Melinda S. Allen

Education

University of Washington
United States of America

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PhD

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Reciprocity, Risk, and Rivalry: Variability in Central East Polynesian Exchange Networks

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Journal of World Prehistory

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Correction: Reciprocity, Risk, and Rivalry: Variability in Central East Polynesian Exchange Networks

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Journal of World Prehistory

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

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Environmental Archaeology

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The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of the New Zealand Greenbone Odax pullus

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Tuhinga

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Advances in East Polynesian zooarchaeology: Special Issue introduction, review (2016–2024), and assessment

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Archaeology in Oceania

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Mass capture fishing in the Marquesas Islands

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Archaeology in Oceania

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Niche Construction and Long-Term Trajectories of Food Production

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Journal of Archaeological Research

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Exploratory and integrative study of Māori kurī (Canis familiaris) at the NRD archaeological site in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Journal of Pacific Archaeology

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

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PLOS ONE

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Canine companions or competitors? A multi-proxy analysis of dog-human competition

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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

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Archaeology in Oceania

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Anthropogenic forests, arboriculture, and niche construction in the Marquesas Islands (Polynesia)

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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When less is more: Element selection as sampling strategy in zooarchaeology

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Tattooing tools and the Lapita cultural complex

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Archaeology in Oceania

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Inferring fishing intensity from contemporary and archaeological size-frequency data

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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Tattooing tools and the Lapita cultural complex

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Archaeology in Oceania

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

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Scientific Reports

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Tattooing tools and the Lapita cultural complex

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Archaeology in Oceania

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

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PLoS ONE

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

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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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In surplus and in scarcity: Agricultural development, risk management, and political economy on Ofu Island, American Samoa

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American Antiquity

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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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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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

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Archaeology in Oceania

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Agent-based modelling, molluscan population dynamics, and archaeomalacology

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Quaternary International

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

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Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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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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Radiocarbon

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

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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Starch analysis reveals prehistoric plant translocations and shell tool use, marquesas islands, polynesia

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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The identification of a Marquesan adze in the Cook Islands

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Journal of the Polynesian Society

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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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Journal of Archaeological Science

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High-precision dating of colonization and settlement in East Polynesia

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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

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Holocene

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New pollen, sedimentary, and radiocarbon records from the marquesas islands, east polynesia: Implications for archaeological and palaeoclimate studies

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Holocene

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

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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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Central East Polynesia: An introduction

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Archaeology in Oceania

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Oscillating climate and socio-political process: The case of the Marquesan Chiefdom, Polynesia

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Antiquity

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Polynesian earth ovens and their fuels: Wood charcoal remains from Anaho Valley, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands

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Journal of the Polynesian Society

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The Hakaea Beach site, Marquesan colonisation, and models of East Polynesian settlement

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Archaeology in Oceania

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

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

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Antipodean perspectives on zooarchaeology: Behavioral ecology, taphonomy, and applied research

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Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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Dynamics of polynesian subsistence: Insights from archaeofauna and stable isotope studies, Aitutaki, southern Cook Islands

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Pacific Science

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Morphological variability and temporal patterning in marquesan domestic architecture: Anaho valley in regional context

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Asian Perspectives

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Morphological Variability and Temporal Patterning in Marquesan Domestic Architecture: Anaho Valley in Regional Context

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Asian Perspectives

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Morphological Variability and Temporal Patterning in Marquesan Domestic Architecture: Anaho Valley in Regional Context

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Asian Perspectives

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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

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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New evidence from the east polynesian gateway: Substantive and methodological results from Aitutaki, Southern cook Islands

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Radiocarbon

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Three millennia of human and sea turtle interactions in Remote Oceania

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Coral Reefs

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Taxonomy: Sus bucculentus revisited

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Nature

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New ideas about Late Holocene climate variability in the central Pacific

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Current Anthropology

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

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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A novel application of molecular techniques to Pacific archaeofish remains

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Archaeometry

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Prehistoric settlement at Anaho Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands: Preliminary observations

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Archaeology in Oceania

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Resolving long-term change in Polynesian marine fisheries

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Asian Perspectives

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Traditional Rotuman fishing in temporal and regional context

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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

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Pacific 'babes'<sup>1</sup>: Issues in the origins and dispersal of pacific pigs and the potential of mitochondrial DNA analysis

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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

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Lana'i island's arid lowlands vegetation in late prehistory

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Pacific Science

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Holocene sea-level change on Aitutaki, Cook Islands: Landscape change and human response

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Journal of Coastal Research

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Style and function in East Polynesian fish-hooks

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Antiquity

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The chronology of coastal morphogenesis and human settlement on Aitutaki, southern Cook Islands, Polynesia

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Radiocarbon

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Environmental variability and traditional Hawaiian land use patterns: Manuka's cultural islands in seas of lava

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Asian Perspectives

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A review of archaeobotany and paleoethnobotany in Hawaii.

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Hawaiian Archaeology

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An Analysis of the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Archaeobotanical Assemblage.

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Hybrid Hibiscadelphus (Malvaceae) from Hawaii

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Pacific Science

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Roof rat depredations on Hibiscadelphus (Malvaceae) trees

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Proceedings of the second conference in natural sciences, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

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The impact of the sweet potato on prehistoric Hawaiian cultural development

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Second Conference in Natural Sciences, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

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Hybrid Hibiscadelphus (Malvaceae) from Hawaii

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Phytologia

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