Atholl John Anderson

Ngāi Tahu

Kāti Māmoe

1943 -

Atholl Anderson was born in Hawera and was educated at Otago Boys High School and Nelson College. In 1962 he began tertiary studies at the University of Canterbury, graduating BA and MA(Hons) in Geography, and a Dip. Teaching in 1967 from Christchurch Teachers’ Training College. From 1970-1972 he completed MA(Hons) in Anthropology at the University of Otago before being awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to further his studies at Cambridge University, where he was an Associate of the British Academy Major Research Project into the Early History of Agriculture. In 1974 he was awarded an Anthony Wilkin Studentship at Cambridge University and graduated with a PhD in Archaeology from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1977. Returning to New Zealand, Anderson became Senior Tutor in Anthropology at the University of Auckland, before taking up University of Otago appointments as Assistant Lecturer (1978), Lecturer (1979-83), Senior Lecturer (1984-88), Associate Professor (1989-90), and being awarded a personal chair in Prehistory (1991-93). In 1993-2000, Anderson was Professor of Prehistory at the Research School of Pacific Studies (RSPAS) at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. In 1994-96 he was Foundation Head of the Division of Archaeology and Natural History at RSPAS, and in 1999-2002 was Foundation Director for the Centre for Archaeological Research, ANU. He is currently Professor of Prehistory at the Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies at ANU.

Anderson’s numerous scholarships, fellowships and awards include a Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Senior Research Associate at the Tokyo University Museum and Research Fellow at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1986). Anderson was made a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University (1987) and received the Stephenson Percy Smith Medal for research in Anthropology (1990). He was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1991) and Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1992). He was awarded a Fulbright Visiting Scholarship to Hawaii (1993) and received the Polynesian Society’s Elsdon Best Memorial Medal (1994). In 1996 he was a visiting Fellow at Corpus Christi College,Cambridge University; was appointed Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities; and was a recipient of an exchange scholarship with the Royal Swedish Academy of the Humanities. In 1997 he was awarded a Captain James Cook Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He received a Fellowship of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2002 and was a recipient of the Federation Centenary Medal of Australia for services to archaeology in 2003. In 2002 Anderson was awarded an Sc.D from the University of Cambridge. In 2005 he was a Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Britain and in 2006 he was admitted as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Along with his academic teaching positions, Anderson has held many administrative positions at the University of Otago during his tenure there, and also at the Australian National University. He had an active involvement with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and was on the Board of Trustees from 1984-88. He has been a member of the International Council for Archaeology from 1978-2006, and associated with the Royal Society of New Zealand, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, New Zealand Archaeological Association and the Otago Anthropological Association.

From 1987-89 Anderson was an expert witness for claimants before the Waitangi Tribunal (Wai-27) on the Otakou claim and Mahinga Kai (Traditional economies) claim and in 1989 he was a consultant on prehistoric Māori fishing for the New Zealand Māori Council. He was a Māori Observer on the Otago Museum Board from 1988-1990, expert witness for Historic Places Trust in the Waipoua claim before the Waitangi Tribunal and expert witness for the Tranzrail hearings on Kaparatehau in 1997.

He is a member of several committees of Te Runanganui o Tahu and Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board: Ko Iwi Tangata (1990-1993), and Komiti Tuku Iho (1991-1997). He was academic adviser to the South Island Māori Rock Art Project (1993-1997) and from 1982-1993 was a member of the Otakou Māori Committee. Anderson is a member of Te Runanga Otakou.

Anderson has written a large number of publications, academic papers, articles and reports which have been published in many academic journals and publications. He has written some 25 book reviews in journals including Antiquity, Journal of the Polynesian Society, Archaeology in Oceania, The Contemporary Pacific, Journal of Pacific History, and Australian Journal of History. He has been on the Editorial Boards or committees of Mankind (1984-1986), Archaeology in Oceania (1988-1993), Journal of Anthropological Science (Tokyo 1992-2003), Archaeofauna (1996-2003), Tor (1996-1997), International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (London 1998-2003), ANH Publications (Canberra 1993-2002), and Cultural Landscapes (Adelaide 2006).

"In 2015 Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History which he co-authored with the late-Dame Judith Binney and Dr Aroha Harris, was named one of five titles shortlisted for the 2015 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize and for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in 2016."



