3000 Years of settlement and interaction in southern Vanuatu

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文化多样性的出现提供了模型。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岛早期定居和长期岛屿间互动的重要枢纽。然而，人们对该地区文化接触和多样性的起源知之甚少。对波利尼西亚离群岛屿富图纳和阿尼瓦以及邻近岛屿塔纳和阿内蒂乌姆进行一次重大的考古调查，将大大提高我们对该地区定居模式、远距离交流和跨文化互动的认识，从3000年前的拉皮塔最初定居到19世纪60年代基督教传教士的到来。

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.