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Pacific Island Heritage : Archaeology, Identity and Community.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Terra Australis SeriesPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (212 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781921862489
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pacific Island HeritageDDC classification:
  • 363.6909966
LOC classification:
  • DU780
Online resources:
Contents:
Preliminary -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication: Rita Olsudong -- Introduction -- 1. Identity and alternative versions of the past in New Zealand -- 2. The Latte Period in Marianas prehistory Who is interpreting it, why and how? -- 3. Reinventing tradition Archaeology in Samoa -- 4. On cultural factors and Marine Managed Areas in Fiji -- 5. The Guampedia experience Creating a community online historicaln and cultural resource -- 6. Plants, people and culture in the villages of Oikull and Ibobang, Republic of Palau -- 7. Selecting cultural sites for the UNESCO World Heritage List Recent work in the Rock Islands-Southern Lagoon area, Republic of Palau -- 8. The complexity of anarchaeological site in Samoa: The past in the present -- 9. Is a village a village if no one lives there? Negotiated histories on Mabuyag in the Western Torres Strait -- 10. Paths to knowledge Connecting experts in oral histories and archaeology -- 11. Dynamic settlement, landscape modification, resource utilisation andthe value of oral traditions in Palau an archaeology -- 12. Oral tradition and archaeology Palau's earth architecture.
Summary: This volume emerges from a ground-breaking conference held in the Republic of Palau on cultural heritage in the Pacific. It includes bold investigations of the role of cultural heritage in identity-making, and the ways in which community engagement informs heritage management practices.
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Preliminary -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication: Rita Olsudong -- Introduction -- 1. Identity and alternative versions of the past in New Zealand -- 2. The Latte Period in Marianas prehistory Who is interpreting it, why and how? -- 3. Reinventing tradition Archaeology in Samoa -- 4. On cultural factors and Marine Managed Areas in Fiji -- 5. The Guampedia experience Creating a community online historicaln and cultural resource -- 6. Plants, people and culture in the villages of Oikull and Ibobang, Republic of Palau -- 7. Selecting cultural sites for the UNESCO World Heritage List Recent work in the Rock Islands-Southern Lagoon area, Republic of Palau -- 8. The complexity of anarchaeological site in Samoa: The past in the present -- 9. Is a village a village if no one lives there? Negotiated histories on Mabuyag in the Western Torres Strait -- 10. Paths to knowledge Connecting experts in oral histories and archaeology -- 11. Dynamic settlement, landscape modification, resource utilisation andthe value of oral traditions in Palau an archaeology -- 12. Oral tradition and archaeology Palau's earth architecture.

This volume emerges from a ground-breaking conference held in the Republic of Palau on cultural heritage in the Pacific. It includes bold investigations of the role of cultural heritage in identity-making, and the ways in which community engagement informs heritage management practices.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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