Biographical sources

  • Correspondence from Atholl Anderson, 5 Nov. 1992, 14 July 1998, 17 March 2004 and 15 Sept. 2006.
  • http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/writers/atholl-anderson/ 7 September 2016

    Non-fiction

  • "Evidence Relating To The Waipoua Archaeological Project." N. Z. Historic Places Trust in Te Roroa Hearing by Waitangi Tribunal.
  • "Radiocarbon Dates for the Wairarapa - IV." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 15.4 (Dec. 1972): 164-165.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and N. J. Prickett.
  • "Archaeology of Mapoutahi Pa, Otago." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 16.3 (Aug. 1973): 107-118.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and D. G. Sutton.
  • "A Critical Evaluation Of The Methodology Of Midden Sampling." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 16.3 (Aug. 1973): 119-127.
  • Anderson writes a critique on the shortcomings of the cluster, random and column sampling methods in the excavation of middens. He advocates instead two alternatives: ‘to totally excavate sites, [which he believes impractical because of the size of some middens] or to sample them by excavating in plan, in areas chosen by the archaeologist according to his research objectives: understanding in both cases that the material excavated should be analysed in full.’ Anderson concludes that there is a need ‘to excavate on the basis of research objectives rather than chance, and to restrict interpretations, in the main, to the results of a full and careful analysis of everything excavated.’
  • "The Conchiolin Dating Method." New Zealand Journal of Science 16.3 (June 1973): 553-558.
  • Anderson discusses the conchiolin method of relative dating devised by Schoute-Vanneck in 1960, noting some of the drawbacks of Schoute-Vanneck’s particular method and proposing refinements of the method to increase the accuracy of the determination. Anderson writes that in the adoption of these refinements ‘the method has shown that it is capable of producing sufficiently precise results within 48 hours to enable archaeologists in the field to sort out the temporal succession of remains separated in space.’
  • "The Transformation from an Estuarine to Lacustrine Environment in the Lower Wairarapa." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4.3 (Sept. 1974): 267-275.
  • Co-authors B. F. Leach and A. J. Anderson.
  • "The Role of a Competition Model in the Archaeological Explanation of Economic Change." Social Organisation and Settlement: Contributions from Anthropology, Archaeology and Geography. Ed. D. Green, C. Hazelgrove and M. Spriggs. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, International Series 47 (1978): 31-45.
  • Anderson states that ‘[t]he argument put together in this paper, with reference to change in a hunter-gatherer economy, is that the process of competition translates adjustments in the resource, technology or population variables of any economy, into population pressure which is unpredictable both in terms of the frequency or severity of its effects. Consequently, it can nullify the potential long-term stability which the organisation of hunting-gathering economies would otherwise confer.’ He adds that ‘[a]s yet there are few archaeological case studies which can be used to test the value of such a model but that it, or some similar interactive explanation, seems to be required in economic archaeology is plain both from the nature of the theoretical framework we now work within and the experiences of anthropologists and cultural geographers grappling with similar problems.’
  • "The Prehistoric Sources of Palliser Bay Obsidian." Journal of Archaeological Science 5 (1978): 301-307.
  • Co-authors B. F. Leach and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Archaeological Explorations on ‘Ata Island, Tonga." In ‘Lau-Tonga 1977.’ Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 17 (Dec. 1978): 1-21.
  • One of a series of reports from the Royal Society of New Zealand Expedition to the Lau Islands of Fiji and some of the Tonga Island in June-July 1977. Anderson presents a survey of the small Tongan island of ‘Ata and provides results of trial excavations. His ‘tentative’ conclusions after examining artefacts, midden and settlement patterns are that ‘‘Ata was first settled late in Tongan prehistory, that the main settlement area is probably protohistoric in age, and that the community was isolated, dependent upon gardening, and unable to exploit fully the surrounding marine resources.’
  • "Skinner, Henry Devenish 1886-1978." ibid. 479-480.
  • "A Site Survey Of The North Otago Coast From The Waitaki River Mouth To Warrington." Report to N. Z. Historic Places Trust, 1978.
  • Birds Of A Feather: Osteological And Archaeological Papers From The South Pacific In Honour Of R. J. Scarlett. Ed. Atholl Anderson. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports International Series 62, 1979. i-v. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 11.
  • A collection of seventeen archaeological papers written in honour of Ronald Jack Scarlett - Osteologist at the Canterbury Museum for many years.
  • "Prehistoric Exploitation of Marine Resources at Black Rocks Point, Palliser Bay." Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay. National Museum Bulletin. Ed. B. F. Leach and H. M. Leach. 21 (1979): 49-65.
