Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451076

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451076

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Origin and Development of the Tongan Maritime Empire. This project aims to understand the nature and development of the Tongan maritime empire, the most complex socio-political entity to exist in prehistoric Oceania. Extensive excavations of monumental structures and other sites throughout the central Pacific will create the first cultural sequence of the empire and a comprehensive radiocarbon chronology. The excavations will concentrate on sites of cross-cultural contact between indigenous peoples of the region. In addition traditional and documentary historical records will be reanalysed. A substantial monograph will assess the significance of these new Pacific data in relation to our understanding of maritime empires around the world.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-06-2004

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $365,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Asia, Africa, Oceania And The | Archaeology | Maritime Archaeology | Archaeological Science |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Heritage not elsewhere classified | Global climate change adaptation measures

Other Keywords

Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Asia, Africa, Oceania And The | Global climate change adaptation measures | Heritage not elsewhere classified | Maritime Archaeology | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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