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Kuwae, Epi and Tongoa Islands: Transformations of a volcanic landscape in central Vanuatu
Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 42-62, April 2025.ABSTRACT This paper presents a detailed overview of archaeological research undertaken on Epi and Tongoa, in central Vanuatu. These islands were previously connected to one another and respectively formed the western and eastern portions of Kuwae, one of the largest islands in the Vanuatu archipelago, until the catastrophic Tombuk volcanic eruption ...
ROBERT HENDERSON +7 more
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Kisah-kisah dan Kepercayaan Rakyat di Seputar Kepurbakalaan
Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya, 2011 Some archeological sites in Java, Bali, and Sumatra do not have historical data. This is because during the research, there has not been found any documents relating to the existence of the artifacts.
Agus Aris Mundandar
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Nanaga Site of Wasavulu (Labasa, Fiji): Mapping of a Traditional Religious Site of Vanua Levu
Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 63-70, April 2025.ABSTRACT Pre‐Christian religious sites of the Fijian Archipelago have been seldom studied and even less often mapped by archaeologists. This is especially the case for the enigmatic Nanaga enclosures, whose functioning has remained poorly documented by the first ethnographers of the 19th century.
Christophe Sand +5 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 1-19, February 2025.Abstract It is tempting in material sourcing analyses to treat chemical data primarily as numbers to be sorted, while disregarding their interlinked geochemistries. Consideration of geochemistry, however, often leads to the drawing of more nuanced and reliable conclusions.
Ronald G. V. Hancock +4 more
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Moving Monoliths: Easter Island and Environmental Collapse
EXARC Journal, 2018 The Rapa Nui civilization once thrived on Easter Island, and produced unique statues which became a parable for collapse around the world (Hunt and Lipo, 2011).
Maureen Folk
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Ecohydrology, Volume 18, Issue 1, January‐February 2025.ABSTRACT Alosa fallax (Lacépède, 1803) is an anadromous fish which utilizes European rivers for spawning. As many anadromous species, Twaite shad populations are declining due to river damming and hydromorphological alterations, which impact their spawning sites. In this study, we developed mesohabitat suitability criteria for the spawning period of A.
Giovanni Negro +9 more
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The unfinished promise of infrastructure in post‐apartheid South Africa
Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 37-55, January 2025.Abstract This article explores aspects of the “unfinished” using notions of human‐centered design in African public infrastructure and the importance of involving the “users” and “beneficiaries” in infrastructure development and delivery. Infrastructure, both conceptually as an idea and in its constructed material reality, has a huge impact on society,
Katherine Roper
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Journal of Lithic Studies, 2017 A new survey of Drombeg Stone Circle and accurate analysis of shadow effects beginning at particular sunrises of the calendar year has led to a breakthrough in the understanding of lithic symbolism and the intentions behind the construction of this and ...
G. Terence Meaden
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Island Arc, Volume 34, Issue 1, January/December 2025.ABSTRACT During the Miocene opening of the Japan Sea, volcanic activity expanded greatly toward the trench due to the injection of the hot asthenosphere into the mantle wedge. The Ishimoriyama and Iritono volcanic rocks, both erupted at around 17.5 Ma in the Iwaki district on the Pacific coast of NE Japan, are products of this event.
Takahiro Yamamoto
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