• DOI:10.1353/asi.2008.0003
Corpus ID: 53485887

Northern Vanuatu as a Pacific Crossroads: The Archaeology of Discovery, Interaction, and the Emergence of the "Ethnographic Present"

@article{Bedford2008NorthernVA,
  title={Northern Vanuatu as a Pacific Crossroads: The Archaeology of Discovery, Interaction, and the Emergence of the "Ethnographic Present"},
  author={S. Bedford and Stuart Matthew Spriggs},
  journal={Asian Perspectives},
  year={2008},
  volume={47},
  pages={120 - 95}
}

S. Bedford, Stuart Matthew Spriggs

Published 2008

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Asian Perspectives

Northern Vanuatu is a significant crossroads region of the Southwest Pacific. This paper outlines current archaeological research being undertaken in the area, focusing on defining initial human settlement there some 3000 years ago and subsequent cultural transformations which led to the establishment of the ethnographic present. The study to date has contributed to a more detailed picture of inter- and intraarchipelago interaction, settlement pattern, subsistence, and cultural differentiation… CONTINUE READING

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