3000 Years of settlement and interaction in southern Vanuatu

瓦努阿图南部 3000 年的定居和互动

• 批准号: DP160103578
• 负责人: Dr James Flexner
• 金额: $ 22.37万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-05-25 至 2021-05-25
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP160103578
• 关键词: 3000; Years; settlement; interaction; southern

This project aims to conduct an archaeological survey of Vanuatu. One of archaeology's most significant contributions is providing models for the emergence of cultural diversity through time. Vanuatu is one of the most diverse regions on Earth. The southern islands were an important hub in early settlement and long-term inter-island interactions of Island Melanesia. Yet little is known about the origins of cultural contacts and diversity in the area. A major archaeological survey of the Polynesian outliers Futuna and Aniwa and neighbouring islands Tanna and Aneityum would greatly improve our knowledge of settlement patterns, long-distance exchange, and cross-cultural interaction in the region, from initial Lapita settlement 3000 years ago through to the arrival of Christian missionaries in the 1860s.

该项目旨在对瓦努阿图进行考古调查。考古学最重要的贡献之一是为随着时间的推移出现文化多样性提供了模型。瓦努阿图是地球上最多样化的地区之一。南部岛屿是美拉尼西亚群岛早期定居和岛屿间长期互动的重要枢纽。然而，人们对该地区文化接触和多样性的起源知之甚少。对波利尼西亚离群点富图纳和阿尼瓦以及邻近的塔纳岛和阿尼蒂乌姆岛进行重大考古调查，将极大地提高我们对该地区从3000年前最初的拉皮塔定居点到19世纪60年代基督教传教士到来的定居模式、远程交流和跨文化互动的了解。