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Atholl Anderson's Degrees

PhD Archaeology University of New Zealand
Masters Anthropology University of Auckland

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According to Wikipedia, Atholl John Anderson is a New Zealand archaeologist who has worked extensively in New Zealand and the Pacific. His work is notable for its syntheses of history, biology, ethnography and archaeological evidence. He made a major contribution to the evidence given by the iwi Ngāi Tahu to the Waitangi Tribunal.

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Dating the late prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand using the commensal Pacific rat (2008) (487)
High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia (2010) (453)
Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile (2007) (425)
Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania (2007) (331)
Late colonization of East Polynesia (1993) (282)
The chronology of colonization in New Zealand (1991) (281)
Prodigious Birds: Moas and Moa-Hunting in Prehistoric New Zealand (1989) (162)
Prehistoric maritime migration in the Pacific islands: an hypothesis of ENSO forcing (2006) (160)
Faunal collapse, landscape change and settlement history in Remote Oceania (2002) (139)
Indo-European and Asian origins for Chilean and Pacific chickens revealed by mtDNA (2008) (112)
The age of Lapita settlement in Fiji (1999) (106)
The rat and the octopus: initial human colonization and the prehistoric introduction of domestic animals to Remote Oceania (2009) (92)
Prehistoric human impacts on Rapa, French Polynesia (2006) (89)
12. The Ideal Free Distribution, Food Production, and the Colonization of Oceania (2006) (79)
A model of prehistoric collecting on the rocky shore (1981) (78)
Australian archaeologist : collected papers in honour of Jim Allen (2000) (72)
Shag River Mouth : the archaeology of an early southern Maori village (1996) (71)
Current approaches in East Polynesian colonisation research (1995) (68)
A fragile plenty: Pre-European Maori and the New Zealand environment (2002) (67)
Global Origins and Development of Seafaring (2010) (66)
The Welcome of Strangers: An Ethnohistory of Southern Maori A.d. 1650-1850 (1998) (64)
Mechanics of overkill in the extinction of New Zealand moas (1989) (64)
Climate windows for Polynesian voyaging to New Zealand and Easter Island (2014) (63)
Was Rattus exulans in New Zealand 2000 years ago? AMS Radiocarbon ages from Shag River Mouth (1996) (62)
Slow boats from China: Issues in the prehistory of Indo-Pacific seafaring (2000) (60)
The transient village in southern New Zealand (1996) (56)
Islands of Isolation: Archaeology and the Power of Aquatic Perimeters (2008) (55)
Human Colonization of the Palau Islands, Western Micronesia (2006) (54)
Histories of old ages: Essays in honour of Rhys Jones (2001) (54)
The marine reservoir effect in the Southern Ocean: An evaluation of extant and new ?R values and their application to archaeological chronologies (2008) (54)
Indo-Pacific Migration and Colonization—Introduction (2008) (53)
The pattern of Lapita settlement in Fiji (2001) (52)
Palaeoenvironmental evidence of island colonization: a response (1994) (52)
An inventory of Lapita sites containing dentate-stamped pottery (2001) (50)
Faunal Depletion and Subsistence Change In the Early Prehistory of Southern New Zealand (1983) (49)
Geochemical Characterization of Lapita Pottery Via Inductively Coupled Plasma–mass Spectrometry (ICP–MS) (2004) (47)
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori: The Otago University Museum Ethnological Project, 1920 (2009) (47)
No meat on that beautiful shore: the prehistoric abandonment of subtropical Polynesian islands (2001) (46)
Times of sand: Sedimentary history and archaeology at the Sigatoka Dunes, Fiji (2006) (42)
Stability in the South Pacific surface marine 14C reservoir over the last 750 years. Evidence from American Samoa, the southern Cook Islands and the Marquesas (2009) (41)
The radiocarbon chronology on the Norfolk Island archaeological sites (2001) (39)
Osteology Supports a Stem-Galliform Affinity for the Giant Extinct Flightless Bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres) (2016) (39)
Reconsideration of the Marquesan sequence in East Polynesian prehistory, with particular reference to Hane (MUH1) (1994) (39)
