Detrital zircon geochronology is rapidly develo** into an essential tool in Earth science
research because of the widespread occurrence of zircon in sedimentary systems; the wide …

Aboriginal manufacture and use of pottery was unknown in Australia prior to European
settlement, despite well-known ceramic-making traditions in southern Papua New Guinea …

The rapid growth of archaeological science (and of the Journal of Archaeological Science)
over the last 15 years has changed archaeology worldwide. New methods of analysis have …

The initial peopling of the remote Pacific islands was one of the greatest migrations in
human history, beginning three millennia ago by Lapita cultural groups. The spread of …

For over 200 years, Western scholarship has presented Torres Strait variously as a bridge
and barrier to cultural influences between mainland New Guinea and Australia. An …

'This volume is the most comprehensive review of Lapita research to date, tackling many of
the lingering questions regarding origin and dispersal. Multidisciplinary in nature with a …

The megalithic jar sites of Laos (often referred to as the Plain of Jars) remain one of
Southeast Asia's most mysterious and least understood archaeological cultures. The sites …

Trees, Knots and Outriggers (Kaynen Muyuw) is the culmination of twenty-five years of work
by Frederick H. Damon and his attention to cultural adaptations to the environment in …

Archaeological records documenting the timing and use of northern Great Barrier Reef
offshore islands by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout the Holocene …

Through use of methodology common in sedimentary geology, we apply U–Pb ages of
detrital zircons to source nonlocal temper sand in an ancient ceramic assemblage recovered …