonization of continents, single archipelagos, and individual islands, and new discoveries …

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 …

Mass capture of small fishes with a variety of nets, traps, and weirs was widely practiced and
economically important across East Polynesia at western contact. Archaeological research …

Supplement 1 presents the results of Bayesian calibrations designed to investigate the
archaeological chronology of the Marquesas Islands in East Polynesia. Bayesian …

Strings of shell money made up of hundreds, if not thousands, of intensively worked shell
beads have featured in the accounts of anthropologists of Melanesia for over a century, and …