  • A report of research by Anderson conducted in 1971-72 in which he examined the prehistoric marine-resource exploitation at Black Rocks Point, Palliser Bay.
  • "Prehistoric Exploitation of Crayfish in New Zealand." Birds of a Feather: Osteological and archaeological papers from the South Pacific in honour of R. J. Scarlett. Ed. Atholl Anderson. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports International Series 62, 1979. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 11. 141-161.
  • Co-authors B. Foss Leach and A. J. Anderson.
  • "The Role of Labrid Fish in Prehistoric Economies in New Zealand." Journal of Archaeological Science 6 (1979): 1-15.
  • Co-authors B. F. Leach and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Excavations At The Hawksburn Moa-Hunting Site: An Interim Report." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 22.2 (June 1979): 48-59.
  • This records the initial results of fieldwork at Hawksburn, Central Otago, in January and February 1979, which follows earlier excavations by the Otago Museum in 1954 and 1955, and further research in 1978 by G. E. Hamel. Anderson concludes that the area is an archaic camp site established primarily for the purpose of moa hunting.
  • "The 1978 Raoul Island Archaeological Expedition: An Interim Report." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 22.2 (June 1979): 76-82.
  • Anderson notes that although the Kermadec Islands have drawn interest for their scientific attractions, Raoul Island was one of the few remaining Polynesian archipelagoes still to be excavated by archaeologists. Anderson records the results of an archaeological survey of the island in 1978 and observes that evidence was discovered at Low Flat that would indicate prehistoric settlement.
  • "Excavations at the Archaic Site at Waianakarua Mouth, North Otago." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 22.4 (Dec. 1979): 156-162.
  • Anderson discusses an excavation on a number of trial squares on the south bank of the Waianakarua estuary in February 1978, and concludes that this site on the river mouth ‘was probably a temporary and single phase settlement [which]....exhibits the spatial separation of activity areas common in South Island Archaic sites of this kind’.
  • "Towards an Explanation of Protohistoric Social Organisation and Settlement Patterns Amongst the Southern Ngāi Tahu." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 2 (1980): 3-23.
  • Anderson writes in his Abstract that this paper examines ‘the protohistoric social organisation and relevant settlement patterns of the Ngāi Tahu people living south of Lake Ellesmere (South Island). Drawing on a detailed case study of the Waitaki and Waiateruati (Temuka) districts and upon evidence from the southern South Island as a whole, it examines two closely related issues disclosed by the historical data. One is the interpretation of hapu ascriptions and the significance of widely spread hapu names, and the other is the evidence of social stratification and exchange.’ Anderson propounds a hypothesis arguing that ‘the protohistoric Ngāi Tahu lived in a tribal chiefdom which was maintained by the reciprocal manipulation of wealth and prestige arising from specialised exploitation of Foveaux Strait muttonbirds.’
  • "The Re-Discovery Of A Moa-Hunting Site In The Old Man Range." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 23.3 (Sept. 1980): 169-172.
  • Anderson writes of an excursion by archaeologists in January 1980 to find the moa-hunting sites recorded by Augustus Hamilton in 1894 in the Old Man Range in northern Southland. After lengthy searching a moa-hunting site was discovered and Anderson writes that a ‘tentative’ interpretation of the evidence found at the site would suggest that it was ‘a stopping place for people who had been hunting in the Old Man Range, perhaps from base camps at Hawksburn or Schoolhouse Creek’.
  • "The Archaeology of Raoul Island (Kermadecs) and its Place in the Settlement History of Polynesia." Archaeology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania 15.3 (Oct. 1980): 131-141.
  • This is a comprehensive report of the archaeology of Raoul Island in which the results and analysis of previously reported archaeological material and that of Anderson’s 1978 archaeological expedition to Raoul Island are recorded. This paper updates and expands Anderson’s preliminary report published in June 1979.
  • "The Archaeology Of Moa Hunting In Southern New Zealand." Calgary Archaeologist 8/9 (1980-81): 8-10.
  • An overview of moa hunting in the east coastline and interior range of New Zealand’s South Island with a discussion of moa hunting techniques and explanations for the moa’s ultimate extinction.
  • "A Survey Of Historic Sites At Aramoana, Otago Harbour." Report to N. Z. Historic Places Trust, 1980.
  • "Economic Change and the Prehistoric Fur Trade in Northern Sweden: The Relevance of a Canadian model." Norwegian Archaeological Review 14.1 (1981): 1-38.
  • Anderson writes in his abstract: ‘A model of the effect of fur trading upon boreal forest subsistence economies, drawn from the history of the Canadian fur trade, is examined in relation to the archaeological evidence of economic change in the interior of northern Sweden. It is concluded that the similarity of patterns is sufficiently marked to assume that a significant fur trade did exist. Some suggestions about how the particular economic changes may have been prompted by fur trading are offered.’
