Associate Professor Anne Ford

2026

Chapter in Book - Research

Henderson, R., Summerhayes, G. R., Ford, A., Pavlides, C., & Gosden, C. (2026). Obsidian distribution during middle and late Lapita: Insights from sourcing and analyses of obsidian from Apalo and Amalut, Arawe Islands, and implications for the Western Pacific. In T. Moutsiou & C. Reepmeyer (Eds.), Obsidian and the sea: Evidence, concepts and social implications of its maritime transportation. (pp. 135-156). Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz Verlag. doi: 10.34780/cxwzce85

Journal - Research Article

den Toom, J., Summerhayes, G., Ford, A., & Greig, K. (2026). Reconstructing early human subsistence in near Oceania: New insights from Matenkupkum and Matenbek. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/oa.70108

den Toom, J., Summerhayes, G. R., Ford, A., & Greig, K. (2026). From shells to cuscus: Reevaluating Turbo argyrostoma exploitation at Matenkupkum during the late pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 379, 109903. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109903

2025

Chapter in Book - Research

Ford, A., Carr, A., Mildwaters, N., Fonoti, D., Jackmond, G., & Summerhayes, G. (2025). Conversations about culture: The need to integrate Indigenous voices into the development of sustainable cultural heritage tourism opportunities in the Pacific. In R. Butler & A. Carr (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of tourism and Indigenous peoples. (pp. 205-218). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003230335-19

Journal - Research Article

Muller-Murchie, L., Ford, A., & Summerhayes, G. R. (2025). Gone batty: A newly adapted morphological methodology for bat cranial remains within an archaeological setting. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/oa.70043

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Macindoe-Baker, S., Ford, A., & Briggs, S. (2025, June). Temper and technique: Formalising methods for mineralogical analysis of pottery. Poster session presented at the Tenth World Archaeological Congress (WAC), Darwin, Australia.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Thomas, T., O'Regan, G., & Ford, A. (2025, June). Pacific concepts and Pacific communities in archaeological research: Reciprocity and relationality in Solomon Islands and Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Tenth World Archaeological Congress (WAC), Darwin, Australia.

2024

Edited Book - Research

Ford, A., Shaw, B., & Gaffney, D. (Eds.). (2024). Forty years in the south seas: Archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press, 435p. doi: 10.22459/TA57.2024

Chapter in Book - Research

Ford, A., Allen, J., & Chen, E. (2024). The difficulty of sourcing prehistoric pottery from Bootless Bay, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. In A. Ford, B. Shaw & D. Gaffney (Eds.), Forty years in the south seas: Archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region. (pp. 177-201). Canberra, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/TA57.2024

Shaw, B., Ford, A., & Gaffney, D. (2024). Introduction: Glenn Summerhayes' forty years in the south seas. In A. Ford, B. Shaw & D. Gaffney (Eds.), Forty years in the south seas: Archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region. (pp. 1-18). Canberra, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/TA57.2024

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Seliutina, N., Prior, D., Mortimer, N., Palmer, M., Li, K. C., Cox, S., Pooley, B., Ford, A., & Kuo, L.-W. (2024). Evaluating the physical and mechanical properties of pounamu through ultrasonic P-wave velocity measurements and nanoindentation. In F. Nelson, H. Jack & S. Chanony (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication: Mountains to Sea. 167A, (pp. 224). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ford, A., & O'Regan, G. (2024, October). Empowering kaitiakitanga: Working with community in Aotearoa New Zealand to promote Indigenous archaeology. Verbal presentation at the Envisioning Decolonial Futures through Archaeology Conference, Cambridge, UK.

2023

Chapter in Book - Research

Ford, A., & Hiscock, P. (2023). Axe quarrying, production, and exchange in Australia and New Guinea. In I. J. McNiven & B. David (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of indigenous Australia and New Guinea. (pp. 641-668). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.22

Journal - Research Article

Xhauflair, H., Lourdeau, A., Gaffney, D., Ford, A., Tanudirjo, D., & Jago-on, S. C. (2023). Des civilisations du végétal préhistoriques sous les tropiques? Prehistoric plant civilisations in the Tropics?. L'Anthropologie, 127, 103192. doi: 10.1016/j.anthro.2023.103192

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Mialanes, J., Ford, A., Goodall, B., Codlin, M., McCoy, M., Summerhayes, G., … Richards, T., & McNiven, I. J. (2022). The stone artefacts of Tanamu 1. In B. David, K. Szabó, M. Leavesley, I. J. McNiven, J. Ash & T. Richards (Eds.), The archaeology of Tanamu 1: A pre-Lapita to post-Lapita site from Caution Bay, south coast of mainland Papua New Guinea. (pp. 89-106). Oxford, UK: Archaeopress Publishing.

