Persistence and transformation in Ancestral Oceanic Society: the archaeology of the first 1500 years in the Vanuatu archipelago

支持与较小的太平洋岛屿邻国的研究方案，总体上促进了澳大利亚与这些国家的关系。该项目将促进考古学、遗产研究和管理领域的区域能力建设。这项研究将加强对该地区深厚的人类历史的理解，以及它与世界其他地区历史上的联系方式。它将增进澳大利亚对其近邻的了解，并向这些邻国提供有助于加强民族认同的信息。拟议的研究与澳大利亚和世界考古学及相关学科正在进行的辩论直接相关，并促进国际合作联系。

Supporting research programs with smaller Pacific Island neighbours fosters Australia's relationship with those countries generally. The project will contribute to regional capacity building in the areas of archaeology, heritage studies and management. This research will enhance understanding of the region's deep human past and the way it articulates historically with the rest of the world. It will advance Australia's understanding of its nearest neighbours as well as provide those neighbours with information that goes towards strengthening national identity. The proposed research has direct relevance to ongoing debates within Australian and World archaeology and related disciplines, and fosters international collaborative links.