Debating Lapita: Distribution, Chronology, Society and Subsistence(52 Terra Australis)

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List of figures List of tables Preface Opening remarks by the Honourable Meltek Sato Kilman, Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu at the opening ceremony of the Lapita Conference, Port Vila, 6–10 July 2015 Debating Lapita Debating Lapita: Distribution, chronology, society and subsistence – Stuart Bedford, Matthew Spriggs, David V. Burley, Christophe Sand, Peter Sheppard and Glenn R. Summerhayes Distribution and chronology The ceramic trail: Evaluating the Marianas and Lapita West Pacific connection – Geoffrey R. Clark and Olaf Winter Moiapu 3: Settlement on Moiapu Hill at the very end of Lapita, Caution Bay hinterland – Bruno David, Ken Aplin, Helene Peck, Robert Skelly, Matthew Leavesley, Jerome Mialanes, Katherine Szabó, Brent Koppel, Fiona Petchey, Thomas Richards, Sean Ulm, Ian J. McNiven, Cassandra Rowe, Samantha J. Aird, Patrick Faulkner and Anne Ford Kamgot at the lagoon's edge: Site position and resource use of an Early Lapita site in Near Oceania – Glenn R. Summerhayes, Katherine Szabó, Matthew Leavesley and Dylan Gaffney Lapita: The Australian connection – Ian Lilley A Lapita presence on Arop/Long Island, Vitiaz Strait, Papua New Guinea? – Dylan Gaffney, Glenn R. Summerhayes and Mary Mennis Early Lapita colonisation of Remote Oceania: An update on the leapfrog hypothesis – Peter Sheppard Small islands, strategic locales and the configuration of first Lapita settlement of Vanua Levu, northern Fiji – David V. Burley, Travis Freeland and Jone Balenaivalu New dates for the Makekur (FOH) Lapita pottery site, Arawe Islands, New Britain, Papua New Guinea – Jim Specht and Chris Gosden Society A new assessment of site WKO013A of Xapeta'a (Lapita), New Caledonia – Christophe Sand, Stéphanie Domergue, Louis Lagarde, Jacques Bole, André-John Ouetcho and David Baret Lapita pottery from the small islands of north-east Malakula, Vanuatu: A brief overview and implications – Stuart Bedford Plaited textile expression in Lapita ceramic ornamentation – Wallace Ambrose The hat makes the man: Masks, headdresses and skullcaps in Lapita iconography – Matthew Spriggs A view from the west: A structural approach to analysing Lapita design in the Eastern Lapita Province – Kathleen LeBlanc, Stuart Bedford and Christophe Sand Measuring social distances with shared Lapita motifs: Current results and challenges – Scarlett Chiu Along the roads of the Lapita people: Designs, groups and travels – Arnaud Noury Lapita to Post-Lapita transition: Insights from the chemical analysis of pottery from the sites of Teouma, Mangaasi, Vao and Chachara, Vanuatu – Mathieu Leclerc Subsistence Early Lapita subsistence: The evidence from Kamgot, Anir Islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea – Glenn R. Summerhayes, Katherine Szabó, Andrew Fairbairn, Mark Horrocks, Sheryl McPherson and Alison Crowther Green desert or 'all you can eat'? How diverse and edible was the flora of Vanuatu before human introductions? – Vincent Lebot and Chanel Sam Lapita maritime adaptations and the development of fishing technology: A view from Vanuatu – Rintaro Ono, Stuart Hawkins and Stuart Bedford Lapita colonisation and avian extinctions in Oceania – Stuart Hawkins and Trevor H. Worthy Beyond Connecting with Lapita in Vanuatu: Festivals, sporting events and contemporary themes – Richard Shing and Edson Willie Five decades of Lapita archaeology: A personal retrospective – Patrick V. Kirch Contributors Appendix: Papers and posters presented at the Eighth International Lapita Conference, Port Vila, 6–10 July 2015