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF RAOUL ISLAND (KERMADECS) AND ITS PLACE IN THE SETTLEMENT HISTORY OF POLYNESIA (1980) (38)
Tangata Whenua: A History (2015) (36)
Resource Managers: North American and Australian Hunter-Gatherers (1987) (35)
Mobility models of Lapita migration (2001) (35)
Comparative Radiocarbon Dating of Lignite, Pottery, and Charcoal Samples from Babeldaob Island, Republic of Palau (2005) (34)
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014) (33)
Subpolar settlement in South Polynesia (2005) (33)
The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific (2001) (32)
Origins of Procellariidae Hunting in the Southwest Pacific (1996) (32)
Islands of Exile: Ideological Motivation in Maritime Migration (2006) (30)
Polynesian Plant Introductions in the Southwest Pacific: Initial Pollen Evidence from Norfolk Island (2001) (30)
TOWARDS A FIRST PREHISTORY OF KIRITIMATI (CHRISTMAS) ISLAND, REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI. (2000) (30)
Islands of Ambivalence (2004) (29)
Prehistoric settlement on Norfolk Island and its Oceanic context (2001) (28)
The Early Prehistory of Fiji (2011) (28)
Prehistoric two‐way voyaging between New Zealand and East Polynesia: Mayor Island obsidian on Raoul Island, and possible Raoul Island obsidian in New Zealand (1990) (27)
The Lapita site at Votua, northern Lau Islands, Fiji (2001) (26)
Straw Boats and the Proverbial Sea: A Response to ‘Island Archaeology: In Search of a New Horizon’ (2007) (25)
Colonisation and culture change in the early prehistory of Fiji (2009) (25)
Faunal Extinction and Human Habitation in New Caledonia: Initial Results and Implications of New Research at the Pindai Caves (2010) (25)
Initial human dispersal in Remote Oceania: patterns and explanation (2003) (25)
Traditionalism, Interaction, and Long-Distance Seafaring in Polynesia (2008) (24)
When all the moa ovens grew cold : nine centuries of changing fortune for the southern Maori (1983) (24)
Early tropical crop production in marginal subtropical and temperate Polynesia (2019) (24)
2. Short And Sometimes Sharp Human Impacts On Marine Resources In The Archaeology And History Of South Polynesia (2008) (23)
Radiocarbon dates from archaeological rat bones : The Pleasant River case (1998) (23)
Austronesian sailing to the northern Marianas, a comment on Hung et al. (2011) (2012) (23)
Cultural Chronology in Mangareva (Gambier Islands), French Polynesia: Evidence from Recent Radiocarbon Dating (2003) (22)
A landscape vulnerability framework for identifying integrated conservation and adaptation pathways to climate change: the case of Madagascar’s spiny forest (2016) (22)
Towards the Recognition of Convergent Cultural Adaptation in the Subantarctic Zone [with Comments and Replies] (1982) (22)
An inland Lapita site in Fiji (2000) (22)
Polynesian Seafaring and American Horizons: A Response to Jones and Klar (2006) (21)
The antiquity of sustained offshore fishing (2013) (21)
Avifauna from the Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island: A Preliminary Account (2001) (21)
Entering Uncharted Waters: Models of initial colonization in Polynesia (2003) (20)
The pattern of prehistoric Polynesian colonisation in New Zealand (1990) (20)
A fourteenth-century fishing camp at Purakanui Inlet, Otago (1981) (20)
Historic fuel wood use in the Galápagos Islands: identification of charred remains (2010) (19)
The archaeology of Lapita dispersal in Oceania : papers from the Fourth Lapita Conference, June 2000, Canberra, Australia (2001) (18)
The role of labrid fish in prehistoric economics in New Zealand (1979) (18)
Pre-European Hunting Dogs in the South Island, New Zealand (1981) (17)
Ecological Contingency Accounts for Earliest Seagoing in the Western Pacific Ocean (2018) (17)
Chronogeographic Variation in Initial East Polynesian Construction of Monumental Ceremonial Sites (2013) (17)
Renewed Excavations at Motu Paeao, Maupiti Island, French Polynesia: Preliminary Results (2000) (16)
Epilogue: Changing Archaeological Perspectives upon Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands1 (2009) (16)
The Prehistory of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island Republic of Kiribati : Excavations and Analysis (2002) (16)
Reply to Storey et al.: More DNA and dating studies needed for ancient El Arenal-1 chickens (2008) (15)
The prehistoric sources of Palliser Bay obsidian (1978) (15)
