The power of an anthropological approach to long-term history lies in its unique ability to
combine diverse evidence, from archaeological artifacts to ethnographic texts and …

This paper reviews recent genetic evidence for the origins of the traditional cultivated
bananas of the Pacific, and shows that they are unexpectedly complex. Current assumption …

The peopling of Remote Oceanic islands by Austronesian speakers is a fascinating and yet
contentious part of human prehistory. Linguistic, archaeological, and genetic studies have …

Background Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent) is a dioecious tree
native to East Asia and mainland Southeast-Asia, introduced prehistorically to Polynesia as …

In developed countries, biofuel development was largely driven by a desire to reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increasing energy security, whereas in developing …

Tree crops are a very important part of the agricultural systems of the Pacific and elsewhere
in the tropics, but are poorly accommodated in the usual frameworks within which the status …

Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.) was one of the most widely distributed
crop species in prehistoric Oceania, occurring from continental East Asia to the Polynesian …

The project reported on in this monograph has been concerned with the archaeology of the
Batanes Islands, an archipelago that must have been settled quite early in the process of …

Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.(Moraceae), or paper mulberry, is a species of cultural
importance in South East Asia, East Asia and the Pacific. Originally from mainland South …

We present direct microbotanical evidence from New Zealand of the prehistoric cultivation of
four introduced Polynesian plants. Pollen, phytoliths, starch grains and xylem of bottle gourd …