Ben Shaw

Senior Lecturer

Australian National University

Australia

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Ben Shaw is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University in Australia. His research areas focus on the genetic origins and impacts of historical migrations in the Pacific, including studies on cave burials and cultural practices in Papua New Guinea. Recent articles authored by Dr. Shaw explore themes of island colonization, social dynamics, and adaptive strategies in response to changing environmental conditions throughout history.

Articles (10)

The genetic origins and impacts of historical Papuan migrations into Wallacea

Year:

2024

Indirect dating of secondary cave burials in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea reveals last millennium reorganisation of social practices

Year:

2023

The Archaeology of Island Colonization: Global Approaches to Initial Human Settlement

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2022

Frontier Lapita interaction with resident Papuan populations set the stage for initial peopling of the Pacific

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2022

Pathways to the interior: Human settlement in the Simbai-Kaironk Valleys of the Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

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2022

Cannibalism and developments to socio-political systems from 540 BP in the Massim Islands of south-east Papua New Guinea. In From Field to Museum—Studies from Melanesia in Honour of Robin Torrence, ed. Jim Specht, Val Attenbrow, and Jim Allen

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2021

Village‐specific Kula partnerships revealed by obsidian sourcing on Tubetube Island, Papua New Guinea

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2021

Smallest Late Pleistocene inhabited island in Australasia reveals the impact of post-glacial sea-level rise on human behaviour from 17,000 years ago

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2020

2500-year cultural sequence in the Massim region of eastern Papua New Guinea reflects adaptive strategies to small islands and changing climate regimes since Lapita settlement

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2020

Emergence of a Neolithic in highland New Guinea by 5000 to 4000 years ago

Year:

2020

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Lorena Becerra-Valdivia

University of Oxford

UNITED KINGDOM

Adelle Coster

UNSW Sydney

AUSTRALIA

Shimona Kealy

Australian National University

AUSTRALIA

João Teixeira

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AUSTRALIA

Chris Turney

Heriot-Watt University

UNITED KINGDOM

Matthew Spriggs

Australian National University

AUSTRALIA

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