Single Review on past events

María Cruz Berrocal (Associated Fellow [former Research Fellow] / History and Sociology) gave a talk entitled "The archaeology of small islands in the Pacific: the past for the future".

Abstract:

I will deal with several case studies on Pacific islands where I have developed field work in the last decade (Moturiki, Fiji; Alofi, Wallis and Futuna; Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), focusing on the following topics: the relation of the archaeological record with current forest masses; the level of anthropization of the islands; the contrast between land uses and settlement patterns in the past and the present; the potential that the archaeological record offers for an understanding of carrying capacity and agricultural practices; and the future of the coastal/inland dichotomy currently observed in islands that are suffering from rising ocean levels day by day.

I would like to explore them with the audience in the talk to see if it is of interest for a subsequent publication I would like to prepare.