Material sources of basalt and obsidian artefacts from a prehistoric settlement site on Norfolk Island, South Pacific (1997) (15)
Forest clearance and agricultural expansion on Rapa, Austral Archipelago, French Polynesia (2013) (15)
The Origins and Development of Seafaring: Towards a Global Approach (2010) (15)
Habitat preferences of moa in central Otago, A.D. 1000–1500, according to palaeobotanical and archaeological evidence (1982) (14)
Shell and Bone Artefacts from the Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island (2001) (14)
The transformation from an estuarine to lacustrine environment in the lower Wairarapa (1974) (13)
The Making of the Māori Middle Ages (2016) (13)
Ancient Microbial DNA in Dental Calculus: A New method for Studying Rapid Human Migration Events (2019) (13)
Changing perspectives upon Māori colonisation voyaging (2017) (13)
Discovery of a prehistoric habitation site on Norfolk Island (1996) (13)
The Age of the Yanuca Lapita Site, Viti Le vu, Fiji (2001) (12)
Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the Western Pacific (2007) (12)
An Austronesian Presence in Southern Japan: Early Occupation in the Yaeyama Islands (2009) (12)
Origins, Settlement and Society of Pre-European South Polynesia (2009) (12)
Reconsidering Precolumbian Human Colonization in the Galápagos Islands, Republic of Ecuador (2016) (12)
Investigating early settlement on Lord Howe Island (2003) (12)
Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research in the Batanes and Ilocos Norte Provinces, Northern Philippines (2003) (12)
Uniformity and regional variation in marine fish catches from prehistoric New Zealand (1997) (12)
TA31: The Early Prehistory of Fiji (2009) (12)
Archaeology and behaviour : prehistoric subsistence behaviour at Black Rocks Peninsula, Palliser Bay. (1973) (11)
Barracouta fishing in prehistoric and early historic New Zealand (1981) (11)
Traditional fishing in the Pacific : ethnographical and archaeological papers from the 15th Pacific Science Congress (1986) (11)
Reply to Mulrooney et al.: Accepting lower precision radiocarbon dates results in longer colonization chronologies for East Polynesia (2011) (11)
A radiocarbon chronology for Palau (2003) (11)
Site chronology and a review of radiocarbon dates from Fiji (2009) (11)
The Terminal Age of the Fijian Megafauna (2001) (11)
Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean (1998) (10)
The Early Prehistory of Fiji - Terra Australis 31 (2009) (10)
Birds of a feather : osteological and archaeological papers from the South Pacific in honour of R.J. Scarlett (1979) (10)
Archaeology of Niue Island : initial results (1995) (10)
From the Beginning : The Archaeology of the Maori (1987) (9)
On evidence for the survival of moa in european Fiordland (1989) (9)
[ARCHAEOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS IN CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES] Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research in Batanes and Ilocos Norte Provinces, northern Philippines (2008) (9)
Domestic and Religious Structures in the Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island (2001) (9)
Ecuadorian sailing rafts and Oceanic landfalls (2007) (9)
Speaking of Migration: AD 1150 – 1450 (2016) (8)
Makeshift Structures of Little Importance : A Reconsideration of Maori Round Huts (1986) (8)
New excavations at Fa’ahia (Huahine, Society Islands) and chronologies of central East Polynesian colonization (2019) (8)
Response to O'Connor and Ono, Bailey and Erlandson (2013) (7)
Genetic Variation in Archaeological Rattus exulans Remains from the Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island (2001) (7)
Prehistoric fishing on Rapa Island (2012) (7)
The First Migration: Māori Origins 3000BC – AD1450 (2016) (7)
Retrievable Time: prehistoric colonisation of South Polynesia from the outside in and the inside out (2006) (7)
Recent developments in Japanese prehistory: a review (1987) (7)
Less Is Moa (2000) (7)
Economic change and the prehistoric fur trade in Northern Sweden: The relevance of a Canadian model (1981) (7)
An Archaeological Sequence for Codfish Island (Whenua Hou), Southland, New Zealand (2009) (6)
The Origins Of Muttonbirding In New Zealand (2001) (6)
Prehistoric Archaeology in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand Subantarctic Region (2009) (6)
A Bayesian AMS 14C chronology for the colonisation and fortification of Rapa Island (2012) (6)
The prehistory of Rapa Island (2012) (6)
