TOWARDS A HISTORY OF PACIFIC PREHISTORY

P UBLICATION DE LA M AISON DES S CIENCES DE L ’H OMME DU P ACIFIQUE TOWARD A HISTORY OF PACIFIC PREHISTORY HISTORIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO FRANCOPHONE ARCHEOLOGIA IN OCEANIA Following the recent development of Pacific archaeology historiog- raphies, this... More

P UBLICATION DE LA M AISON DES S CIENCES DE L ’H OMME DU P ACIFIQUE TOWARD A HISTORY OF PACIFIC PREHISTORY HISTORIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO FRANCOPHONE ARCHEOLOGIA IN OCEANIA Following the recent development of Pacific archaeology historiog- raphies, this volume focuses on the history of francophone archaeology in the Pacific, whether French, Belgian, Swiss or relative to francophone archipelagos TOWARDS A HISTORY OF PACIFIC PREHISTORY in Oceania. Following a workshop organised in Marseille, France, in May 2016, 13 contributions offer here the diverse perspectives of archaeologists, historians, cultural anthropologists, museum curators and writers. The authors consider the epistemology, actors, practices and institutions that contributed to open this new field of research and to position it on the French and international scientific scene. HISTORIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES Various themes are considered, from intellectual history and epistemol- TO FRANCOPHONE ARCHAEOLOGY IN OCEANIA ogy to the Less