Northern Vanuatu as a Pacific Crossroads: The archaeology of discovery, interaction and the emergence of the ethnographic present

This project addresses the archaeological record of northern Vanuatu, a significant crossroads region of the Southwest Pacific, from its initial human settlement some 3000 years ago through to the recent past. Through the application of a multi-disciplinary analytical approach, this research contributes towards the establishment of a detailed picture of inter- and intra-archipelago interaction, settlement pattern, subsistence and cultural transformations. The project has the potential to contribute both on a regional and on an international level to debates on human colonisation, patterns of social interaction and the drivers of social change in island contexts.