Olfala Histri Wea i Stap Andanit long Graon. Archaeological Training Workshops in Vanuatu: A Profile, the Benefits, Spin-offs and Extraordinary Discoveries

Bedford, Stuart; Spriggs, Matthew; Regenvanu, Ralph; Yona, Salkon

doi:10.22459/wtv.10.2011.22

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“…The story of the serendipitous sequence of events that led to the discovery of the Teouma Lapita site has been detailed elsewhere (Bedford et al 2004(Bedford et al , 2011), but we emphasise here again the key role that the annual training workshops had in finding the site. Salkon Yona, a VCC filwoka from Epi Island, had participated in the workshop of 2003 in August, at the Arapus site on the west coast of Efate.…”

Section: Lapita At Teoumamentioning

confidence: 92%

“…During the entire period of focused Lapita research since 2000, the VCC, guided by its research policy, has been running an active program of increasing public awareness and participation in relation to archaeology. This has involved such activities as running training workshops for VCC staff and the network of volunteer fieldworkers or filwokas spread throughout the country who are affiliated with the VCC; guiding school tours of excavations, often including some level of participation; mounting exhibitions; producing a range of publications (booklets, posters and comic books) in the three national languages; and regular features on national television and radio and articles in newspapers (Bedford et al 2011;Shing 2013).…”

Section: Lapita In Vanuatumentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A whole range of activities, over many years, has been designed to raise awareness among the wider community. The various activities have mostly been developed independently and separately depending on the availability of resources, their suitability and taking advantage of various key opportunities (Bedford et al 2011;Shing 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Connecting with Lapita in Vanuatu: Festivals, sporting events and contemporary themes

Shing¹,

Willie²

2019

Debating Lapita: Distribution, Chronology, Society and Subsistence

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Lapita research in Vanuatu has played a significant role in the greater understanding of the deep history of the wider Pacific. A number of recorded sites from the archipelago are known by a global academic audience, particularly the Teouma site located on the central island of Efate. The Vanuatu Cultural Centre has played a key role in the research aspect, but it also has a specific responsibility in disseminating information and connecting local communities to the investigations. This has been undertaken often through standard media channels, but there have also been some unexpected directions that have been generated. Here we outline the development of an annual Lapita Festival held since 2015 and its extension to a major sporting event that took place in Vanuatu in 2017.

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Section: Lapita At Teoumamentioning

confidence: 92%

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Connecting with Lapita in Vanuatu: Festivals, sporting events and contemporary themes

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Willie²

2019

Debating Lapita: Distribution, Chronology, Society and Subsistence

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“…In Vanuatu, public promotion of this ancestry has been extraordinary through the media, through training workshops, in Cultural Centre exhibits and, in 2005, in a Lapita stamp series with Lapita peoples intentionally cast in ni Vanuatu likeness (Bedford et al . ). In New Caledonia in 2000, we called home the Lapita peoples of Near and Remote Oceania to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Lapita site excavations and to witness the reintegration of Lapita tribes at a traditional Kanak ceremony at Koné.…”

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Ancient DNA and its contribution to understanding the human history of the Pacific Islands

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Burley

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Archaeology in Oceania

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Two recent papers, by Lipson et al. and Posth et al., have challenged current interpretations of the initial settlement of Remote Oceania. We invited Stuart Bedford, who is an author on both papers, to outline their importance, and a number of scholars in various disciplines to comment on their findings. RÉSUMÉ Deux articles récents, par Lipson et al. et Posth et al., ont contesté les interprétations actuelles de la colonisation initiale de l'Océanie lointaine. Nous avons invité Stuart Bedford, qui a contribué aux deux publications,à discuter de leur importance, et un nombre de savants de diverses disciplinesà commenter ces découvertes.

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“…They contribute to awareness of the field of archaeology and its significance to the cultural heritage of societies, the island and the country as a whole. Archaeological training, funded by The Australian National University (Bedford et al 2011;Bolton 1999) from 1997 to 1999 and the Sasakawa Pacific Island Nation Funds (Bedford and Regenvanu 2003) from 2001 to 2003, has also helped greatly in empowering the filwokas with knowledge, which they take back to their home islands, therefore allowing archaeological research to take place within the communities.…”

Section: Fieldworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Melanesian view of archaeology in Vanuatu

Willie¹

2019

Archaeologies of Island Melanesia: Current Approaches to Landscapes, Exchange and Practice

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Archaeology in Vanuatu is generally considered a 'no go' field of study, as it ventures into areas which a typical ni-Vanuatu is taught at a very early age are restricted and forbidden to members of the community. A lot of archaeological areas of study such as human remains, old or abandoned villages, and sacred and spiritual sites are areas that are associated with spirits of our ancestors; disturbing these areas, or even entering the compound, could lead to unforeseen disease or the death of a relative as a warning-or even your own death. A recent archaeological survey carried out on Nalolo Bay, east Maewo (Sand et al. 2016), saw a cancellation of a visit to a sacred site as the local guides were fearful that something might happen, especially to the locals, as they knew the area was tabu. Venturing into the area might be seen by the spirits as an act of war and they would retaliate and punish us, but more of the punishment would befall the locals as they knew the place was tabu and still went.

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Olfala Histri Wea i Stap Andanit long Graon. Archaeological Training Workshops in Vanuatu: A Profile, the Benefits, Spin-offs and Extraordinary Discoveries

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Connecting with Lapita in Vanuatu: Festivals, sporting events and contemporary themes

Connecting with Lapita in Vanuatu: Festivals, sporting events and contemporary themes

Ancient DNA and its contribution to understanding the human history of the Pacific Islands

A Melanesian view of archaeology in Vanuatu

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