Journal - Research Article

Kerby, G., Ford, A., Summerhayes, G. R., Leavesley, M. G., & Palin, J. M. (2022). Fit for purpose: Investigating adaptations in late Pleistocene lithic technology to an island environment at Buang Merabak, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. World Archaeology, 54(2), 317-337. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2023.2172070

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ford, A., Walter, R., & Thomas, T. (2022). Fragile shores: Addressing coastal erosion on archaeological sites in Otago. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 8-9). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

2021

Journal - Research Article

Ford, A., Kewibu, V., & Miamba, K. (2021). Avanta: A possible Late Lapita site on Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online, 34, 61-70. doi: 10.3853/j.1835-4211.34.2021.1743

2020

Journal - Research Article

Field, J. H., Summerhayes, G. R., Luu, S., Coster, A. C. F., Ford, A., Mandui, H., … Kealhofer, L. (2020). Functional studies of flaked and ground stone artefacts reveal starchy tree nut and root exploitation in mid-Holocene highland New Guinea. Holocene, 30(9), 1360-1374. doi: 10.1177/0959683620919983

Chynoweth, M., Summerhayes, G. R., Ford, A., & Negishi, Y. (2020). Lapita on Wari Island: What's the problem? Asian Perspectives, 59(1), 100-116. doi: 10.1353/asi.2020.0009

Shaw, B., Field, J. H., Summerhayes, G. R., Coxe, S., Coster, A. C. F., Ford, A., … Kealhofer, L. (2020). Emergence of a Neolithic in highland New Guinea by 5000 to 4000 years ago. Science Advances, 6(13), eaay4573. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4573

Journal - Research Other

Ford, A. (2020). [Review of the book Hiri: Archaeology of long-distance maritime trade along the south coast of Papua New Guinea]. Australian Archaeology, 86(2), 199-200. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2020.1789931

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ford, A., Kuaso, A., Guise, A., & Heri, K. (2020, July). Exploring the Papuan hiccup: Archaeological excavations at Davage, Boera Village. Verbal presentation at the CABAH Coral Sea Flagship Update on Papua New Guinea: Connections across the South Coast of PNG, [Online].

2019

Journal - Research Article

Sutton, N., Summerhayes, G. R., & Ford, A. (2019). Oposisi revisited: A fabric analysis of an Early Papuan Pottery assemblage from Yule Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, 14(3), 411-425. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2018.1531329

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Mildwaters, N., & Ford, A. (2019). Promoting cultural heritage for sustainable tourism development in Samoa and PNG: The potential opportunities and difficulties from a conservation and heritage management perspective. In T. Anthes, A. Bartlett, L. Kennedy, M. Lelyveld, E. Penrose, J. Sweet & F. Tennant (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) Conference: Managing Risk to Collections. (pp. 48-49). Hobart, Australia: Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materal (AICCM) Inc. Retrieved from https://aiccm.org.au

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Ford, A., Carr, A., Mildwaters, N., Fonoti, D., & Jackmond, G. (2019). Promoting cultural heritage for sustainable tourism development: Samoa. (pp. 1-51). New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research. Retrieved from https://www.nzipr.ac.nz/2019/06/09/promoting-cultural-heritage-for-sustainable-development-samoa-and-madang-papua-new-guinea

Ford, A., Carr, A., Mildwaters, N., & Summerhayes, G. (2019). Promoting cultural heritage for sustainable tourism development: Madang, Papua New Guinea. (pp. 1-42). New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research. Retrieved from https://www.nzipr.ac.nz/2019/06/09/promoting-cultural-heritage-for-sustainable-development-samoa-and-madang-papua-new-guinea

2018

Journal - Research Article

Specht, J., Kariwiga, J., & Ford, A. (2018). Obsidian from the Jacquinot bay area, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 9(2), 35-43.

Journal - Research Other

Ford, A. (2018). [Review of the book Wild articulations: Environmentalism and indigeneity in Northern Australia]. Pacific Affairs, 91(4), 859-861. [Book Review].

