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Papers

(The median citation count of Archaeology in Oceania is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

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Late Holocene technological provisioning at the Kings Table rockshelter, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia	10
Building and remembering: An archaeology of place‐making on Papua New Guinea's South Coast by ChrisUrwin. Pacific Islands Archaeology Series, University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu, 2022, pp. 262 ISBN	9
From Field to Museum – Studies from Melanesia in Honour of Robin Torrence By JimSpecht, ValAttenbrow, and JimAllen. Technical Report of the Australian Museum Online No. 34, 2021. ISSN: 1835‐4211. Pp.	7
UTU: Sāmoa archaeology and cultural heritage database	7
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Rock art on excavated monolithic statues (moai), Rano Raraku statue quarry, Rapa Nui (Easter Island): context, chronology and the crescent motif	5
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Rock engravings and occupation sites in the Mount Bosavi Region, Papua New Guinea: Implications for our understanding of the human presence in the Southern Highlands	5
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Theory in the Pacific, the Pacific in Theory: Archaeological Perspectives Edited by Tim Thomas. Routledge, New York. 2020. ISBN: 9781138303553 (Paperback). Pp. 348. USD $35.96	4
Cup marks on Ambra Crater: a new engraving site in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea	4
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Networks and Monumentality in the Pacific: Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4‐‐9 June 2018, Paris, France), Session XXXVIII. UISPP Proceedings Series, Volume 7. By Aymeric Hermann, Frédé	3
Building culturally meaningful chronologies: negotiating Indigenous and Western temporalities in Oceania	3
Repatriation, Exchange, and Colonial Legacies in the Gulf of Papua: Moving Pictures. By LaraLamb and ChristopherLee. Palgrave MacMillan, Switzerland, 2022. ISBN: 978‐3‐031‐15578‐9, Pp. 279. US $119.99	3
Aboriginal flood narratives and the thunder complex in Southeast Asia	3
Resurrecting the power in the stones, developing a modern narrative of the agency and sentience of powerful stones, and recreating shared knowledge encounters at Gummingurru and its associated site ar	3
Putting the Dark Emu debate into context	2
A micro‐geoarchaeological investigation of a cultivation pit (maite) on Teti'aroa atoll, Central‐East Polynesia	2
Mass capture fishing in the Marquesas Islands	2
The pre‐contact temple system of Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands	2
First Nations pre‐LGM ochre processing in Parramatta, NSW, Australia	2
Identifying archaeological parenchyma in three dimensions: Diagnostic assessment of five important food plant species in the Indo‐Pacific region	2
The sacred stone from the sea. Archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on the ritual value of coral across the Pacific	2
Investigating hafting and composite tool repair as factors creating variability in backed artefacts: Evidence from Ngungara (Weereewa/Lake George), south‐eastern Australia	2

Turtles for the ancestors: A zooarchaeological study of ritual deposits on Fakahina, Tuamotu archipelago (French Polynesia)	2
Pig and dog use in the pre‐contact Society Island Chiefdoms: integrated ethnohistoric, archaeological and use‐web analyses	2
Archaeology of animate ancestors and entanglement at Mayarnjarn in the Wellington Range region, Northern Territory	1
Resistance and remembering through rock art: Contact‐period rock art in Wardaman country, Northern Australia	1
Cosmo‐political landscapes of Torres Straitadhiandmisœristones: Closing the gap between Islander and non‐indigenous perspectives	1
Gilparrka Almira, a rock art site in Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland: cultural connections, dreaming tracks and trade routes	1
Heritage and identity: returning to ancestral pathways of the Siraya indigenous archaeology	1
Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific. By NicholasThomas. Basic Books, New York, 2021. ISBN: 9781541619838. Pp. 224. US$25.	1
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Stone‐flaking technology at Leang Bulu Bettue, South Sulawesi, Indonesia	1
The sailing performance of ancient Polynesian canoes and the early settlement of East Polynesia	1
New discoveries from the early Māori village at Shag River Mouth, New Zealand, reveal intestinal parasites	1
A 600–700‐year‐old basalt adze production site from Mount Bates, Norfolk Island	1
Re‐evaluating the evidence for late‐surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands	1
Tracking shifts in Society Islands marine subsistence through time: Intra‐site analysis of faunal remains and fishing gear	1
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Revising shell adze analysis in Oceania: a multifaceted approach to the study of a Solomon Islands’ collection	1
Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City in Nineteenth‐ Century Australia By TimMurray and PenelopeCrookSpringer, Switzerland, 2020ISBN 978‐3‐030‐27168‐8. Pp. 291. USD: $109.99	1
An Archaeology of Innovation: Approaching Social and Technological Change in Human Society By Catherine J.Frieman. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2021. ISBN 978‐1‐5261‐3264‐2 (hardback). Pp.	1
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Star anise from a fifteenth century Indonesian shipwreck	1
Kia kōrerorero tonu ai: a review of the dialogue at the interface of Indigenous oral tradition and archaeology in Aotearoa New Zealand and Oceania	1
The archaeology of sacred womens’ business in Australia: a Holocene history from the Central Queensland Highlands	1
Archaeological site types, and assemblage size and diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand	1
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The Dogs of Remote Oceania: an archaeological and ethnohistorical view of domestic dog introduction and loss in the South Pacific	0
Advances in East Polynesian zooarchaeology: Special Issue introduction, review (2016–2024), and assessment	0
The archaeology of shellfishing practices on Ua Huka, Marquesas Archipelago (French Polynesia)	0
Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south‐eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains	0
Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania by HilaryHowes, TristenJones, and MatthewSpriggs. ANU Press, Canberra, 2022. ISBN 9781760464868 (Paperback). Pp. xv + 578. AU $100.	0
The age and position of the southern boundary of prehistoric Polynesian dispersal	0
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Reflections on zooarchaeology in East Polynesia: human‐animal interactions and human ecodynamics	0
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MicroCT scanning and direct AMS dating of charred sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) fragments from Nombe rockshelter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea	0
Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania By Patrick VintonKirch. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press Monumenta Archaeologica 47. 2021. ISBN: 978195044	0
Indirect dating of secondary cave burials in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea reveals last millennium reorganisation of social practices	0
Hand stencils and communal history: A case study from Auwim, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea	0
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by DavidGraeber and DavidWengrow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2021. ISBN: 9780374157357. pp. 704. US$35.00	0
The archaeology of 19^th century oyster consumption in Melbourne	0
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Forty Years in the South Seas: Archaeological Perspectives on the Human History of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific Region edited by AnneFord, BenShaw, and DylanGaffney, pp. 435. ANU Press, Te	0
Materialising Ancestral Madang: Pottery Production and Subsistence Trading on the Northeast Coast of New Guinea By Dylan Gaffney. University of Otago Studies in Archaeology. No. 29, 2020. ISSN:	0
Late Holocene hunting economies in coastal southeastern Australia: Insights from the archaeological fauna of Curracurrang 1 Rockshelter, Royal National Park	0
Petroglyphs and place: complex histories at four sites in New Britain	0
Farmers or Hunter‐Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate By PeterSutton and KerynWalshe. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2021 ISBN: 978‐0‐522‐87785‐4. pp. 264. AU $34.99	0
Archaeology through tok stori: negotiating the meanings, values and challenges of archaeological research in Solomon Islands	0
Identifying marsupials from Australian archaeological sites: current methodological challenges and opportunities in zooarchaeological practice	0
Invisible or ignored: investigating the lack of thylacine‐based material culture in the Australian archaeological record	0

A dentate‐stamped Lapita dish from the central south coast of Papua	0
Additional U/Th dates for the Lapita settlement of Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga	0
Irrigation, fortification, and the proto‐historic settlement landscape of the Ndughore Valley, Kolombangara, Western Solomon Islands	0
Marquesan ceramics, palaeotsunami, and megalithic architecture: Ho‘oumi Beach site (NHo‐3) in regional perspective	0
The New Zealand bracken fern rhizome, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst): a toxic food plant of pre‐European Māori	0
A new parasite discovery in Micronesia: eggs of the nematodeToxocara canisat archaeological sites on Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands extend the known dog presence by c.600 years	0
A highly fragrant comestible: the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) in pre‐European Māori New Zealand	0
