This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to the archaeology of Oceania, covering both Australia and the Pacific Islands.

• The first text to provide integrated treatment of the archaeologies of Australia and the Pacific Islands
• Enables readers to form a coherent overview of cultural developments across the region as a whole
• Brings together contributions from some of the region's leading scholars
• Focuses on new discoveries, conceptual innovations, and postcolonial realpolitik
• Challenges conventional thinking on major regional and global issues in archaeology

Ian Lilley is Reader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at the University of Queensland. He is a past President of the Australian Archaeological Association. Lilley currently conducts field research in Torres Strait and New Caledonia, and his recent publications include Le Pacifique de 5000 à 2000 BP: Suppléments à l’histoire d’une colonisation (with Jean-Christophe Galipaud, 1999), Native Title and the Transformation of Archaeology in the Postcolonial World (2000), and Histories of Old Ages: Essays in Honour of Rhys Jones (with Atholl Anderson and Sue O’Connor, 2001).