| Images from the New Caledonia Conference <August 2002> | ||
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conference “Pacific Archaeology: assessments and prospects”,
celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Lapita excavation in 1952
and the career of Pr. Richard Shutler Jr., has taken place a few months
ago now in Koné and Nouméa. It has taken some time for the organizing
team to recover, but the meeting has gone far beyond all that we had
hoped. We would like at the end of this year 2002 to thank all the
people who have taken some time to make this event a success, and all
the participants who have made the effort to come to New Caledonia. The
conference has had a strong impact on the populations of our
archipelago, opening the minds on another way to see the past. As a final remembering of this event, we have decided to put on the Web site that had been put in place by Kevin Kelly and managed by him over the last year, a set of shots from some great moments, from the opening ceremony to the “Lifou death march”. We hope that you will appreciate this selection and that it will give you the stimulus to come to Tonga for the 2005 Conference. Books. During the Conference, two books were presented to Richard Shutler: The first book, entitled “Fifty years in the field. Essays in honour and celebration of Richard Shutler Jr’s archaeological career (S. Bedford, C. Sand and D. Burley eds.)”, New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 25, can be ordered at: New Zealand Archaeological Association Publications, Auckland Museum, Private Bag 92018, Auckland, New Zealand. l.furey@auckland.ac.nz. The second book, in French-English with numerous photos, entitled “Edward W. Gifford and Richard Shutler Jr’s Archaeological Expedition to New Caledonia in 1952 (C. Sand and P.V. Kirch)”, Les Cahiers de l’Archeologie en Nouvelle-Caledonie 13, can be ordered at: New Caledonia Museum, B.P. 2393, 98846 Noumea, New Caledonia. smp@gouv.nc. |
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