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Goodall, B., Ford, A., David, B., McNiven, I. J., & Leavesley, M. (2018). Relationships etched in stone: Sourcing the Caution Bay ground stone tool assemblage to examine the antiquity of exchange networks between the coast and lowland interior of the south coast of Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Combined Conference: Trans-Tasman Dialogues. (pp. 61). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

Ford, A. (2018). Meet the neighbours: Evidence for interaction between the Austronesian Lapita Culture and Non-Austronesian communities in Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 83rd Annual Meeting. (pp. 159). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

Ford, A. (2018). Tracing Lapita: New research on Fergusson Island, the Massim region of Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA). (pp. 166-167). Retrieved from https://www.ippasecretariat.org/past-congresses

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ford, A., Fonoti, D., Jackmond, G., Carr, A., & Mildwaters, N. (2018, September). Promoting cultural heritage for sustainable tourism development in the South Pacific. Verbal presentation at the Samoa Conference 4: Our Heritage, Our Future, Apia, Samoa.

2017

Journal - Research Article

Ford, A. (2017). Late Pleistocene lithic technology in the Ivane valley: A view from the rainforest. Quaternary International, 448, 31-43. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.05.030

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ford, A. (2017). Tracing the footsteps of Lapita: New archaeometric research on the South Coast and Massim region of Papua New Guinea [Keynote]. Proceedings of the Australian Research Cluster for Archaeological Science (ARCAS) Symposium: Horizons in Australian Archaeometry. (pp. 8). Retrieved from http://aaa2017.conferenceonline.com.au/index/1227

2016

Journal - Research Article

Mialanes, J., David, B., Ford, A., Richards, T., McNiven, I. J., Summerhayes, G. R., & Leavesley, M. (2016). Imported obsidian at Caution Bay, south coast of Papua New Guinea: Cessation of long distance procurement c. 1,900 cal BP. Australian Archaeology, 82(3), 248-262. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2016.1252079

Gaffney, D., Ford, A., & Summerhayes, G. R. (2016). Sue Bulmer's legacy in highland New Guinea: A re-examination of the Bulmer Collection and future directions. Archaeology in Oceania, 51(Suppl. 1), 23-32. doi: 10.1002/arco.5111

Sutton, N., Vilgalys, G., Summerhayes, G., & Ford, A. (2016). Revisiting the late prehistoric sequence of the Port Moresby region of Papua New Guinea: The continuing contribution of Susan Bulmer. Archaeology in Oceania, 51(S1), 41-49. doi: 10.1002/arco.5110

Skelly, R., Ford, A., Summerhayes, G., Mialanes, J., & David, B. (2016). Chemical signatures & social interactions: Implications of west Fergusson Island obsidian at Hopo, east of the Vailala River (Gulf of Papua), Papua New Guinea. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 7(1), 126-138.

Journal - Research Other

Ford, A., Leavesley, M., & Summerhayes, G. (2016). Chief bilong PNG Akiologi: Papers in honour of Herman Mandui. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 7(1), 1-3. [Editorial].

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sutton, N., Summerhayes, G., & Ford, A. (2016). Pots on the move? Re-evaluating early Papuan pottery interaction by looking at pottery production patterns at Oposisi, Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. Retrieved from http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/index.php/conferences

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Chynoweth, M., Negishi, Y., Ford, A., & Summerhayes, G. R. (2016, August-September). Locating Lapita: Investigating the origins of pottery and obsidian from Kasasinabwana Shell Midden in the Massim, Papua New Guinea. Verbal presentation at the Eighth World Archaeological Congress, Kyoto, Japan.

Ford, A. (2016, October). Early and persistent use of the montane rainforests of New Guinea. Verbal presentation at the Pantropica Workshop: An Investigation of Geographical and Temporal Diversity in Human 'Rainforest Prehistories', Jena, Germany.

Other - Edited Journal

Ford, A., Leavesley, M., & Summerhayes, G. (Eds.). (2016). Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 7(1) [Special issue: Chief bilong PNG Akiologi: Papers in Honour of Herman Mandui]. [Guest Editors].

2015

Journal - Research Article

Sutton, N., Summerhayes, G., & Ford, A. (2015). Regional Interaction Networks in Southern Papua New Guinea During the Late Holocene: Evidence from the Chemical Characterisation of Chert Artefacts. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 81, 343-359. doi: 10.1017/ppr.2015.14

Gaffney, D., Summerhayes, G. R., Ford, A., Scott, J. M., Denham, T., Field, J., & Dickinson, W. R. (2015). Earliest pottery on New Guinea mainland reveals Austronesian influences in highland environments 3000 years ago. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0134497. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134497

Gaffney, D., Ford, A., & Summerhayes, G. (2015). Crossing the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in the New Guinea Highlands: Evidence from the lithic assemblage of Kiowa rockshelter. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 39, 223-246. doi: 10.1016/j.jaa.2015.04.006

