Current research on the island of Ua Huka, Marquesas archipelago, French Polynesia.
Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, September, 2002 by Conte, Eric
STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IS A RELATIVELY RECENT phenomenon in French Polynesia, although the first excavations there were carried out some four decades ago (e.g., Suggs 1961). Consequently, but also due to inherent research conditions in the region--from geographical, political, and practical viewpoints--the currently available data are insufficient to allow one to address with certainty major questions confronting prehistorians (Conte 2000).
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