Contributions of the ARF No. 59

Lapita and its Transformations in Near Oceania.

Archaeological Investigations in the Mussau Islands, Papua New Guinea 1985-88. Volume 1 Introduction, Excavations, Chronology.

Edited by Patrick V. Kirch, with contributions by Nick Araho, Carla Catterall, Patrick V. Kirch, and Marshall Weisler.

No. 59 of the Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley

During three expeditions to the Mussau Islands of Papua New Guinea, an international team led by Professor Patrick V. Kirch investigated Lapita and post-Lapita sites spanning three and one-half millennia. These sites included Talepakemalai, the earliest and largest Lapita settlement yet recorded, whose waterlogged sediments yielded new evidence for stilt-house architecture and for arboriculture. Other sites range from rockshelters to post-Lapita open shell middens. The first in a series of three volumes that will present the full results of the Mussau Project.

Volume 1 includes an introduction to the Project's aims and methods, the environmental and cultural background, definitive site and excavation reports, and a comprehensive analysis of all radiocarbon dates.

Contents	Chapter 1	The Mussau Project in the Context of Lapita Archaeology
	Chapter 2	The Mussau Islands: Natural and Cultural Environments
	Chapter 3	Excavating the Mussau Archaeological Record: An Introduction
	Chapter 4	Three Lapita Villages: Excavations at Talepakemalai (ECA), Etakosarai (ECB), and Etapakengaroasa (EHB), Eloaua and Emananus Islands
	Chapter 5	Lapita Rockshelters of Eloaua and Mussau Islands (Sites EHM, EHN, EKO, EKP, and EKQ)
	Chapter 6	The Boliu Site (EKE)
	Chapter 7	An Aceramic Midden on Emussau Island (Site EKS)
	Chapter 8	Elunguai, an Aceramic Site on Eloaua Island (Site EHK)
	Chapter 9	Sites Surveys and Miscellaneous Excavations (Sites EKL, EKU)
	Chapter 10	A Radiocarbon Chronology for the Mussau Islands

248 pages, 139 figures, 16 tables; ISBN 1-882744-11-X; $29.95 softcover.
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