Tag: Pacific Ocean

"Forty Years in the South Seas" honors Glenn Summerhayes’ research on Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific, highlighting key ...

New ANU research shows Tongatapu, Tonga, had cities by AD 300, revealing early, indigenous Pacific urbanization predating Western influence.

Study reveals Rapa Nui's early settlers grew Polynesian and South American crops, based on starch analysis of tools.

Vietnamese fisherman Luong Viet Loi's 5,500-mile Pacific journey on a bamboo raft, Tu Phuc, highlights ancient navigation skills and cultural ...

Readers may be interested in this newly-launched journal in an adjacent region, the Journal of Polynesian Archaeology and Research which ...

Revival of Pacific wayfinding, exemplified by Hokule'a's 1976 voyage, highlights cultural, environmental, and mental health insights from traditional navigation.

via the Gulf Times, 24 October 2023: The National Museum of Qatar has inaugurated the significant exhibition, "The Shape of ...

via Cosmos, 15 September 2023: Indigenous archaeologists and international researchers unearth Lapita pottery shards at Pang Pang, Vanuatu, shedding light ...

via ABC Pacific, 23 June 2023: The Hōkūle'a, a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe, embarks on a four-year circumnavigation of the ...

A new book from ANU Press on the histories of archaeology in Oceania. The physical book is for sale, but ...