Science: Archaeology: Regional: Oceania: French Polynesia

Asian Perspectives 43(1). Radiocarbon dates are presented and discussed for two sites with deep stratigraphy on Ua Huka Island, Marquesas.

The Andover Foundation for Archaeological Research outlines its archaeology fieldwork on the island of Tahuata.

Asian Perspectives 41(2). The program included test excavations of early sites, the examination of dwelling and funerary sites, an inventory of surface monuments, an analysis of space utilization in recent periods, and ethnographic observations, all conducted concurrently.

Asian Perspectives 41(2). Maupiti is a small high island where dry and nonmechanized horticulture is still practiced. These practices can be seen in small orchard-gardens on the coastal plain and on mountainsides.

Asian Perspectives 41(2). A recently published archaeological sequence supported by information from six sites excavated in the Mangarevan group in 1959 is summarized in the context of additional data and current interpretations of the prehistory of southeastern Polynesia.