Northern Vanuatu as a Pacific Crossroads: The Archaeology of Discovery, Interaction, and the Emergence of the "Ethnographic Present"

dc.contributor.authorBedford, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorSpriggs, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:45:16Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T10:51:49Z
dc.description.abstractNorthern Vanuatu is a significant crossroads region of the Southwest Pacific. This paper outlines current archaeological research being undertaken in the area, focusing on defining initial human settlement there some 3000 years ago and subsequent cultural transformations which led to the establishment of the ethnographic present. The study to date has contributed to a more detailed picture of inter- and intra-archipelago interaction, settlement pattern, subsistence, and cultural differentiation. The research contributes to regional debates on human colonization, patterns of social interaction, and the drivers of social change in island contexts.
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/37759
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
dc.rights© 2008 by the University of Hawai‘i Press. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0066-8435/..."author can archive publisher's version/PDF" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 27/03/17).
dc.sourceAsian Perspectives
dc.source.urihttp://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v047/47.1bedford.pdf
dc.subjectKeywords: archaeological evidence; colonization; cultural history; human settlement; settlement history; settlement pattern; social change; Melanesia; Pacific islands; Pacific Ocean; Vanuatu Contact and exchange; Cultural transformation; Interaction; Northern Vanuatu
dc.titleNorthern Vanuatu as a Pacific Crossroads: The Archaeology of Discovery, Interaction, and the Emergence of the "Ethnographic Present"
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage120
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage95
local.contributor.affiliationBedford, Stuart, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSpriggs, Matthew, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu3859218@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidBedford, Stuart, u3859218
local.contributor.authoruidSpriggs, Matthew, u8705877
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor210106 - Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand)
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4029967xPUB153
local.identifier.citationvolume47
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-41549154157
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4029967
local.type.statusPublished Version

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