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ContactGlenn Summerhayes_alt-large

Email glenn.summerhayes@otago.ac.nz

Research Interests

Pacific archaeology, in particular Melanesia; the archaeology of trade and exchange; the development of social complexity; the archaeology of East Asia; archaeometry; cultural heritage management; archaeology and the school curriculum in Papua New Guinea.

Publications

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 Journal - Research Article

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 Chapter in Book - Research

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 Journal - Research Article

Oertle, A., Peters, C., Summerhayes, G., O'Connor, S., Gillespie, R., & Douka, K. (2025). New collagen peptide markers from New Guinea fauna: Identifying archaeological bone in the tropics. Royal Society Open Science, 12, 251172. doi: 10.1098/rsos.251172 Journal - Research Article

Nägele, K., Kinaston, R., Gaffney, D., Walworth, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Carlhoff, S., … Tromp, M., … Anson, D., … Stirling, C., Reid, M., Barr, D., … Summerhayes, G., Buckley, H., … Krause, J. (2025). The impact of human dispersals and local interactions on the genetic diversity of coastal Papua New Guinea over the past 2,500 years. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9, 908-923. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02710-x Journal - Research Article

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