Inshore or offshore? Boating and fishing in the Pleistocene (2013) (6)
[ARCHAEOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS IN CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES] Prehistoric subsistence strategies on the Batanes Islands, Northern Philippines (2008) (5)
The Tangarutu invertebrate fauna (2012) (5)
Approaching the prehistory of Norfolk Island (2001) (5)
Stone artefacts from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norfolk Island (2001) (5)
Radiocarbon dating and site chronology (2003) (5)
Island Worlds Apart: Interaction and Remoteness on Seas and Oceans (2008) (5)
The transient village in southern (2016) (5)
Prehistoric subsistence strategies on the Batanes Islands, Northern Phillippines (2003) (5)
Characterisation and sourcing of archaeological adzes and flakes from Fiji (2009) (5)
Rat Colonization and Polynesian Voyaging: another hypothesis (1996) (5)
The Hydrothermal Diamond-Anvil Cell (2001) (5)
Histories of Global Seafaring: a Discussion (2010) (5)
New material of Mekosuchus inexpectatus (Crocodylia: Mekosuchinae) from the Quaternary of New Caledonia (2007) (4)
Taking the High Ground: The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia (Terra Australis 37) (2012) (4)
[CERAMICS AND OBSIDIAN IN ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA] Implications of prehistoric obsidian transfer in South Polynesia (2008) (4)
Results of palaeofaunal research (2009) (4)
Bird, reptile and mammal remains fromarchaeological sites on Rapa Island (2012) (4)
The transfer of kūmara (Ipomoea batatas) from East to South Polynesia and its dispersal in New Zealand (2020) (4)
Was there mid Holocene habitation in Madagascar? A reconsideration of the OSL dates from Lakaton'i Anja (2019) (4)
Palaeobotany and the early development of agriculture on Rapa Island (2012) (4)
Investigating Premodern Colonization of the Indian Ocean (2018) (4)
Research on the early prehistory of Fiji (2009) (4)
Fishbone from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norfolk Island (2001) (4)
Taking to the boats: the prehistory of Indo-Pacific colonization (2003) (4)
Fieldwork in southern Viti Levu and Beqa Island (2009) (3)
Letters to the Editor: Recent uplift at Raoul Island, Kermadec Group, Southwest Pacific (1987) (3)
Introduction 2: A Migration History (2008) (3)
Archaeological research on Rapa Island, French Polynesia (2012) (3)
The archaeobotany of Rapan rockshelter deposits (2012) (3)
Seafaring in Remote Oceania (2014) (3)
Marine resource exploitation on Rapa Island: archaeology, material culture and ethnography (2012) (3)
Annual report on Archaeological Fieldwork in Mangareva, Akamaru, & Kamaka Islands, Gambier Archipelago, French Polynesia: report prepared for Service de la Culture et du Patrimoine, Ministere de la Culture, Polynaise Francaise (2003) (2)
Archaeological investigations of the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, 2001 (2003) (2)
Archaeology of the coastal sites on Rapa Island (2012) (2)
The Prehistory of South Polynesia (2014) (2)
Europe Between the Oceans, Themes and Variations: 900 BC–AD 1000 (2010) (2)
Radiocarbon Dates on Shearwater Bones from Beeton Shelter, Badger Island, Bass Strait (1996) (2)
Response to Comments on ‘Traditionalism, Interaction and Long-Distance Seafaring in Polynesia’ (2008) (2)
Towards 1990 : seven leading historians examine significant aspects of New Zealand history (1989) (2)
Archaeological Fieldwork on Norfolk Island (2001) (2)
Maori occupation sites in back beach deposits around Tasman Bay. (1966) (2)
Ancient Origins: 3000 BC – AD 1300 (2016) (2)
Problems of the 'Traditionalist' Model of Long-Distance Polynesian Voyaging (2008) (2)
East Polynesian Sailing Rigs: The Anuta Iti Experiment (2011) (2)
Codfish Island/Whenua Hou Archaeological Project: Preliminary Report (2007) (2)
An extinct Austral snipe (Aves: Coenocorypha) from New Caledonia (2013) (2)
Palaeofaunal sites and excavations (2009) (2)
Te Ao Tawhito: The Old World (2014) (1)
terra australis 37 6 Bird , reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island (2012) (1)
Maori land and livelihood AD 1250-1850 (2008) (1)
Archaeological field Investigations (2004) (1)
Discussion: middens of the sea peoples (2007) (1)
Dwelling carelessly, quiet and secure'A brief ethnohistory of Rapa Island,French Polynesia, AD 1791-1840 (2012) (1)
Archaeological Excavations on Batan Island (2013) (1)
Fieldwork in northern Viti Levu and Mago Island (2009) (1)
