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Papers

(The median citation count of Archaeology in Oceania is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Putting the Dark Emu debate into context	11
Raw Material Economisation in Aotearoa New Zealand: Evidence for Manufacture and Recycling of Adzes on Ahuahu Great Mercury Island	10
Investigating hafting and composite tool repair as factors creating variability in backed artefacts: Evidence from Ngungara (Weereewa/Lake George), south‐eastern Australia	10
Nanaga Site of Wasavulu (Labasa, Fiji): Mapping of a Traditional Religious Site of Vanua Levu	7
UTU: Sāmoa archaeology and cultural heritage database	7
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Heritage and identity: returning to ancestral pathways of the Siraya indigenous archaeology	7
Archaeological site types, and assemblage size and diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand	6
Archaeobotanical futures in the Indo‐Pacific	5
Reflections on zooarchaeology in East Polynesia: human‐animal interactions and human ecodynamics	5
An archaeological review of Polynesian adze quarries and sources	5
Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia	4
Archaeology through tok stori: negotiating the meanings, values and challenges of archaeological research in Solomon Islands	4
Stones, stories and ceremonies: A Gamilaraay, Arrernte, Luritja, Pitjantatjarra, Yankuntjatjarra perspective	4
The pre‐contact temple system of Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands	4
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A micro‐geoarchaeological investigation of a cultivation pit (maite) on Teti'aroa atoll, Central‐East Polynesia	3
The sacred stone from the sea. Archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on the ritual value of coral across the Pacific	3
Repatriation, Exchange, and Colonial Legacies in the Gulf of Papua: Moving Pictures. By LaraLamb and ChristopherLee. Palgrave MacMillan, Switzerland, 2022. ISBN: 978‐3‐031‐15578‐9, Pp. 279. US $119.99	3
Aboriginal flood narratives and the thunder complex in Southeast Asia	3
Culturally Imbued Trees: Physical and Metaphysical Connections	3
Late Holocene technological provisioning at the Kings Table rockshelter, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia	3
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Histories of Australian Rock Art Research, edited by Paul S.C.Taçon, Sally K.May, Ursula K.Frederick, and JoMcDonald. ANU Press, Terra Australis 55. 2022. ISBN 9781760465353. pp. 292. $75.00 (Open Acc	2
The archaeology of 19^th century oyster consumption in Melbourne	2

The ScMo‐350 site, Haumi, Moʻorea (Society Islands): Preliminary analysis of coastal occupation spanning the colonization phase to classic phase	2
A network of designs: studying Early Lapita exchange networks in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea through Social Network Analysis	2
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Modeling the Past–Archaeology, History, and Dynamic Networks	2
Assessing foraging variability on small islands in Manu‘a (American Samoa) during the first millennium BC	2
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by DavidGraeber and DavidWengrow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2021. ISBN: 9780374157357. pp. 704. US$35.00	2
Recent DNA Studies Question a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul	2
A new parasite discovery in Micronesia: eggs of the nematodeToxocara canisat archaeological sites on Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands extend the known dog presence by c.600 years	2
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The archaeology of eastern Lutruwita (Tasmania)	2
Culturally Modified Trees and Bark and Wooden Material Culture From Yagara Country, Southeast Queensland, Australia: A Preliminary Overview of Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge	1
Archaeology of powerful stones in the Australia‐Pacific region: an Introduction	1
First Nations Aboriginal Ring Trees in New South Wales—Establishing a Cultural Context and Basic Archaeological Recording Typology	1
Resurrecting the power in the stones, developing a modern narrative of the agency and sentience of powerful stones, and recreating shared knowledge encounters at Gummingurru and its associated site ar	1
The birth of Polynesia: An archaeological journey through the Kingdom of Tonga By David V.Burley. Simon Fraser Archaeology Press, 2023. ISBN: 979837847482. p. 347. Open Access Digital.	1
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Murujuga: Dynamics of the Dreaming — A long and short history of this cultural landscape with reference to rock art, stone features, excavations and historical sites recorded across the Dampier Archip	1
First Nations pre‐LGM ochre processing in Parramatta, NSW, Australia	1
Re‐evaluating the evidence for late‐surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands	1
Arboreal Alterations: An Introduction to Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs) in Australia	1
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Late Holocene hunting economies in coastal southeastern Australia: Insights from the archaeological fauna of Curracurrang 1 Rockshelter, Royal National Park	1
Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south‐eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains	1
Mass capture fishing in the Marquesas Islands	1
Tracking shifts in Society Islands marine subsistence through time: Intra‐site analysis of faunal remains and fishing gear	1
Irrigation, fortification, and the proto‐historic settlement landscape of the Ndughore Valley, Kolombangara, Western Solomon Islands	0
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Building culturally meaningful chronologies: negotiating Indigenous and Western temporalities in Oceania	0
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A Short History of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology Celebrating the First 50 Years 1974–2024	0
Advances in East Polynesian zooarchaeology: Special Issue introduction, review (2016–2024), and assessment	0
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Dendroglyphs, Pictographs and Social Identity in the Wet Tropics Rainforest of Northeastern Australia	0
The sailing performance of ancient Polynesian canoes and the early settlement of East Polynesia	0
Cosmo‐political landscapes of Torres Straitadhiandmisœristones: Closing the gap between Islander and non‐indigenous perspectives	0
The archaeology of sacred womens’ business in Australia: a Holocene history from the Central Queensland Highlands	0
The age and position of the southern boundary of prehistoric Polynesian dispersal	0
Pig and dog use in the pre‐contact Society Island Chiefdoms: integrated ethnohistoric, archaeological and use‐web analyses	0
Indirect dating of secondary cave burials in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea reveals last millennium reorganisation of social practices	0
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Fire Histories and Rainforest Aboriginal Archaeology in the Wet Tropics Bioregion, North Queensland	0
Weaving feathers of intangible and tangible knowledge: Historical records and human‐bird interactions in the Marquesas Islands	0
Forty Years in the South Seas: Archaeological Perspectives on the Human History of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific Region edited by AnneFord, BenShaw, and DylanGaffney, pp. 435. ANU Press, Te	0
Stones in Motion: monuments and chiefly title histories in central Vanuatu	0
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Wilyakali and archaeologists collaborating to map the journey of the Bronzewing Pigeon, Broken Hill, western New South Wales, Australia	0
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New discoveries from the early Māori village at Shag River Mouth, New Zealand, reveal intestinal parasites	0
Hunting with dogs: a synthesis of ethnohistorical data and discussion of their implications for prehistoric subsistence in New Guinea	0

