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Lapita: a view from the East.

Publication: Archaeology in Oceania
Publication Date: 01-OCT-03
Format: Online - approximately 698 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Lapita: a view from the East.(Book Review)

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By Simon Best. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 24, Auckland, 2002. ISBN 0-9597915-7-4/ISSN 0111-5715. Pp. 113. NZD45 + postage.

Simon Best has packed a great deal into his slim volume. It is written in the terse, clipped language typical of any conversation with Simon. This style is a strength because it allows the framework of his complex argument to stay in the foreground. It is never obscured by too much detail or diversion. Few of us have the discipline for such tight presentation.

In his monograph Best boldly attempts to drag "Lapita" out of its Pacific frog pond into a wider academic conversation,...

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