  • "A Fourteenth-Century Fishing Camp At Purakanui Inlet, Otago." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 11.3 (1981): 201-221.
  • Anderson provides a detailed analysis of excavations conducted at Purakanui Inlet (S164/18) after rapid erosion of the northern part of the channel edge was discovered in 1978. He concludes that the northern area of site S164/18 was a ‘specialised fishing camp for the catching and processing of red cod and barracouta’, the stratigraphic and faunal evidence suggesting ‘three short and probably seasonal occupations within the space of a few years’ dating to the later fourteenth century. The significance of these discoveries is that ‘[s]pecialised fishing sites have not been previously recorded for the Archaic phase of Otago’.
  • "A Model of Prehistoric Collecting on the Rocky Shore." Journal of Archaeological Science 8 (1981): 109-120.
  • Anderson writes in his abstract that ‘[s]elective resource exploitation patterns in prehistory are often explained in terms of cultural preference, but this paper argues that non-cultural explanation based upon zoological models of consumer choice may be equally valid. A model of shellfishing behaviour concerning the relationship of abundance and yield is developed and used to predict that rocky shore collectors should ignore all factors other than the individual size of shellfish and that, in doing so, they would become progressively selective in their collecting patterns.’
  • "Pre-European Hunting Dogs in the South Island, New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 3 (1981): 15-20.
  • "The Value Of High-Latitude Models In South Pacific Archaeology: A Critique." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 3 (1981): 143-160.
  • "The Archaeology Of Raoul Island (Kermadecs) And Its Place In The Settlement History Of Polynesia." Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania 15 (1981): 131-141.
  • Anderson presents the results and analysis of previously reported archaeological material of an archaeological expedition he conducted of Raoul Island in 1978. In his conclusion Anderson surmises that there may have been two periods of occupation of Raoul Island with the first occupation being of people from central east Polynesia in the 10th century.
  • "Excavations At The Dart Bridge Site, Upper Wakatipu Region." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 24.1 (Mar. 1981): 6-9.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and Neville Ritchie.
  • "Radiocarbon Dates For Archaic Sites At Purakanui And Hawksburn, Otago." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 24.1 (Mar. 1981): 63-64.
  • Anderson records a list of the radiocarbon dates devised by The Institute of Nuclear Science in Lower Hutt, from ‘large pieces of Coprosma sp. (60%) and Podocarpus totara/hallii (40%) from Purakanui (S164/18), and from Coprosma sp., Olearia sp., Hebe and Phyllocladus from umu at Hawksburn (S133/5)’.
  • "Archaeological Sites at Aramoana, Otago Harbour." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 24.2 (June 1981): 92-97.
  • Anderson discusses seven different sites surveyed at Aramoana in November 1980 - the area selected for the proposed aluminium smelter.
  • "A Lure Hook Shank From Shag River Mouth, Otago." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 24.4 (Dec. 1981): 280-282.
  • A short description of a stone minnow lure hook shank discovered on the sand near the Shag River Mouth in 1981. Anderson compares this shank with nine other shanks found at the Shag Mouth and housed in the Otago Museum collection.
  • "Report On Archaeological Remains With Respect To Proposed Upgrading Of The Lower Harbour Road." Report to Johnson, Hatfield and Anderson, Consulting Engineers, 1981
  • "Historical Sites At Aramoana And Lower Harbour Threatened By Industrial Development." Report to Otago Māori Executive Committee and Royal Society of New Zealand, Otago, 1981.
  • "West Coast, South Island." The First Thousand Years: Regional Perspectives in New Zealand Archaeology. Ed. Nigel Prickett. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1982. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 12. 103-112.
  • Anderson writes of the archaeological research conducted along the West Coast, noting that the only comprehensive excavations were carried out in the period between 1962-1970 and were few in number. Anderson discusses the excavations at two Archaic sites at the Heaphy and Buller River mouths, and also comments on two other sites from the Classic phases at the mouth of Fox/Potikohua River and at Serendipity Cave, at Jacksons Bay. Because of the small amount of archaeological evidence, Anderson draws on local Māori knowledge and the accounts of the 19th century explorers, to discuss the different settlement patterns in the region and assesses some of the explanations for these differences.
  • "North and Central Otago." The First Thousand Years: Regional Perspectives In New Zealand Archaeology. Ed. Nigel Prickett. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1982. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 12. Ed. 112-123.
