The Pacific Islands, also known as Oceania, have been subdivided traditionally by anthropologists into three main geographic regions: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia (Fig. 1). Following Green (1991), prehistorians now stress the division between Near Oceania in the west (including the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands), and Remote Oceania (which includes all of island Melanesia ...

This article provides an intellectual archeology of how the term "respect" has functioned in the field of bioethics. I argue that over time the function of the term has shifted, with a significant turning point occurring in 1979. Prior to 1979, the term "respect" connoted primarily the notion of "respect for persons" which functioned as an umbrella which conferred protection to autonomous perso...

The purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to provide a brief historical overview of human and nonhuman osteological studies in classical archaeology to get a sense of why and how the disciplines developed as they did; (2) to examine the current state of research in human osteology and zooarchaeology in the classical context, providing examples of case studies to help highlight the value (an...

In the present era, archaeology is facing change of "from closed to open, from ivory tower public popularization". To attach importance archaeology, carry out education courses on and let educational play an important role as a component not only necessary for development itself, but also undertake historical mission carrying forward fine traditional Chinese culture enhancing cultural confidenc...

Luxury would appear to be both difficult to define and difficult to identify archaeologically. Evidence from two different Islamic communities in Gao (Mali) and Bilad al-Qadim (Bahrain) indicates that the recognition of the exotic rather than the luxurious is easier to achieve. The notion of luxury within these communities is reflected in culinary skill and preparation, and in communal dining, ...

The paper reports the ongoing functional specification of a virtual archaeology system. Taking into account the goals of ISO standards MPEG-7 and SEDRIS, we have summarized methodologies from related IT fields (visualization, multimedia, HCI and VR) relevant for virtual archaeology system functionality. One part of the ideas has been used to specify the functionality of a particular system for ...