Dingoes and domestication	0
Stones in Motion: monuments and chiefly title histories in central Vanuatu	0
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The Archaeology of Tanamu 1: A Pre‐Lapita to Post‐Lapita Site from Caution Bay, South Coast of Mainland Papua New Guinea By BrunoDavid, KatherineSzabó, MatthewLeavesley, Ian J.McNiven, JeremyAsh, and	0
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Aboriginal serrated and perforated shell artefacts from the Murray River, South Australia	0
The archaeology of eastern Lutruwita (Tasmania)	0
The birth of Polynesia: An archaeological journey through the Kingdom of Tonga By David V.Burley. Simon Fraser Archaeology Press, 2023. ISBN: 979837847482. p. 347. Open Access Digital.	0
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A New Melanesian Rock‐Art Style: Figurative Engravings at Roche Mauprat, Arama Chiefdom, New Caledonia	0
Weaving feathers of intangible and tangible knowledge: Historical records and human‐bird interactions in the Marquesas Islands	0
Connecting the Kingdom: Sailing Vessels in the Early Hawaiian Monarchy, 1790–1840 by PeterMills. University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu. 2022. ISBN: 9780824893989. pp. 296. $27.99	0
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Re‐assessing regional chronologies for island southeast Asian voyaging to Aboriginal Australia	0
Latte in the Marianas: By the Community, For the Community By Kelly G.Marsh (Taitano) and JolieListon. The Latte in the Marianas: Art, Icon, and Archaeology Project, Guam, 2021 ISBN: 978‐0‐578‐52109‐1	0
Hunting with dogs: a synthesis of ethnohistorical data and discussion of their implications for prehistoric subsistence in New Guinea	0
Do Pleistocene rock paintings depict Sulawesi warty pigs (Sus celebensis) with a domestication character?	0
A review of Philippine rock art and its regional context	0
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Archaeology of powerful stones in the Australia‐Pacific region: an Introduction	0
A review of the rock art of Palau, Micronesia in local and regional contexts	0
Archaeological identification of fragmented nuts and fruits from key Asia‐Pacific economic tree species using anatomical criteria: Comparative analysis of Canarium, Pandanus and Termi	0
Developing a holistic and collaborative approach for the archaeology of Australian South Sea Islanders in Queensland	0
Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia	0
Jakarda Wuka (too many stories): Narratives of rock art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria by Li‐YanyuwaLi‐Wirdiwalangu (Yanyuwa Elders), Liam M. Brady, JohnBradley, and	0
Stones, stories and ceremonies: A Gamilaraay, Arrernte, Luritja, Pitjantatjarra, Yankuntjatjarra perspective	0
Histories of Australian Rock Art Research, edited by Paul S.C.Taçon, Sally K.May, Ursula K.Frederick, and JoMcDonald. ANU Press, Terra Australis 55. 2022. ISBN 9781760465353. pp. 292. $75.00 (Open Acc	0
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Archaeological Perspectives on Conflict and Warfare in Australia and the Pacific edited by GeoffreyClark and MiraniLitster. ANU Press, Terra Australis 54, 2022. pp. 266. ISBN 9781760464882. US $72.00.	0
An archaeological review of Polynesian adze quarries and sources	0
IN MEMORIAM: Fred Marvin Reinman 1927–2023	0
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Reflections on the commensal model and future directions in Polynesian interaction studies	0
The Archaeology of Island Colonization: Global Approaches to Initial Human Settlement Edited by Matthew F. Napolitano, Jessica H. Stone, and Robert J. DiNapoli; foreword by Victor D. Thompson.	0
Sustainability in Ancient Island societies: An archaeology of human resilience Edited by Scott M.Fitzpatrick, Jon M.Erlandson, and Kristina M.Gill. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2024. ISBN	0
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Wilyakali and archaeologists collaborating to map the journey of the Bronzewing Pigeon, Broken Hill, western New South Wales, Australia	0
Assessing foraging variability on small islands in Manu‘a (American Samoa) during the first millennium BC	0
Murujuga: Dynamics of the Dreaming — A long and short history of this cultural landscape with reference to rock art, stone features, excavations and historical sites recorded across the Dampier Archip	0
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The ScMo‐350 site, Haumi, Moʻorea (Society Islands): Preliminary analysis of coastal occupation spanning the colonization phase to classic phase	0
Pour une histoire de la préhistoire océanienne. Approches historiographiques de l'archéologie francophone dans le Pacifique Edited by Emilie Dotte‐Sarout, Anne Di Piazza, Frédérique Valentin and Matth	0
A network of designs: studying Early Lapita exchange networks in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea through Social Network Analysis	0
Archaeobotanical futures in the Indo‐Pacific	0
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