Uncovering Pacific pasts histories of archaeology in Oceania

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific seriesPublisher: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory ANU Press 2022Description: 577 p. illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781760464868
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: Uncovering Pacific pastsDDC classification:
  • 930.1095
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Contents:
10. The Pacific archaeology and ethnography of Hjalmar Stolpe and the Vanadis Expedition, 1883-85 / Aoife O'Brien -- 11. Stephenson Percy Smith (1840-1922), founder of the Polynesian Society / Sascha Nolden -- 12. Alfred Haddon: A 'palaeontologist' in the Torres Strait / Anita Herle and Duncan Wright -- 13. Patterns of connection: The Wanigela shells revisited / Elizabeth Bonshek -- 14. Superiority complex: Rudolf Pèoch's interpretations of archaeological finds at Wanigela / Hilary Howes -- 15. Global journeys of Lapita potsherds from the Bismarck Archipelago / Hilary Howes -- 16. Shell trumpets sounding in the stone city: Paul Hambruch and Nan Madol / Hilary Howes -- 17. Huli hele nåa wahi pana (seeking out storied places): The contributions of John F.G. Stokes to the field of Hawaiian archaeology / Mara A. Mulrooney and Jillian A. Swift 18. Intelligent eyes: Visualising Rapa Nui (Easter Island) archaeology / Jo Anne Van Tilburg -- Part 3: The burgeoning field of anthropology and archaeology, 1918-45 -- 19. The burgeoning field of anthropology and archaeology (1918-45) / Matthew Spriggs -- 20. A collector of ideas: Roland Burrage Dixon and the beginnings of professional American anthropology in the Pacific / Tristen Jones and Ingrid Ahlgren -- 21. Searching for origins: Archaeology and the government officers of Papua / Anna Edmundson -- 22. Father Wilhelm Schmidt, Indigenous beliefs and Oceanic collections in the Vatican's Anima Mundi Museum / Katherine Aigner.
23. H.D. Skinner / Moira White -- 24. The vicissitudes of Lapita pottery, 1909-45: The Melbourne witness / Matthew Spriggs -- 25. Looking beyond Australia's shores in the 1930s: F.D. McCarthy in Southeast Asia / Campbell Macknight -- Part 4: Archaeology as a profession in the Pacific,1945-present 26. Archaeology as a profession in the Pacific (1945 -present) / Matthew Spriggs and Hilary Howes -- 27. The first Lapita pottery found in Fiji: Links to an early Pacific world / Matthew Spriggs -- 28. Ratu Rabici Logavatu and Aubrey Parke: Two archaeological pioneers of the Fijian Administration / Matthew Spriggs -- 29. Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Museum's research in the Marquesas and on Rapa Nui/Easter Island, 1955-63 / Reidar Solsvik -- 30. Aurora Natua and the Motu Paeao site: Unlocking French Polynesia's islands for Pacific archaeologists / Emilie Dotte-Sarout, Tamara Maric and Guillaume Molle -- 31. Jack Golson in New Zealand / Louise Furey 2. An emerging major centre: Pacific archaeology at The Australian National University (1961-79) / Mirani Litster, Tristen Jones and Hilary Howes -- 33. Roger Curtis Green (1932-2009) / Peter Sheppard and Louise Furey -- 34. Sue Bulmer and New Guinea archaeology / Glenn R. Summerhayes -- 35. Then and now: W.H. Davenport's 1966 archaeological expedition to Santa Ana with new data on the plainware pottery / Adria H. Katz and Marie-Claude Boileau -- 36. Conclusion: Highlights from the Uncovering Pacific Pasts exhibition / Tristen Jones, Hilary Howes and Matthew Spriggs -- Appendix: Statement by Rakival people-- Index.
List of participating institutions -- 1. Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania -An exhibition /Tristen Jones, Hilary Howes and Matthew Spriggs -- Part 1: Early European exploration in the Pacific, 1500s - 1870s: 2. European interests and ideas on the diversity of human cultures in the Pacific (1500s -1870s) / Matthew Spriggs -- 3.'Artificial curiosities' and the Royal Navy / Alison Mann -- 4. 1800: How the 'South Seas savages' became 'antique monuments' / Emilie Dotte-Sarout -- 5. The mystery of the Moscow ki'i / Elena Govor and Ekaterina Balakhonova -- 6. Watercolour of Fijian man, painted by Charles Pickering /William Scates Frances -- 7. Idol peculations: Aneityum Nelcau and Dr Turner's missionary archaeology / Eve Haddow and Andy Mills -- Part 2: The first archaeological excavations,1870s - 1910s : 8. The first archaeological excavations (1870s -1910s) / Matthew Spriggs -- 9. Sir Julius von Haast and Roger Duff / Emma Brooks.
Subject: Objects have many stories to tell. The stories of their makers and their uses. Stories of exchange, acquisition, display and interpretation. This book is a collection of essays highlighting some of the collections, and their object biographies, that were displayed in the Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania (UPP) exhibition. The exhibition, which opened on 1 March 2020, sought to bring together both notable and relatively unknown Pacific material culture and archival collections from around the globe, displaying them simultaneously in their home institutions and linked online at www.uncoveringpacificpasts.org. Thirty-eight collecting institutions participated in UPP, including major collecting institutions in the United Kingdom, continental Europe and the Americas, as well as collecting institutions from across the Pacific.
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10. The Pacific archaeology and ethnography of Hjalmar Stolpe and the Vanadis Expedition, 1883-85 / Aoife O'Brien -- 11. Stephenson Percy Smith (1840-1922), founder of the Polynesian Society / Sascha Nolden -- 12. Alfred Haddon: A 'palaeontologist' in the Torres Strait / Anita Herle and Duncan Wright -- 13. Patterns of connection: The Wanigela shells revisited / Elizabeth Bonshek -- 14. Superiority complex: Rudolf Pèoch's interpretations of archaeological finds at Wanigela / Hilary Howes -- 15. Global journeys of Lapita potsherds from the Bismarck Archipelago / Hilary Howes -- 16. Shell trumpets sounding in the stone city: Paul Hambruch and Nan Madol / Hilary Howes -- 17. Huli hele nåa wahi pana (seeking out storied places): The contributions of John F.G. Stokes to the field of Hawaiian archaeology / Mara A. Mulrooney and Jillian A. Swift 18. Intelligent eyes: Visualising Rapa Nui (Easter Island) archaeology / Jo Anne Van Tilburg -- Part 3: The burgeoning field of anthropology and archaeology, 1918-45 -- 19. The burgeoning field of anthropology and archaeology (1918-45) / Matthew Spriggs -- 20. A collector of ideas: Roland Burrage Dixon and the beginnings of professional American anthropology in the Pacific / Tristen Jones and Ingrid Ahlgren -- 21. Searching for origins: Archaeology and the government officers of Papua / Anna Edmundson -- 22. Father Wilhelm Schmidt, Indigenous beliefs and Oceanic collections in the Vatican's Anima Mundi Museum / Katherine Aigner.