The Peopling of Madagascar (2019) (1)
Mapping Doggerland: the Mesolithic landscapes of the southern North Sea – Edited by Vincent Gaffney, Kenneth Thomson and Simon Fitch; Europe's Lost World: the rediscovery of Doggerland – By Vincent Gaffney, Simon Fitch and David Smith (2011) (1)
An Historical Analysis of Waka Unua and the Māori Sail (2022) (1)
A southern Māori perspective on stories of Polynesian polar voyaging (2021) (1)
Submerged Prehistory – Edited by Jonathan Benjamin, Clive Bonsall, Catriona Pickard and Anders Fischer (2012) (1)
Moa extinctions in Southern New Zealand: a reply to Sutton (1988) (1)
32 Trans‐Indian Ocean migration (2013) (1)
Reply to Barber: Marginal evidence for taro production in northern New Zealand between 1200 and 1500 CE (2020) (1)
Review of Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii (1994) (1)
Across Atlantic Ice: the origin of America’s Clovis culture (2013) (1)
On the improbability of pre-European Polynesian voyages to Antarctica: a response to Priscilla Wehi and colleagues (2021) (1)
Alternative interpretations of structural evidence at Rakaia River Mouth, New Zealand (2006) (1)
Jett, Stephen C.: Ancient Ocean Crossings. Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas (2018) (0)
Paulin, Chris, and Mark Fenwick: Te Matau a Māui - Fish-Hooks, Fishing, and Fisheries in New Zealand (2017) (0)
The Prehistory ofKiritimati ( Christmas ) Island , Republic ofKiribati . Excavations and Analyses (2013) (0)
Editorial: Early Human Colonization of Remote Indian Ocean Islands and Its Ecological Impacts (2022) (0)
Erratum (2009) (0)
The number of Moa at Wairau Bar: correction and comment (2004) (0)
The First Boat People ‐ by Steve Webb (2008) (0)
Prehistoricmaritime migration in the (2006) (0)
Water Folk: reconstructing an ancient aquatic lifeway in Michoacán, western Mexico (2015) (0)
Finding Tonganui: East Polynesian Seafaring and Migration to New Zealand (2018) (0)
Historical Ecology and Archaeology in the Galápagos Islands: A Legacy of Human Occupation. PETER W. STAHL, FERNANDO J. ASTUDILLO, ROSS W. JAMIESON, DIEGO QUIROGA, and FLORENCIO DELGADO. 2020. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 240 pp. $90.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9780813066271. (2020) (0)
Reply to Comments (2010) (0)
Maui Nation to Maori Asian (2009) (0)
Correction (2020) (0)
Returning to the hypothesis of Amerindian settlement on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (2021) (0)
Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors: Reviving Polynesian Voyaging (review) (2006) (0)
Ecological contingency in very early offshore seafaring (2016) (0)
GRBQ084-2272G-C12[265-288]. qxd (2005) (0)
Colonial illusion and reality at the end of the Old World's road (2007) (0)
Interior Lives: the age and interpretation of perishable artefacts from Maori rockshelter sites in inland Otago, New Zealand (2015) (0)
An Extinct New Rail (Gallirallus, Aves: Rallidae) Species from Rapa Island, French Polynesia (2021) (0)
Monumentality and ritual behaviour in South Polynesia (2014) (0)
Polynesian Voyaging (2019) (0)
The beast without: the moa as a colonial frontier myth in New Zealand (1994) (0)
Radiocarbon dated archaeozoological and palaeoecological evidence of initial human colonization in Madagascar (2016) (0)
Book Reviews (2008) (0)
Shell Energy: mollusk shells as coastal resources (2015) (0)
Indo-Pacific Migration and Colonization— (2008) (0)
The first-recorded name for Moa (1987) (0)
Its about time: the Indo-Pacific Colonisation Project (2004) (0)
Alternative Perspectives Upon Tupaia’s Mapmaking (2019) (0)
Patrick V. Kirch. A shark going inland is my chief: the island civilization of ancient Hawai'i. xvii+346 pages, 29 illustrations, 8 colour plates. 2012. Berkeley: University of California Press; 978-0-520-27330-6 hardback $45 & £ 30.95. (2013) (0)
ANBARRA SHELLFISHING: Shell bed to shell midden by Betty Meehan (1983) (0)
Reply to comments (1981) (0)
Review of Prehistoric Settlement of the Pacific, by Ward Goodenough (ed.); Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago, by Peter Bellwood. (1998) (0)
Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and their Polynesian Ancestors by Andrew Crowe (review) (2023) (0)
41 Polynesia, East and South, including transpacific migration (2013) (0)
Radiocarbon Ages for Two Sites on (2010) (0)

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