terra australis 35Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present. Dewey Number: 363.6909966
List of volumes in Terra AustralisVolumeCopyright of the text remains with the contributors/authors, 2011. This book is copyright in all countries subscribing to the Berne convention. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Inquiries should be made to the publisher. Congress, and the US National Park Service. Donations from Palau's businesses and community members also contributed to the conference's success. The event was organised by the Palau Bureau of Arts and Culture, the Belau National Museum, Garcia and Associates: Natural and Cultural Resource Consultants, and Archaeology and Natural History in the School of Culture, History and Language in the Australian National University, with the assistance of the Palau Community Action Agency. The editors thank all the people and institutions who supported the Palau conference and this volume.The editors gratefully acknowledge publication support from the Micronesian Area Research Centre (MARC, University of Guam), the Guam Preservation Trust (Inangokkon Inadahi Guahan) and Garcia and Associates, Natural and Cultural Resource Consultants.
terra australis 35The Pacific Island archaeology in the 21st century conference and this volume are dedicated to the memory of Rita Olsudong, Palau's National Archaeologist. Rita had a strong commitment and passion to preserve the cultural heritage of Palau and she was an inspiration and good friend to fellow Pacific Islanders and foreign researchers. Rita began her career in cultural preservation as an archaeological surveyor under Palau's Historic Preservation Program in 1991. After earning her MA in archaeology at La Trobe University in Australia in 1995, she returned to Palau to become the National Archaeologist, overseeing all archaeological work in the Bureau of Arts and Culture and for the Republic of Palau. At the time she was one of a small but steadily growing number of indigenous archaeologists working in the Pacific.Rita performed a number of key surveys during her tenure as National Archaeologist, identifying hundreds of significant cultural sites, and assisted the National Registrar to collect information for the Palau Historical and Cultural Advisory Board. The archaeological data obtained was vital in protecting significant historical properties and many new sites are known as a result of her detailed recording of cultur...
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