Pacific island heritage : archaeology, identity and community

Pacific island heritage : archaeology, identity and community / edited by Jolie Liston, Geoffrey Clark and Dwight Alexander.

"This volume emerges from a ground-breaking conference held in the Republic of Palau on cultural heritage in the Pacific. It includes bold investigations of the role of cultural heritage in identity-making, and the ways in which community engagement informs heritage management practices. This i...

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Other Authors: Liston, Jolie (Editor), Clark, Geoffrey R. (Geoffrey Richard), 1966- (Editor), Alexander, Dwight (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, [2011]
Series:Terra Australis ; 35.
Subjects:
Cultural property > Protection > Palau.
Historic preservation > Palau.
Historic sites > Palau.
Archaeology > Palau.
Archaeology > Oceania.
Archaeology.
Humanities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities
Archaeology
Cultural property > Protection
Historic preservation
Historic sites
Palau.
Oceania > Antiquities.
Oceania
Palau
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Pacific Island heritage: an overview / Jolie Liston, Geoffrey Clark and Dwight Alexander
  • Prehistory and identity. Identity and alternative versions of the past in New Zealand / Geoffrey Clark
  • The Latte Period in Marianas prehistory: who is interpreting it, why and how? / Rosalind L. Hunter-Anderson
  • Reinventing tradition: archaeology in Samoa / Unasa L.F. Va'a
  • Community engagement. On cultural factors and Marine Managed Areas in Fiji / Joeli Veitayaki [and others]
  • The Guampedia experience: creating a community online historical and cultural resource / Shannon Murphy
  • Plants, people and culture in the villages of Oikull and Ibobang, Republic of Palau / Ann Hillmann [and others]
  • Heritage management. Selecting cultural sites for the UNESCO World Heritage List: Recent work in the Rock Islands-Southern Lagoon area, Republic of Palau Christian Reepmeyer [and others]
  • The complexity of an archaeological site in Samoa: the past in the present / Helene Martinsson-Wallin
  • Is a village a village if no one lives there? negotiated histories on Mabuyag in the Western Torres Strait / Duncan Wright and the Goemulgan Kod
  • Oral traditions and archaeology. Paths to knowledge: connecting experts in oral histories and archaeology / Karen L. Nero
  • Dynamic settlement, landscape modification, resource utilisation and the value of oral traditions in Palauan archaeology / David M. Snyder, W. Bruce Masse and James Carucci
  • Oral tradition and archaeology: Palau's earth architecture / Jolie Liston and Melson Miko.

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