Archaeology of Aboriginal Australia and Papua New Guinea; Archaeology of Neolithic / Bronze Age China; trade and exchange; lithic technology; sourcing studies; modern human migrations and behaviour; and settlement patterns/colonisation studies.
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
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Kerby, G., Ford, A., Summerhayes, G. R., Leavesley, M. G., & Palin, J. M. (2023). Fit for purpose: Investigating adaptations in late Pleistocene lithic technology to an island environment at Buang Merabak, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. World Archaeology, 1-21. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2023.2172070
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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
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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.
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Ford, A., & Hiscock, P. (2021). 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. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.22
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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].
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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
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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
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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.
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Ford, A. (2018). [Review of the book Wild articulations: Environmentalism and indigeneity in Northern Australia]. Pacific Affairs, 91(4), 859-861. [Book Review].
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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].
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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