scholarly journals The Upihoi find: Wrecked wooden Bevaia (Lagatoi) hulls of Epemeavo Village, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno David ◽  
Nick Araho ◽  
Alois Kuaso ◽  
Ian Moffat ◽  
Nigel Tapper
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Beach Sands

On 20 August 2007, Epemeavo and Kea Kea villagers from the eastern end of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea reported finding two lagatoi hulls deeply buried in beach sands at Upihoi, near Epemeavo village, parts of a trading vessel associated with the renowned Motu hiri trade of former times. This paper presents results of an emergency investigation of these finds by staff of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and Monash University, describing the find, its environmental, cultural and social settings and contexts of discovery, radiocarbon dating, historical assessments, and significance.

A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1514 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
GLENN M. SHEA ◽  
FRED KRAUS
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Primary Type ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Secondary Type

A catalogue of the amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and University of Papua New Guinea is provided, with collection data obtained from the registers of each collection, and comments on the current condition and whereabouts of the type specimens and discrepancies between data from different sources. A list of missing type specimens is appended. Primary type specimens of 43 species and secondary type specimens for 89 species are held in these collections. Litoria hunti Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006 is emended to Litoria huntorum, in accordance with the Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

scholarly journals 14C Marine Reservoir Variability in Herbivores and Deposit-Feeding Gastropods from an Open Coastline, Papua New Guinea

Radiocarbon ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 967-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Petchey ◽  
Sean Ulm ◽  
Bruno David ◽  
Ian J McNiven ◽  
Brit Asmussen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Subsistence Economy ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Protocol Selection ◽  
Deposit Feeding ◽  
Selection Of

Herbivorous and deposit-feeding gastropods are a major component of archaeological shell middens worldwide. They provide a wealth of information about subsistence, economy, environment, and climate, but are generally considered to be less than ideal for radiocarbon dating because they can ingest sediment while they graze, inadvertently consuming terrestrial carbon in the process. However, few studies of 14C activity in herbivores or deposit-feeding gastropods have been conducted into this diverse range of animals that inhabit many environmental niches. Here, we present results investigating 14C variability in shells belonging to the families Strombidae and Potamididae from the Bogi 1 archaeological site, Caution Bay, southern coastal Papua New Guinea (PNG). These shells make up 39.3% of the shell MNI in the excavation units studied and some of these species are the most common taxa of neighboring sites. It would therefore be advantageous to establish if there are any 14C offsets associated with such animals, and identify those that can give reliable calendar ages. Our methodology combines a high-resolution excavation protocol, selection of short-lived samples identified to species level, and a triisotope approach using 14C, δ13C, and δ18O to evaluate the source of variability in shells. Our results indicate that considerable variation exists between different species of Strombidae with some inhabiting muddier environments that act as sinks for limestone-derived sediments with depleted 14C content. The magnitude of variation is, however, overshadowed by that measured in the mudwhelk, Cerithidea largillierti, which has the largest spread in 14C of any shellfish studied so far at Caution Bay. This animal ingests sediment within the estuary that contains 14C derived from both enriched and depleted sources.

scholarly journals Trobriand Tales, Kwanebuyee Kilivila: Folktales and Mythical Stories from the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea, Collected by Jerry W. Leach and Held at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Jarillo de la Torre
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Rapid Social Change ◽  
Key Aspects

This volume comprises an edited compilation of traditional oral narratives from the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea obtained by Jerry W. Leach from 1970 to 1973, which are held in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Anthropological Archives. The narratives encompass key aspects of Trobriand cultural heritage as well as insights into the Kilivila language, regional cosmologies, and past and present social practices. The narratives constitute an elaborate but fragile system of knowledge that is threatened by rapid social change. The book is the culmination of a research project begun in 2011 through the auspices of the <a>Recovering Voices Program </a>at the National Museum of Natural History. Traveling to the Trobriand Islands with copies of the Leach narratives, the editor worked with communities to select the most culturally important and prevalent narratives, 79 of which are presented here. Trobriand communities proposed that those narratives be printed in Kilivila and in English to help preserve traditional knowledge for future generations. Each narrative is categorized in local terms, preceded by details regarding the storytellers and a summary, as well as links to other stories when narratives are related, and many are followed by a list of key words and expressions that are defined in a section on vocabulary. Further explanations and illustrations help clarify and complete the stories, providing examples of traditional objects and techniques as well as their uses.