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sutton, N., Summerhayes, G., & Ford, A. (2015). Pots on the move: Ceramic production and mobility at Oposisi, PNG. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. (pp. 19). Retrieved from http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/index.php/conferences/49-past-conferences/115-conference-2015

Ford, A., & Allen, J. (2015). Ancestors of the Hiri: Ceramic sourcing at the island of Motupore, Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 50). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference

Sutton, N., Summerhayes, G. R., & Ford, A. (2015). Pots on the move. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 29). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference

Gaffney, D., Summerhayes, G., Ford, A., Scott, J., Dickinson, B., Denham, T., & Field, J. (2015). The origins of early pottery exchange to the New Guinea Highlands. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 28). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference

2014

Chapter in Book - Research

Summerhayes, G. R., & Ford, A. (2014). Late Pleistocene colonisation and adaptation in New Guinea: Implications for modelling modern human behaviour. In R. Dennell & M. Porr (Eds.), Southern Asia, Australia and the search of human origins. (pp. 213-227). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sutton, N., Summerhayes, G., & Ford, A. (2014). Climate and culture change: ENSO modelling of the South Papuan cultural sequence. In S. Ulm, G. Mate & J. Jerbic (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Archaeological Association/Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (AAA/ASHA) Annual Conference: Culture, Climate, Change: Archaeology in the Tropics. (pp. 151). AAA/ASHA. [Abstract]

Ford, A., Mialanes, J., McNiven, I., Richards, T., David, B., Summerhayes, G., & Leavesley, M. (2014). Sourcing stone along the south coast of Papua New Guinea, and precision dating of their time of arrival from sites at Caution Bay. In S. Ulm, G. Mate & J. Jerbic (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Archaeological Association/Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (AAA/ASHA) Annual Conference: Culture, Climate, Change: Archaeology in the Tropics. (pp. 91). AAA/ASHA. [Abstract]

Luu, S., Field, J., Summerhayes, G., Mandui, H., Ford, A., Leavesley, M., & Lovave, M. (2014). Investigating plant exploitation and use in the PNG Highlands during the Mid Holocene. In S. Ulm, G. Mate & J. Jerbic (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Archaeological Association/Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (AAA/ASHA) Annual Conference: Culture, Climate, Change: Archaeology in the Tropics. (pp. 115-116). AAA/ASHA. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Field, J., Luu, S., Summerhayes, G., Ford, A., Lovave, M., & Leavesley, M. (2014, January). Starchy plant use through time in the Papua New Guinea highlands: Functional studies of grinding and pounding stones from the Ivane Valley sites. Verbal presentation at the 20th Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Congress, Siam Reap, Cambodia.

2013

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Luu, S., Summerhayes, G., Ford, A., Lovave, M., Mandui, H., & Leavesley, M. (2013, December). Starchy plant use through time in the Papua New Guinea highlands: Functional studies of grinding and pounding stones from the Ivane Valley sites. Verbal presentation at the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Annual Conference: Complexities of Scale, Coffs Harbour, Australia.

2012

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ford, A. (2012, December). Pleistocene Sahul stone technology: The view from the Ivane Valley, Papua New Guinea. Verbal presentation at the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Annual Conference: Science & Archaeology, Wollongong, Australia.

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Ford, A. (2012). Learning the lithic landscape in the Ivane Valley, Papua New Guinea: Modelling colonisation and occupation using lithic sources and stone tool technology (PhD). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2577

2011

Journal - Research Article

Ford, A. (2011). Learning the lithic landscape: Using raw material sources to investigate Pleistocene colonisation in the Ivane Valley, Papua New Guinea. Archaeology in Oceania, 46(2), 42-53.

2010

Journal - Research Article

Summerhayes, G. R., Leavesley, M., Fairbairn, A., Mandui, H., Field, J., Ford, A., & Fullagar, R. (2010). Human adaptation and plant use in Highland New Guinea 49,000 to 44,000 years ago. Science, 330, 78-81. doi: 10.1126/science.1193130

2009

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ford, A. (2009). Stone tool production-distribution systems at Huizui, China. Proceedings of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) 19th Congress. (pp. 26). Retrieved from http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/ippa/ippa.htm

Summerhayes, G. R., Leavesley, M., Hope, G., Mandui, H., Fairbairn, A., Ford, A., & Field, J. (2009). Current research from Kosipe: A late Pleistocene site from PNG. Proceedings of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) 19th Congress. (pp. 1). Retrieved from http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/ippa/ippa.htm

Ford, A. (2009). Pleistocene stone tool use at Kosipe, Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) 19th Congress. (pp. 1). Retrieved from http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/ippa/ippa.htm