Tropical Foodways and Exchange along the Coastal Margin of Northeastern New Guinea

Gaffney, Dylan; Greig, Karen; Stoddart, Debbie; Tromp, Monica; Field, Judith; Luu, Sindy; Coster, Adelle C.F.; Russell, Tristan; Mandui, Herman; Summerhayes, Glenn R.

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“…This saw strategic relocations to monopolize access to resources and the colonization of precariously small islands in critical intermediary locations to facilitate redistribution (Irwin, 1985;Lilley, 1988;Shaw et al, 2016). Along the eastern coasts of New Guinea, a number of tiny uplifted coral islands with limited horticultural capacity were settled within the last millennium and formed the base for mobile canoe voyagers who produced specialty products to exchange for subsistence crops (Gaffney et al, 2020;Gaffney, 2022). Meanwhile, around Halmahera and western New Guinea, maritime groups positioned themselves strategically to exploit bird-ofparadise feathers, raw metals, betelnut, glass beads, pottery, slaves, textiles, bronze axes, and spices (Swadling, 1996), in this case clearly engaging with wider Southeast Asian, East Asian and Indian Ocean trading systems and consumption centers for exotic goods-an extra-insular driving theme to which we will return.…”

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Global Patterns in Island Colonization during the Holocene

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Analysis of the spatial and temporal structure of global island colonization allows us to frame the extent of insular human cultural diversity, model the impact of common environmental factors cross-culturally, and understand the contribution of island maritime societies to big historical processes. No such analysis has, however, been undertaken since the 1980s. In this paper we review and update global patterns in island colonization, synthesizing data from all the major island groups and theaters and undertaking quantitative and qualitative analysis of these data. We demonstrate the continued relevance of certain biogeographic and environmental factors in structuring how humans colonized islands during the Holocene. Our analysis also suggests the importance of other factors, some previously anticipated—such as culturally ingrained seafaring traditions and technological enhancement of dispersal capacity—but some not, such as the relationship between demographic growth and connectivity, differing trophic limitations impinging on colonizing farmers versus hunter-gatherer-foragers, and the constraining effects of latitude. We also connect colonization with continental dynamics: both the horizontal transmission of farming lifestyles earlier in the Holocene, and subsequent centrifugal processes associated with early state formation later in the Holocene.

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Holocene grinding stones at Madjedbebe reveal the processing of starchy plant taxa and animal tissue

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Introduction: Glenn Summerhayes’ forty years in the south seas

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Forty Years in the South Seas: Archaeological Perspectives on the Human History of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific Reg

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In a career spanning more than four decades, Glenn has undertaken extensive research on the long-term human histories of the Asia-Pacific region, with a prominent focus on Papua New Guinea. For Glenn, Papua New Guinea is not just the geographic focus of his research. He has a passion for the communities he stays and works with, and the landscapes he works in. Throughout Glenn's career he has worked closely with the National Museum and Art Gallery of Papua New Guinea (NMAG) and the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG). As a researcher he has made significant contributions to the archaeology of the region, and as an educator Glenn has mentored numerous students, many of whom now hold posts in academic faculties, museums and cultural heritage management organisations around the world. Figure 1.1 illustrates the geographical extent of fieldwork Glenn has undertaken across Papua New Guinea, culminating in an impressive 50 field seasons between 1986 and 2023. BiographyGlenn Reginald Summerhayes was born in Redfern, Sydney, in 1954. He and his twin brother, Gregg, are two peas from the same pod and whenever Glenn makes a trip back to Sydney from his home in Dunedin, they share fond memories of their formative years growing up in Blacktown. Glenn's interest in archaeology was cultivated from the young age of eight when he was given C.W. Ceram's 1958 book A Picture History of Archaeology-jam-packed with images of discoveries from across the ancient world and with a whirlwind history of the discipline. Glenn was hooked. After finishing high school, Glenn went straight on to the University of Sydney where he completed a double major in history from 1973 to 1976, and was eager to delve into the archaeology courses on offerthere was just one problem. Glenn started university just prior to the 1974 abolishment of tertiary education fees, but was fortunate to have secured a teaching scholarship to cover the otherwise out of reach course costs. However, this limited his study options and bonded him into teaching four years of high school after graduation-a predicament of sorts. As it happened, and with uncanny timing, the bonded student scheme was abolished shortly after Glenn finished his undergraduate degree, and with only the requisite months of teaching placements under his belt Glenn was free to pursue archaeology as originally intended.

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Tropical Foodways and Exchange along the Coastal Margin of Northeastern New Guinea

Cited by 3 publications

References 44 publications

Global Patterns in Island Colonization during the Holocene

Global Patterns in Island Colonization during the Holocene

Holocene grinding stones at Madjedbebe reveal the processing of starchy plant taxa and animal tissue

Introduction: Glenn Summerhayes’ forty years in the south seas

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