Australia
Adelaide Hills Face Zone Project, Australian Archaeologists, Burra Community Archaeology Project, Callan Point Engravings, Centre for Archaeological Research, Chris Kaskadanis, Digital Salvation for Aboriginal Art, Excavations at Hewitt and Kelly's Whaling Sta, Excavations at Kelly and Lucas' Adventure Bay, HMS Pandora at the Queensland Museum
Fiji
2000 Archaeology in Historic Levuka, Fiji Museum, Mysterious Giant Human Remains Found in Fiji, Pacific Settlers Left Mysterious Pottery, Report on 1998 Field Work Activities Sigatoka Dune
French Polynesia
Archaeology in the Marquesas Islands, Current Research on the Island of Ua Huka, Dryland Horticulture in Maupiti: An Ethnoarchaeolo, Radiocarbon Ages for Two Sites on Ua Huka, Marques, The Mangarevan Sequence and Dating of the Geograph
Micronesia, Federated States of
Contained Identities: The Demise of Yapese Clay Po, Micronesian Diary
New Zealand
Antiquities Act, Aotearoa Tradition Spot On, Archaeological Riches Exceed Expectations, Best practice approach for heritage properties, Buried Treasures at Site of Former Barracks, Buried Village, Carters Beach dig thrills experts, Clear Message in Prosecution, Garry Law's New Zealand Archaeology Page, Golf resort owner alters lodge plan
Ancient Seafarers
From Archaeology, Southeast Asia and Australia give archaeologists some of the best evidence for ancient sea crossings.
Archaeology of Whaling in Southern Australia and N
AWSANZ is a collaborative project that brings together archaeologists from Australia and New Zealand, all of whom have an interest in the colonial whaling industry.
Eastern Polynesia
Asian Perspectives 41(2). An introduction to the regions archaeology.
Melanesian Tribes vs. Polynesian Chiefdoms: Recent
Asian Perspectives 41(2). The late prehistoric period is crucial to the study of anthropology, as the Island Melanesia has provided the world with the "Big Man" archtype of society. It has led to an ethnographic oversimplification of Melanesia as having only Big Man societies, whereas Polynesia having chiefly societies. Chiefs in Melanesia have often been interpreted as a cultural borrowing under Polynesian influence.
Micronesian Archaeological Training
This is a site to showcase the Pacific Islands archaeological research.
New Radiocarbon Ages of Colonization Sites in East
Asian Perspectives 41(2). The archaeological chronology of initial human colonization in East Polynesia has relied substantially upon radiocarbon dating results from a small number of sites in the central region, notably Motu Paeao cemetery and Vaito'otia-Fa'ahia in the Society Islands, and Hane and Ha'atuatua in the Marquesas Islands.
Polynesian Archaeology
Polynesian archaeology page of archaeologist Donald P. Ryan, including work with Thor Heyerdahl.
Rat DNA Helps Trace Pacific Migrations
From MSNBC, pattern of ancient colonization was slower and more complex than thought.
The Peter AhChing Theory on Polynesian Origins
Genetics 2002 and PNAS 2000 Science article provide support for the Peter Ahching Theory based on Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Law as studied at University of Hawaii-Manoa.
Voyaging and Interaction in Ancient East Polynesia
Asian Perespectives 41(2). The origins of East Polynesian culture are traced to a regional homeland that was centered on the Society Islands but which also included neighboring archipelagoes.