| My projects on Rapa Nui have been designed to produce archaeological evidence for detailed assessment of prehistoric subsistence--both faunal and floral dietary remains and subsistence strategies--and ethnoarchaeological perspective on resource use, especially fishing, but also cultivation and animal husbandry. A series of rock shelters and open sites in various locations around the island were excavated. My co-workers in the field studies included Juan Haoa P., Joel Hucke A.,Mario Tuki A. , Ricardo Leon Salazar, Jorge Pakarati, Tita Hito, CraigMcNamara, and Michael Beede. Food remains were carefully recovered and have been analyzed in stages at the University of Oregon archaeological laboratories. Small shellfish and fish represent the typical dietary remains.Recently, Joan Wozniak, a graduate student at the University of Oregon has conducted field studies of early agricultural and settlement sites. She is looking mostly at evidence of horticultural practices preserved in field systems as well as in plant macrofossil remains. |