scholarly journals Trobriand Tales, Kwanebuyee Kilivila: Folktales and Mythical Stories from the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea, Collected by Jerry W. Leach and Held at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Jarillo de la Torre
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Rapid Social Change ◽  
Key Aspects

This volume comprises an edited compilation of traditional oral narratives from the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea obtained by Jerry W. Leach from 1970 to 1973, which are held in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Anthropological Archives. The narratives encompass key aspects of Trobriand cultural heritage as well as insights into the Kilivila language, regional cosmologies, and past and present social practices. The narratives constitute an elaborate but fragile system of knowledge that is threatened by rapid social change. The book is the culmination of a research project begun in 2011 through the auspices of the <a>Recovering Voices Program </a>at the National Museum of Natural History. Traveling to the Trobriand Islands with copies of the Leach narratives, the editor worked with communities to select the most culturally important and prevalent narratives, 79 of which are presented here. Trobriand communities proposed that those narratives be printed in Kilivila and in English to help preserve traditional knowledge for future generations. Each narrative is categorized in local terms, preceded by details regarding the storytellers and a summary, as well as links to other stories when narratives are related, and many are followed by a list of key words and expressions that are defined in a section on vocabulary. Further explanations and illustrations help clarify and complete the stories, providing examples of traditional objects and techniques as well as their uses.

Book Reviews

1985 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-502
Author(s):  
J. Baal ◽  
B. Norren ◽  
Pierre Brocheux ◽  
Andrew Turton ◽  
I.H. Enklaar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Asiatic Society ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Onderzoek Naar ◽  
Royal Asiatic Society

- J. van Baal, B. van Norren, Socio-culturele structuur en innovatie: een structuur-vergelijkend onderzoek naar adoptie van family-planning in de periode 1969-1973 door Sundanese echtparen in twee rurale gemeenschappen op West-Java. Dissertatie Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen, 1985. 533 pp. - Pierre Brocheux, Andrew Turton, History and peasant consciousness in South East Asia, Senri Ethnological studies no. 13, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. 1984, 420 pp., Shigeharu Tanabe (eds.) - I.H. Enklaar, J. Verkuyl, Gedenken en verwachten, mémoires, Kampen: J.H. Kok, 1983, 348 pp. - J. van Goor, D.J. Roorda, Overzicht van de Nieuwe Geschiedenis; De algemene geschiedenis van het einde der middeleeuwen tot 1870 (Groningen 1983); dez. Nieuwe Geschiedenis in teksten; Werkboek (Groningen 1984). - R. Hagesteijn, H.D. Kubitscheck, Südost Asien: Völker und Kulturen, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1984. - C.H. van Nieuwenhuijsen-Riedeman, Florence Weiss, Kinder schildern ihren Alltag. Die stellung des kindes om ökonomischen System einer Dorfgemeinschaft in Papua New Guinea (Palimbei, Iatmul, Mittelsepik). [Children narrate their daily life. The child’s role in the economic system of a village community in Papua New Guinea (Palimbei, Iatmul, Middle Sepik) ],Basler Beiträge zur Ethnologie band 21, Basel: Ethnologisches Seminar der Universität und Museum für Völkerkunde, 1981. - Harry A. Poeze, Joop Morriën, `Aroen’; Jan Stam, rebel in Indonesië en Nederland, Amsterdam: Pegasus, 1984, 159 pp. - P.H. Pott, Jeanne de Loos-Haaxman, De Franse Schilder Ernest Hardouin in Batavia, Leiden: Brill, 1982, 51 pp., ills. - Harry A. Poeze, Uit het archief van Arthur Lehning, Amsterdam: Van Gennep 1984. - W.G.J. Remmelink, P.B.R. Carey, Babad Dipanagara; An account of the outbreak of the Java War (1825-1830), The Malaysian branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Monograph No. 9, Kuala Lumpur, 1981, LXXIII + 343 pp., 2 maps, 6 illustrations.

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