My projects on Rapa Nui have been designedto produce archaeological evidence for detailed assessment of prehistoricsubsistence--both faunal and floral dietary remains and subsistence strategies--andethnoarchaeological perspective on resource use, especially fishing, butalso cultivation and animal husbandry. A series of rock sheltersand 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 recoveredand have been analyzed in stages at the University of Oregon archaeologicallaboratories. Small shellfish and fish represent the typicaldietary remains.Recently, Joan Wozniak, a graduate studentat the University of Oregon has conducted field studies of early agriculturaland settlement sites. She is looking mostly at evidence of horticulturalpractices preserved in field systems as well as in plant macrofossil remains. |