[ANU Pacific.Institute] HAC Golson Lecture 2020: Professor Matthew Spriggs 'Has the question of the origins of Pacific peoples now been solved?'

[Mitiana Arbon]

Histories of Archeology Conference
Golson Lecture 2020 Matthew Spriggs

'Has the question of the origins of Pacific peoples now been solved?' New Results from DNA, Archeology and Linguistics

Date/time: Wednesday 25 March 2020, 6.00-8.00pm
Location: Centre for China in the World Auditorium, Fellows Lane, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601


With two major ancient DNA (aDNA) papers on Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Tonga published in 2018 and more to follow as well as related studies of aDNA from Southeast Asia, there is a real pattern emerging of ancient genomic variation across the Pacific Islands. Meanwhile Bill Wilson at the University of Hawaii Hilo has published radical new ideas about the settlement of Eastern Polynesia based on linguistic analysis. Our archaeological dates for the settlement of the Pacific, particularly Eastern Polynesia, remain controversial but again there are signs that the true ages of settlement are becoming clearer. It certainly seems that a lasting synthesis about settlement and migration within the Pacific derived from the three disciplines is within our grasp. But are we there yet?

Matthew Spriggs is an ARC Laureate Fellow & Professor of Archaeology at The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences. He has made major contributions in the archaeology of Asia and the Pacific and has carried out archaeological research in Indonesia, East Timor, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Hawaii. Read more about Matthew and his research here<https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/spriggs-mjt>

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Hosted and funded by the School of Culture, History and Language, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, in conjunction with the Canberra Archaeological Society. The Jack Golson Lecture is a public lecture series held to mark the contribution of Jack Golson to the discipline of archaeology and to ANU. The lecture will be followed by refreshments.
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Hosted and funded by the School of Culture, History and Language, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, in conjunction with the Canberra Archaeological Society<https://www.canberraarchaeologicalsociety.com.au/>.

The Jack Golson Lecture is a public lecture series held to mark the contribution of Jack Golson to the discipline of archaeology and to ANU. Registration is required.

The lecture will be followed by refreshments.




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