Palaeotsunami research in the Sino-Pacific region has increased markedly following the
2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami. Recent studies encompass a variety of potential sources and …

Tonga was unique in the prehistoric Pacific for developing a maritime state that integrated
the archipelago under a centralized authority and for undertaking long-distance economic …

The Lapita colonization of Remote Oceania involved rapid expansion from New Guinea
across one-tenth of the circumference of the earth. Implicit in most discussions of this …

Although the peopling of Remote Oceania is well-documented as a general process of
eastward migrations from Island Southeast Asia and Near Oceania toward the archipelagos …

'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 …

Abstract Within the Pacific Islands, the archaeological phenomenon called the Lapita
Cultural Complex is widely regarded as first appearing in the Bismarck Archipelago of …

Abstract Two Pacific Island skeletal samples originating from the inland site of Nebira,
Papua New Guinea (1230–1650) and a coastal site on the small island of Taumako …

Archaeologists have long debated the origins and mode of dispersal of the immediate
predecessors of all Polynesians and many populations in Island Melanesia. Such debates …

The two species of bracken fern, Pteridium esculentum and Pteridium aquilinum, are well
known to produce neoplastic lesions and thiamine deficiency when consumed by mammals …

The recovery of multiple intact and reconstructed Lapita pottery vessels excavated from the
Teouma site near the south coast of Efate in Vanuatu has made possible a petrographic …