Archaeological Research at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea
. Ed(S): David, Bruno; Aplin, Ken; Richards, Thomas
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Paperback. The first volume of the Caution Bay monographs is designed to introduce the goals of the Caution Bay project, the nature and scope of the investigations and the cultural and natural setting of the study area. Editor(s): David, Bruno; Aplin, Ken; Richards, Thomas. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 350 x 18. Weight in Grams: 772.
In 2008 intensive archaeological surveys began at Caution Bay, located 20km to the northwest of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This was followed by the excavation of 122 stratified sites in 2009-2010, and detailed analysis of the well preserved and abundant faunal, ceramic and lithic finds has continued ever since. The Caution Bay Archaeology Project is providing new and exciting contributions to western Pacific prehistory. It has radically expanded the known geographic distribution of the Lapita Cultural Complex to include, for the first time, the southern coast of Papua New Guinea; it has established the relationship of Lapita to later ... Read more
In 2008 intensive archaeological surveys began at Caution Bay, located 20km to the northwest of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This was followed by the excavation of 122 stratified sites in 2009-2010, and detailed analysis of the well preserved and abundant faunal, ceramic and lithic finds has continued ever since. The Caution Bay Archaeology Project is providing new and exciting contributions to western Pacific prehistory. It has radically expanded the known geographic distribution of the Lapita Cultural Complex to include, for the first time, the southern coast of Papua New Guinea; it has established the relationship of Lapita to later ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Archaeopress United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784915049
SKU
V9781784915049
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About . Ed(S): David, Bruno; Aplin, Ken; Richards, Thomas
Thomas Richards is Executive Director of the Heritage Conservation Branch in the Government of Saskatchewan, Canada and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University, Australia. As a director of the Caution Bay Archaeology Project since 2009, Tom has been involved in researching Lapita settlements, as well as sites from earlier and later periods, from the ... Read more
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