Ref ID:	35733
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Lilley, Ian
Title:	Archaeological investigations in the Vitiaz Strait region, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Date:	1987
Source:	Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Abstract:	This paper outlines the nature and results of archaeological fieldwork in the Vitiaz Strait region undertaken in order to investigate the evolution of the ethnographically-famed trading systems which operated in the area until about 20 years ago (Harding 1967). The object of the work was to find and examine stratified archaeological sites which resulted in continuous long-term occupation, and which would yield evidence for local and long-distance movements of goods and associated changes for local adaptive strategies. Fieldwork was divided between a three-month preliminary season on Umboi (Rooke) Island and the Siassi Islands in 1983 and a six-month main season in the Siassi Islands and at Sio village on the New Guinea mainland in 1984.
Date Created:	3/3/2001
Volume:	7
Page Start:	51
Page End:	74