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List of works by Terry L. Hunt

A radiocarbon chronology for Sāmoan prehistory

An Ancestral Polynesian occupation site at To'aga, Ofu Island, American Samoa

Archaeological evidence of validity of fish populations on unexploited reefs as proxy targets for modern populations.

scientific article

Diet of the prehistoric population of Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) shows environmental adaptation and resilience

scientific article

High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia

scientific article (publication date: 27 December 2010)

Historical reconstruction reveals recovery in Hawaiian coral reefs

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Human Impacts on the Nearshore Environment: An Archaeological Case Study from Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands

scientific article published in July 2007

Jan J. Boersema. The survival of Easter Island: dwindling resources and cultural resilience. 2015. xvi+296 pages, 44 b&w illustrations, 1 table. New York: Cambridge University Press; 978-1-107-02770-1 hardback $99

article by Terry L. Hunt published 15 September 2016 in Antiquity

Late colonization of Easter Island

scientific article

Pre-Columbian chickens, dates, isotopes, and mtDNA.

scholarly article

Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile

scientific article

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) monument (ahu) locations explained by freshwater sources

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Reply to Beavan, Bryant, and Storey and Matisoo-Smith: Ancestral Polynesian “D” haplotypes reflect authentic Pacific chicken lineages

scientific article published on September 2014

Rethinking Easter Island's ecological catastrophe

Rethinking the Fall of Easter Island

Rethinking the Fall of Easter Island

Revisiting Rapa Nui (Easter Island) “Ecocide”

scientific article published in October 2009

Stylistic variability of stemmed obsidian tools (mata’a), frequency seriation, and the scale of social interaction on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

The 13th century polynesian colonization of Hawai’i Island

The colossal hats (pukao) of monumental statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile): Analyses of pukao variability, transport, and emplacement

The ‘walking’ megalithic statues (moai) of Easter Island

Towards Fiji's past : archaeological research on southwestern Viti Levu

1980 master's thesis by Terry Hunt at University of Auckland

Using Structure from Motion Mapping to Record and Analyze Details of the Colossal Hats (Pukao) of Monumental Statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Using ancient DNA to study the origins and dispersal of ancestral Polynesian chickens across the Pacific

scientific article

Walking statues: Easter Island's complex history

scientific article published on 2 November 2011