David, Bruno and Lamb, Lara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-4918 and Delannoy, Jean-Jacques and Pivoru, Frank and Rowe, Cassandra and Pivoru, Max and Frank, Tony and Frank, Nick and Fairbairn, Andrew and Pivoru, Ruth
(2012)
Poromoi Tamu and the case of the drowning village: history, lost places and the stories we tell.
International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 16 (2).
pp. 319-345.
ISSN 1092-7697
Abstract
Archaeological excavations at an ancestral village site within rainforest in Papua New Guinea has revealed buried cultural evidence that can be explained in a number of ways. While interpretations based on Western archaeological methods suggest regional landscape dynamics informed by geomorphological processes, Indigenous Rumu oral traditions suggest an interpretation of the site's stratigraphy based on the workings of spiritual forces. The role of story-telling and new information in site interpretation and understanding is explored in light of these different yet complementary accounts.
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