OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archaeology in Oceania is 2. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Putting the Dark Emu debate into context	10
Investigating hafting and composite tool repair as factors creating variability in backed artefacts: Evidence from Ngungara (Weereewa/Lake George), south‐eastern Australia	9
UTU: Sāmoa archaeology and cultural heritage database	8
Heritage and identity: returning to ancestral pathways of the Siraya indigenous archaeology	7
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Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific. By NicholasThomas. Basic Books, New York, 2021. ISBN: 9781541619838. Pp. 224. US$25.	6
Archaeological site types, and assemblage size and diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand	6
Nanaga Site of Wasavulu (Labasa, Fiji): Mapping of a Traditional Religious Site of Vanua Levu	6
Reflections on zooarchaeology in East Polynesia: human‐animal interactions and human ecodynamics	5
An archaeological review of Polynesian adze quarries and sources	5
Archaeobotanical futures in the Indo‐Pacific	5
Archaeology through tok stori: negotiating the meanings, values and challenges of archaeological research in Solomon Islands	4
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Rock engravings and occupation sites in the Mount Bosavi Region, Papua New Guinea: Implications for our understanding of the human presence in the Southern Highlands	3
A micro‐geoarchaeological investigation of a cultivation pit (maite) on Teti'aroa atoll, Central‐East Polynesia	3
Stones, stories and ceremonies: A Gamilaraay, Arrernte, Luritja, Pitjantatjarra, Yankuntjatjarra perspective	3
Sacred offerings and secular foods on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, East Polynesia	3
Culturally Imbued Trees: Physical and Metaphysical Connections	3
A highly fragrant comestible: the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) in pre‐European Māori New Zealand	3
The pre‐contact temple system of Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands	3
Late Holocene technological provisioning at the Kings Table rockshelter, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia	3
Aboriginal flood narratives and the thunder complex in Southeast Asia	2
A review of the rock art of Palau, Micronesia in local and regional contexts	2
The archaeology of 19^th century oyster consumption in Melbourne	2
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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
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 sacred stone from the sea. Archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on the ritual value of coral across the Pacific	2
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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	2
Modeling the Past–Archaeology, History, and Dynamic Networks	2
Do Pleistocene rock paintings depict Sulawesi warty pigs (Sus celebensis) with a domestication character?	2