'The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific': Seven Years of the CBAP Project

The Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Project, The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific or ‘CBAP’ was funded between 2015-2020 and, due to COVID disruptions, associated events continued until the end of 2022. Some of the initial aims included: to create a sub-field of the hist...

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Main Author: Matthew Spriggs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2023-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
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Online Access:https://account.archaeologybulletin.org/index.php/up-j-bha/article/view/673
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description The Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Project, The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific or ‘CBAP’ was funded between 2015-2020 and, due to COVID disruptions, associated events continued until the end of 2022. Some of the initial aims included: to create a sub-field of the history of Pacific archaeology; to re-define the development of Australian archaeology within its wider Oceanic context; to re-discover the contribution of both French and German scholars; to recover the considerable amount of archaeological excavation that took place in the Pacific from the 1870s until WWII; to re-conceptualise the perennial issue of trans-Oceanic cultural contacts; to redress the neglect of the role of Indigenous Pacific scholars and of women in archaeology; and to re-engage with descendant communities in the light of our research and its findings. The paper discusses the project’s results in light of these and other emerging aims during the last seven years. It also provides a comprehensive bibliography of publications by the Project’s main contributors.
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spelling doaj.art-ea766407b2b94d5a867deb9f3683d99c2024-01-17T07:57:52ZengUbiquity PressBulletin of the History of Archaeology2047-69302023-12-013315510.5334/bha-673571'The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific': Seven Years of the CBAP ProjectMatthew Spriggs0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7293-6778The Australian National UniversityThe Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Project, The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific or ‘CBAP’ was funded between 2015-2020 and, due to COVID disruptions, associated events continued until the end of 2022. Some of the initial aims included: to create a sub-field of the history of Pacific archaeology; to re-define the development of Australian archaeology within its wider Oceanic context; to re-discover the contribution of both French and German scholars; to recover the considerable amount of archaeological excavation that took place in the Pacific from the 1870s until WWII; to re-conceptualise the perennial issue of trans-Oceanic cultural contacts; to redress the neglect of the role of Indigenous Pacific scholars and of women in archaeology; and to re-engage with descendant communities in the light of our research and its findings. The paper discusses the project’s results in light of these and other emerging aims during the last seven years. It also provides a comprehensive bibliography of publications by the Project’s main contributors.https://account.archaeologybulletin.org/index.php/up-j-bha/article/view/673history of archaeologycollective biography of archaeology in the pacificpacific archives and collectionsindigenous agency
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'The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific': Seven Years of the CBAP Project
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
history of archaeology
collective biography of archaeology in the pacific
pacific archives and collections
indigenous agency
title 'The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific': Seven Years of the CBAP Project
title_full 'The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific': Seven Years of the CBAP Project
title_fullStr 'The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific': Seven Years of the CBAP Project
title_full_unstemmed 'The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific': Seven Years of the CBAP Project
title_short 'The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific': Seven Years of the CBAP Project
title_sort the collective biography of archaeology in the pacific seven years of the cbap project
topic history of archaeology
collective biography of archaeology in the pacific
pacific archives and collections
indigenous agency
url https://account.archaeologybulletin.org/index.php/up-j-bha/article/view/673
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