ARCHAEOLOGY OF EASTERN POLYNESIA
Retrospect and Prospect
Presentations/Discussions
Mo'orea, 27 November,2000
SESSION I: Settlement Patterns and Household Archaeology
8.30 am. "Recent Results of Household Archaeology in the Opunohu Valley, Mo’orea" Jennifer Kahn, (presented by P. Kirch).
9.15 am. "Current Research in Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands".Eric Conte.
10.00-10.15 am. Coffee Break.
10.15 am. "The settlement Landscape of an "Open Chiefdom", Mangaia, Southern Cook Islands".Patrick Kirch.
11.00-12.00 noon. General Discussion.
12.00-2.00 pm. Lunch
SESSION II: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND EVOLUTION
2.00 pm. "Cultural Diversity in Tribal Melanesia Versus Cultural Homogeneity in Polynesian Chiefdoms". Christophe Sand.
2.45 pm. "Between a Rock and Hard Place: Trials and Tribulations of Rock Art Research in the Marquesas Islands". Sidsel Millerstrom.
3.30 pm. "History and Archaeology: The Tutae" auri and Mamaia Cult, A Transformation of Tahitian Religious Practice". Mark Eddowes.
4.15-5.00 pm. General Discussion
6.30 pm. Dinner
8.00 pm. Informal Slide Presentations of Ongoing Research.
Mo'orea, 28 November, 2000
SESSION III: Ethnoarchaeology, Ancient economies, Research Strategies
8.30 am. "Prehistoric Marine Fisheries in Eastern Polynesia: New Approaches". Melinda Allen.
9.15 am. "Geographic Information Systems and Archaeological Models in Eastern Polynesia".Eric Komori.
10.10 am. "Ethnoarchaeological study of Dry Horticulture in Maupiti Island".H. Cauchois.
10.30 am. "Research Strategies of Archaeology in the Eastern Pacific". Pierre Verin.
11:00 Tour of the Gump Research Station
Buffet Luncheon for participants and Invited Guests, Station Manager’s House.
SESSION IV: Issues of Cultural Patrimony, Site Preservation
2.00 pm. "Rebuilding Cultural Identity at Local and Regional Levels". Patricia Vargas Casanova.
2.45 pm. "La Mise en Valeur du Patrimoine Archeologique".Pierre Ottino.
3.30 pm. "Tahitian Valleys Revisited: Papeno’o and Vaihiria Eighty Years After Emory".Claudio Cristino.
4.15 pm. "Restoration of Society Islands Marae".Yosihiko Sinoto.
4.30 pm. General Discussion.
Mo'orea, 29 November, 2000
SESSION V: PROBLEMS IN THE COLONIZATION OF EASTERN POLYNESIA
8.30 am. "Colonization Chronology of French Polynesia". Atholl Anderson.
9.15 "Mangareva Sequence and the Dating of Geographic Expansion in Southeast Polynesia". Marshall Weisler.
10.00-10.15 am. Coffee Break.
10.15 am. "Where are the Initial Colonization Sites in Hawai’i, Marquesas, and Society Islands?". Yosihiko Sinoto.
11.00 am. "Thoughts on the Marutea-Mangareva-Pitcairn Henderson-Rapa Nui Interaction Sphere". Claudio Cristino.
11.30-12.00 noon. General Discussion.
12.00-2.00 pm. Lunch.
SESSION VI: INTERACTION AND VOYAGING SPHERES
2.00 pm. "Voyaging and Interaction Spheres in the Eastern Polynesian Homeland Region". Barry Rolett.
2.45 pm. "Holistic Approaches to Interaction Spheres, a Polynesian Example". Roger Green and Marshall Weisler.
3.30 pm. "The Tuamotus and Links with Neighboring Archipelagoes". Jean Michel Chazine.
4.15-5.00 pm. General Discussion.
Mo'orea, 30 November, 2000
SESSION VII: Discussion Concerning Future Research Priorities in Eastern Polynesia.
8.30 am. Remarks by Joseph Tchong, Director of the Department d’Archéologie of French Polynesia.
9:30 am. Open discussion of future research priorities and directions, and of the relationship between research and preservation/cultural patrimony. Resolutions.
12.00 noon. Lunch.
Afternoon: Circle-Island tour of Mo'orea. Visitations to marae sites and Motu.
Papeete, Tahiti: 1 December, 2000
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
11:00 am. Closing plenary session at the Mandarin Hotel, chaired by Madame Louise Peltzer, Ministre de la Culture et de l'Enseignement Supérieur, Gouvernement de la Polynésie francaise and co-organizers professor Patrick V.Kirch, University of California at Berkeley and Dr.Eric Conte, l'Université de Polynesie Francaise.
Allocutions:
* Discours prononcé par Madame Louise Peltzer, le Ministre de la Culture et de l'Enseignement supérieur.
Press Information:
* Sur les Traces des Ancêtres Maohi. Conférence sur l'Archéologie de la Polynésie Orientale à Moorea. La Dépêche, Le Journal de Tahiti. Section La Dépêche du Fenua, p.33. Mardi 28 Novembre 2000, Tahiti.
* Première Conférence Archéologique Franco-américaine. Les Nouvelles de Tahiti. Section MOOREA, p.20. Mercredi 29 novembre 2000.
* Colloque d'Archeologie. Clôture sur de Bonnes Résolutions. La Dépêche , Le Journal de Tahiti. Section La Dépêche de La Science, p.51. Samedi 2 Décembre 2000, Tahiti.