Download or read book Archaeological Excavations at Sigatoka Fiji written by Lawrence Birks and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaeological Excavations at Sigatoka Dune Site Fiji written by Lawrence Birks and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Early Prehistory of Fiji written by Geoffrey Richard Clark and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I enjoyed reading this volume. It is rare to see such a comprehensive report on hard data published these days, especially one so insightfully contextualised by the editors' introductory and concluding chapters. These scholars and the others involved in the work really know their stuff, and it shows. The editors connect the preoccupations of Pacific archaeologists with those of their colleagues working in other island regions and on "big questions" of colonisation, migration, interaction and patterns and processes of cultural change in hitherto-uninhabited environments. These sorts of outward-looking, big-picture contextual studies are invaluable, but all too often are missing from locally- and regionally-oriented writing, very much to its detriment. In sum, the work strongly advances our understanding of the early prehistory of Fiji through its well-integrated combination of original research and the reinterpretation of existing knowledge in the context of wider theoretical and historical concerns. In doing so The Early Prehistory of Fiji makes a truly substantial contribution to Pacific and archaeological scholarship. Professor Ian Lilley, The University of Queensland
Download or read book Sigatoka written by Y. M. Marshall and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traditional view of the colonisation of Fiji is one of an initial movement to the islands three thousand years ago followed by relative isolation until the 19th century. Therefore it is no surprise that these islands and their inhabitants have been widely studied as examples of cultures evolving in isolation. However, recent archaeological evidence and new theoretical models have questioned the degree of isolation experienced in the early years of the occupation of the islands. One important site within this debate is the Sigatoka sand dunes on the south-west shore of Fiji's largest island. Here the archaeological evidence from this site is reassessed and presents a dynamic, interactive picture of island life, with constant contacts with other islands to the east and west. The information from this site is not only placed within the broader context of this group of islands, but also within other theoretical migrationist and evolutionary models of island groups.
Download or read book Archaeological Excavations of Fortified Sites on Taveuni Fiji written by Everett Lloyd Frost and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaeological Excavation at Sigatoka written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaeological Excavations in Fiji written by Edward Winslow Gifford and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Naihehe Cave in the Sigatoka River Valley of Viti Levu Fiji written by Kyle John Riordan and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naihehe Cave, a Navatu phase site, is located within the middle region of the Sigatoka river valley of Viti Levu, Fiji. This thesis reports on a series of original investigations of Naihehe cave, which began with field excavations of the site during May 2017 and continued with laboratory investigations over the following year. The research is innovative and exploratory, as Naihehe Cave had never been excavated before and the geoarchaeological methods applied in this research have never been applied in Fijian archaeology, and rarely elsewhere. There were many questions answered in this research, but the primary goal was to investigate if humans had occupied Naihehe Cave in prehistory, to understand what they might have been doing inside of the cave, and ultimately to see if human activities affected the natural environment and deposits in the cave. Understanding the archaeology of this cave site is deduced mainly by way of sedimentological “ecofacts” rather than material artifacts. Sediments were collected and analyzed through numerous testing methods. The methodology is diverse which allows for a thorough and data rich interpretation of natural deposition and human activities. It adds to the conversation of how traces of human activity can be discerned at the smallest of scales and understood archaeologically. The lab methods employed in this research include use of Scanning Electron Microscopy with energy dispersion spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), organic matter loss-on-ignition, carbonate loss-on-ignition, macrocharcoal paleobotanical identification, and radiocarbon dating. Naihehe Cave is in a geographically and archaeologically significant area pertaining to the first agriculturalists in Fiji. Naihehe cave was investigated in order to assess the connection between the sites in this area. It was concluded that humans did occupy the cave in prehistory, during the time period where humans occupied the nearby agricultural site of Qaraqara. The extent of archaeological features discovered in the two excavated test units include four separate fire features (two calibrated radiocarbon dates at AD 886-1013 and AD 280-529).
Download or read book Sigatoka Dune Site written by Elizabeth Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evolutionary Archaeology of Ceramic Diversity in Ancient Fiji written by Ethan E. Cochrane and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research presented here investigates the evolution of material cultural diversity in the Yasawa Islands in the northwestern corner of the Fijian archipelago. This work builds upon several field seasons of basic research in the Yasawas, as well as other large-scale ceramic analyses in Fiji. This study constructs answers using an explanatory framework explicitly designed to account for the evolution of cultural diversity in prehistory. This explanatory framework combines the effects of cultural transmission, selection and other sorting processes, and innovation. Using this explanatory framework this research attempts to answer the following three questions: 1. What domains of ceramic similarity in the Yasawa Islands can be used to define culturally transmitting populations or lineages; 2. What are the spatial and temporal distributions of transmission lineages defined along different avenues of transmission; and 3. What are the possible explanations for the distribution of these lineages? Chapter 2 examines some of the previous archaeological and other research in Fiji that has attempted to explain or document cultural, biological, and linguistic diversity. Chapter 3 more completely develops the theoretical framework used to explain prehistoric ceramic similarities and difference in terms of transmission lineages. An outline of the natural and cultural history of the Yasawa Islands is presented in Chapter 4. Classifications of ceramic variation and other analyses are presented in Chapter 5. In Chapter 6 cladistic and seriation analyses generate hypotheses for the transmission history of Yasawa Islands populations. Chapter 7 reviews the results of this research in the context of other archaeological work in Fiji. The approach to explaining cultural similarities and differences employed in this research indicates that prehistoric cultural diversity can be examined using cultural transmission, selection, and innovation to produce empirically testable hypotheses regarding the historical relatedness of populations. The further development of this approach by scholars will do much to answer long-standing questions.
Download or read book Archaeological Excavations in Fiji 13 written by Edward Winslow 1887- Gifford and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Archaeological Excavations in Fiji 13 written by Edward Winslow 1887- Gifford and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Archaeology of Lapita Dispersal in Oceania written by Geoffrey Richard Clark and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers from the Fourth Lapita Conference held in Canberra. Lapita archaeology is of fundamental importance to understanding the Pacific since it unearths information about the first people to establish themselves beyond the Solomon Islands to as far east as Samoa around 3000 years ago.
Download or read book The Early Prehistory of Fiji written by Geoffrey Richard Clark and published by Anu E Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anthropological Records 13 3 written by Gifford E.W. and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaeological Excavations at Sigatika dune site Fiji written by Lawrence Birks and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Uncovering Pacific Pasts written by Hilary Howes and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objects have many stories to tell. The stories of their makers and their uses. Stories of exchange, acquisition, display and interpretation. This book is a collection of essays highlighting some of the collections, and their object biographies, that were displayed in the Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania (UPP) exhibition. The exhibition, which opened on 1 March 2020, sought to bring together both notable and relatively unknown Pacific material culture and archival collections from around the globe, displaying them simultaneously in their home institutions and linked online at www.uncoveringpacificpasts.org. Thirty‑eight collecting institutions participated in UPP, including major collecting institutions in the United Kingdom, continental Europe and the Americas, as well as collecting institutions from across the Pacific.
