List of works - Melinda S. Allen

A Marquesan coral reef (French Polynesia) in historical context: an integrated socio-ecological approach

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Agent-based modelling, molluscan population dynamics, and archaeomalacology

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Antipodean Perspectives on Zooarchaeology: Behavioral Ecology, Taphonomy, and Applied Research

Archaeological avifauna of Harataonga, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand: implications for avian palaeontology, Maori prehistory, and archaeofaunal recovery techniques

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Basalt geochemistry reveals high frequency of prehistoric tool exchange in low hierarchy Marquesas Islands (Polynesia).

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Bet-hedging strategies, agricultural change, and unpredictable environments: historical development of dryland agriculture in Kona, Hawaii

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Complex history of dog (Canis familiaris) origins and translocations in the Pacific revealed by ancient mitogenomes.

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Dental analysis demonstrates variability in diet and health of prehistoric Polynesian pigs

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Dynamics of Polynesian Subsistence: Insights from Archaeofauna and Stable Isotope Studies, Aitutaki, Southern Cook Islands

High-precision dating of colonization and settlement in East Polynesia

scientific article published on June 2011

Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

In Surplus and in Scarcity: Agricultural Development, Risk Management, and Political Economy on ofu Island, American Samoa

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Lost bioscapes: Floristic and arthropod diversity coincident with 12th century Polynesian settlement, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands

scientific article published on 30 March 2022

Marquesan ceramics, palaeotsunami, and megalithic architecture: Ho‘oumi Beach site (NHo‐3) in regional perspective

Measuring stone artefact transport: the experimental demonstration and pilot application of a new method to a prehistoric adze workshop, southern Cook Islands

Modelling site formation dynamics: geoarchaeological, chronometric and statistical approaches to a stratified rockshelter sequence, Polynesia

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Molluscan foraging efficiency and patterns of mobility amongst foraging agriculturalists: a case study from northern New Zealand

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Multi-species Perspectives on Anthropogenic Environments: Dental Pathology Patterns, Marquesas Islands (Polynesia)

scholarly article by Judith Littleton et al published 3 February 2015 in Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

New Ideas about Late Holocene Climate Variability in the Central Pacific

New Microfossil Approaches and Multi-Proxy Analysis Reveal Precontact Polynesian Translocations and Plant Use, Marquesas Islands

scientific article published in 2023

New pollen, sedimentary, and radiocarbon records from the Marquesas Islands, East Polynesia: Implications for archaeological and palaeoclimate studies

scholarly article by Melinda S. Allen published in February 2011

Niche Construction and Long-Term Trajectories of Food Production

scientific article published in 2023

Occupation duration and mobility in New Zealand prehistory: Insights from geochemical and technological analyses of an early Māori stone artefact assemblage

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Short-Lived Plant Materials, Long-Lived Trees, and Polynesian 14C Dating: Considerations for 14C Sample Selection and Documentation

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Six centuries of anthropogenic forest change on a Polynesian high island: Archaeological charcoal records from the Marquesas Islands

scholarly article by Jennifer M. Huebert published in April 2016

Stability in the South Pacific surface marine 14C reservoir over the last 750 years. Evidence from American Samoa, the southern Cook Islands and the Marquesas

Starch analysis reveals prehistoric plant translocations and shell tool use, Marquesas Islands, Polynesia

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Tattooing tools and the Lapita cultural complex

Taxonomy: Sus bucculentus revisited

scientific article published in April 2006

List of works by Melinda S. Allen

A Marquesan coral reef (French Polynesia) in historical context: an integrated socio-ecological approach

Agent-based modelling, molluscan population dynamics, and archaeomalacology

Antipodean Perspectives on Zooarchaeology: Behavioral Ecology, Taphonomy, and Applied Research

Archaeological avifauna of Harataonga, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand: implications for avian palaeontology, Maori prehistory, and archaeofaunal recovery techniques

Basalt geochemistry reveals high frequency of prehistoric tool exchange in low hierarchy Marquesas Islands (Polynesia).

Bet-hedging strategies, agricultural change, and unpredictable environments: historical development of dryland agriculture in Kona, Hawaii

Complex history of dog (Canis familiaris) origins and translocations in the Pacific revealed by ancient mitogenomes.

Dental analysis demonstrates variability in diet and health of prehistoric Polynesian pigs

Dynamics of Polynesian Subsistence: Insights from Archaeofauna and Stable Isotope Studies, Aitutaki, Southern Cook Islands

High-precision dating of colonization and settlement in East Polynesia

Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought

In Surplus and in Scarcity: Agricultural Development, Risk Management, and Political Economy on ofu Island, American Samoa

Lost bioscapes: Floristic and arthropod diversity coincident with 12th century Polynesian settlement, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands

Marquesan ceramics, palaeotsunami, and megalithic architecture: Ho‘oumi Beach site (NHo‐3) in regional perspective

Measuring stone artefact transport: the experimental demonstration and pilot application of a new method to a prehistoric adze workshop, southern Cook Islands

Modelling site formation dynamics: geoarchaeological, chronometric and statistical approaches to a stratified rockshelter sequence, Polynesia

Molluscan foraging efficiency and patterns of mobility amongst foraging agriculturalists: a case study from northern New Zealand

Multi-species Perspectives on Anthropogenic Environments: Dental Pathology Patterns, Marquesas Islands (Polynesia)

New Ideas about Late Holocene Climate Variability in the Central Pacific

New Microfossil Approaches and Multi-Proxy Analysis Reveal Precontact Polynesian Translocations and Plant Use, Marquesas Islands

New pollen, sedimentary, and radiocarbon records from the Marquesas Islands, East Polynesia: Implications for archaeological and palaeoclimate studies

Niche Construction and Long-Term Trajectories of Food Production

Occupation duration and mobility in New Zealand prehistory: Insights from geochemical and technological analyses of an early Māori stone artefact assemblage

Short-Lived Plant Materials, Long-Lived Trees, and Polynesian 14C Dating: Considerations for 14C Sample Selection and Documentation

Six centuries of anthropogenic forest change on a Polynesian high island: Archaeological charcoal records from the Marquesas Islands

Stability in the South Pacific surface marine 14C reservoir over the last 750 years. Evidence from American Samoa, the southern Cook Islands and the Marquesas

Starch analysis reveals prehistoric plant translocations and shell tool use, Marquesas Islands, Polynesia

Tattooing tools and the Lapita cultural complex

Taxonomy: Sus bucculentus revisited

Timing, magnitude and effects of late Holocene sea level drawdown on island habitability, Aitutaki, Cook Islands