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Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson.

Publication: Archaeology in Oceania
Publication Date: 01-JUL-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson.(Book review)

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Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson

Edited by A. Anderson, K. Green and F. Leach

Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2008.

ISBN 978 1 877372 45 2. Pp.319. NZ$65.95

Those of us who do our archaeology in New Zealand think of Janet Davidson as one of our own, as indeed she is. This volume of essays in her honour is a timely reminder that Janet has worked as much in the wider Pacific as in New Zealand, with only six of the 20 papers (including Roger Green's introduction) on New Zealand topics. The geographical range represented here is as wide as Janet's research career and the thematic range represents the breadth of her professional interests.

The book's subtitle is The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture. The emphasis is more on material culture than archaeology, as much,...

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