23. H.D. Skinner / Moira White -- 24. The vicissitudes of Lapita pottery, 1909-45: The Melbourne witness / Matthew Spriggs -- 25. Looking beyond Australia's shores in the 1930s: F.D. McCarthy in Southeast Asia / Campbell Macknight -- Part 4: Archaeology as a profession in the Pacific,1945-present 26. Archaeology as a profession in the Pacific (1945 -present) / Matthew Spriggs and Hilary Howes -- 27. The first Lapita pottery found in Fiji: Links to an early Pacific world / Matthew Spriggs -- 28. Ratu Rabici Logavatu and Aubrey Parke: Two archaeological pioneers of the Fijian Administration / Matthew Spriggs -- 29. Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Museum's research in the Marquesas and on Rapa Nui/Easter Island, 1955-63 / Reidar Solsvik -- 30. Aurora Natua and the Motu Paeao site: Unlocking French Polynesia's islands for Pacific archaeologists / Emilie Dotte-Sarout, Tamara Maric and Guillaume Molle -- 31. Jack Golson in New Zealand / Louise Furey 2. An emerging major centre: Pacific archaeology at The Australian National University (1961-79) / Mirani Litster, Tristen Jones and Hilary Howes -- 33. Roger Curtis Green (1932-2009) / Peter Sheppard and Louise Furey -- 34. Sue Bulmer and New Guinea archaeology / Glenn R. Summerhayes -- 35. Then and now: W.H. Davenport's 1966 archaeological expedition to Santa Ana with new data on the plainware pottery / Adria H. Katz and Marie-Claude Boileau -- 36. Conclusion: Highlights from the Uncovering Pacific Pasts exhibition / Tristen Jones, Hilary Howes and Matthew Spriggs -- Appendix: Statement by Rakival people-- Index.

List of participating institutions -- 1. Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania -An exhibition /Tristen Jones, Hilary Howes and Matthew Spriggs -- Part 1: Early European exploration in the Pacific, 1500s - 1870s: 2. European interests and ideas on the diversity of human cultures in the Pacific (1500s -1870s) / Matthew Spriggs -- 3.'Artificial curiosities' and the Royal Navy / Alison Mann -- 4. 1800: How the 'South Seas savages' became 'antique monuments' / Emilie Dotte-Sarout -- 5. The mystery of the Moscow ki'i / Elena Govor and Ekaterina Balakhonova -- 6. Watercolour of Fijian man, painted by Charles Pickering /William Scates Frances -- 7. Idol peculations: Aneityum Nelcau and Dr Turner's missionary archaeology / Eve Haddow and Andy Mills -- Part 2: The first archaeological excavations,1870s - 1910s : 8. The first archaeological excavations (1870s -1910s) / Matthew Spriggs -- 9. Sir Julius von Haast and Roger Duff / Emma Brooks.

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Objects have many stories to tell. The stories of their makers and their uses. Stories of exchange, acquisition, display and interpretation. This book is a collection of essays highlighting some of the collections, and their object biographies, that were displayed in the Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania (UPP) exhibition. The exhibition, which opened on 1 March 2020, sought to bring together both notable and relatively unknown Pacific material culture and archival collections from around the globe, displaying them simultaneously in their home institutions and linked online at www.uncoveringpacificpasts.org. Thirty-eight collecting institutions participated in UPP, including major collecting institutions in the United Kingdom, continental Europe and the Americas, as well as collecting institutions from across the Pacific.

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