Kuwae, Epi and Tongoa Islands: Transformations of a volcanic landscape in central Vanuatu	0
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Identifying archaeological parenchyma in three dimensions: Diagnostic assessment of five important food plant species in the Indo‐Pacific region	0
IN MEMORIAM: Fred Marvin Reinman 1927–2023	0
Stone‐flaking technology at Leang Bulu Bettue, South Sulawesi, Indonesia	0
Building and remembering: An archaeology of place‐making on Papua New Guinea's South Coast by ChrisUrwin. Pacific Islands Archaeology Series, University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu, 2022, pp. 262 ISBN	0
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Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania by HilaryHowes, TristenJones, and MatthewSpriggs. ANU Press, Canberra, 2022. ISBN 9781760464868 (Paperback). Pp. xv + 578. AU $100.	0
The Manufacture of Rochia nilotica rings: The chaîne opératoire Identified for Lapita Sites in Vanuatu	0
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Developing a holistic and collaborative approach for the archaeology of Australian South Sea Islanders in Queensland	0
Do Recent DNA Studies Refute a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul?	0
Jakarda Wuka (too many stories): Narratives of rock art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria by Li‐YanyuwaLi‐Wirdiwalangu (Yanyuwa Elders), Liam M. Brady, JohnBradley, and	0
A 600–700‐year‐old basalt adze production site from Mount Bates, Norfolk Island	0
MicroCT scanning and direct AMS dating of charred sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) fragments from Nombe rockshelter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea	0
Multi‐Century Grindstone Quarrying at Brumby Yard, Queensland	0
Archaeology of animate ancestors and entanglement at Mayarnjarn in the Wellington Range region, Northern Territory	0
A dentate‐stamped Lapita dish from the central south coast of Papua	0
Locating Traces of Arboreal Beings: Connecting the Tree and the Woodblock	0
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Latte in the Marianas: By the Community, For the Community By Kelly G.Marsh (Taitano) and JolieListon. The Latte in the Marianas: Art, Icon, and Archaeology Project, Guam, 2021 ISBN: 978‐0‐578‐52109‐1	0
Hand stencils and communal history: A case study from Auwim, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea	0
From Field to Museum – Studies from Melanesia in Honour of Robin Torrence By JimSpecht, ValAttenbrow, and JimAllen. Technical Report of the Australian Museum Online No. 34, 2021. ISSN: 1835‐4211. Pp.	0
Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania By Patrick VintonKirch. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press Monumenta Archaeologica 47. 2021. ISBN: 978195044	0
Farmers or Hunter‐Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate By PeterSutton and KerynWalshe. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2021 ISBN: 978‐0‐522‐87785‐4. pp. 264. AU $34.99	0
Connecting the Kingdom: Sailing Vessels in the Early Hawaiian Monarchy, 1790–1840 by PeterMills. University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu. 2022. ISBN: 9780824893989. pp. 296. $27.99	0
The Pacific Archaeology Radiocarbon Database	0
Karribolknahnan kunred la kundulk: Contemporary Culturally Modified Trees in Mirarr Country, Northern Territory	0
Turtles for the ancestors: A zooarchaeological study of ritual deposits on Fakahina, Tuamotu archipelago (French Polynesia)	0
The archaeology of shellfishing practices on Ua Huka, Marquesas Archipelago (French Polynesia)	0
Kia kōrerorero tonu ai: a review of the dialogue at the interface of Indigenous oral tradition and archaeology in Aotearoa New Zealand and Oceania	0
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The Archaeology of Tanamu 1: A Pre‐Lapita to Post‐Lapita Site from Caution Bay, South Coast of Mainland Papua New Guinea By BrunoDavid, KatherineSzabó, MatthewLeavesley, Ian J.McNiven, JeremyAsh, and	0
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The New Zealand bracken fern rhizome, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst): a toxic food plant of pre‐European Māori	0
Archaeological Perspectives on Conflict and Warfare in Australia and the Pacific edited by GeoffreyClark and MiraniLitster. ANU Press, Terra Australis 54, 2022. pp. 266. ISBN 9781760464882. US $72.00.	0
Sustainability in Ancient Island societies: An archaeology of human resilience Edited by Scott M.Fitzpatrick, Jon M.Erlandson, and Kristina M.Gill. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2024. ISBN	0
Star anise from a fifteenth century Indonesian shipwreck	0
Archaeological identification of fragmented nuts and fruits from key Asia‐Pacific economic tree species using anatomical criteria: Comparative analysis of Canarium, Pandanus and Termi	0
Reflections on the commensal model and future directions in Polynesian interaction studies	0
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Snake and Moon ‘Right Way Marriage’ Stories on Stone and Bark	0
Re‐assessing regional chronologies for island southeast Asian voyaging to Aboriginal Australia	0