  • Anderson writes that ‘systematic archaeological research’ began properly in this region in the 1950s, despite earlier discoveries associated with moa hunting, in the 19th century. Anderson presents a study of the material culture of Otago with its preponderance of portable artefacts as opposed to the few signs of structural evidence. He examines the Archaic settlement patterns in Otago and looks into explanations for the apparent ‘sudden appearance’ of Classic culture in Otago as determined by eight sites in Otago.
  • "Central Norrland." Early European Agriculture: Its Foundation And Development. Ed. M. R. Jarman, G. N. Bailey and H. N. Jarman. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1982. 114-120.
  • Anderson provides a descriptive analysis of the Central Norrland area of Sweden noting its poor plant resources and dominance of animal resources, particularly the elk. He discusses the two main categories of archaeological sites: the boplatser (settlement sites) which are ‘poorly stratified or unstratified scatters of stone and bone fragments’ and number approximately 1200, and fangstgrop (trapping pits) which number over 10,000. Anderson writes of the subsistence in the region, noting that there is much evidence to support the premise of an economy based upon elk. He reports on territorial analysis conducted on thirty-seven sites, writes of annual territories and economic niches and concludes with long-term perspectives of the region.
  • "Barracouta Fishing In Prehistoric And Early Historic New Zealand." Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes 72-73 (1982): 145-158.
  • Anderson writes of the traditional Māori methods of fishing New Zealand barracouta/mangā, and discusses the fishing and preservation techniques, evolution of the fishing lures, hooks and rods, and the importance of barracouda in the South Island traditional food economies.
  • "A Review Of Economic Patterns During The Archaic Phase In Southern New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 4 (1982): 45-75.
  • "Māori Settlement In The Interior Of Southern New Zealand From The Early 18th To The Late 19th Centuries A.D." Journal of the Polynesian Society 91.1 (Mar. 1982): 53-80.
  • In this paper Anderson discusses the history and nature of Māori settlement in the 40,000 square kilometre area of land in the interior of the southern South Island by examining four different sources of information: ‘traditional accounts, the recollection of Māori informants, European observations and archaeological data.’
  • "Habitat Preferences Of Moa In Central Otago, A.D.1000-1500, According To Palaeobotanical And Archaeological Evidence." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12.3 (1982): 321-336.
  • In this comprehensive study on the habitat of the moa in central Otago, Anderson discusses historical and recent observations of vegetation patterns in the region, examines fossil forest remnants and pollen, and considers palaeobotanical evidence from archaeological sites. He then looks in detail at natural moa bone deposits and conducts an examination of 67 central Otago sites that have had possible moa hunting connections. Anderson concludes that ‘[t]he prime moa habitat seems to have been at or near the base of the ranges along permanent watercourses, usually in shady situations such as gorges or gullies open to the south, where dense mixed shrubland was the predominant vegetation but where remnant forest patches or forest fringe lay in close proximity.’
  • "Further Comment And Reply To Selinge." Norwegian Archaeological Review 15.1-2 (1982): 124-125.
  • A response to Klas-Goran Selinge’s comments on Anderson’s "Economic change and the prehistoric fur trade in northern Sweden: the relevance of a Canadian model." Norwegian Archaeological Review 14 (1981): 1-38.
  • "Comment On Convergent Cultural Adaptation In The Subantarctic Zone." Current Anthropology: A World Journal of the Sciences of Man 23.1 (Feb. 1982): 87.
  • A discussion of Douglas G. Sutton’s paper "Towards the Recognition of Convergent Cultural Adaptation in the Subantarctic Zone."
  • "The Otokia Mouth Site At Brighton Beach, Otago." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 25.1 (Mar. 1982): 47-52.
  • Anderson discusses the history of excavations at the Otokia mouth site which were begun in 1879 by Julius von Haast and R. Gillies, and continued in 1950 by Skinner and Adam, and in 1955 by Scott, Lockerbie and Collett. Anderson lists the faunal material collected in the 1950s excavations and adds a list of fauna gathered by himself, during a surface collection at the site in August 1981. He observes in conclusion that the site ‘appears to have been an adze preform manufactory utilising beach boulders of local basalt....On the evidence of the avifauna and the imported adzes, occupation during the Archaic phase, and possibly quite early during it, may be suggested.’
  • When All the Moa Ovens Grew Cold: Nine Centuries of Changing Fortune for the southern Māoris. Dunedin, N.Z.: Otago Heritage Books, 1983. Rpt. in 1985.
  • A detailed archaeological study of the southern New Zealand Māori in three sections: the Early Period: AD 900-1350, the Middle Period: AD 1350-1550, and the Late Period: AD 1550-1800.
  • Salvage at Mapoutahi Pa, Otago. Atholl Anderson. [Dunedin, N.Z.]: University of Otago, Anthropology Department Working Papers: Number 1. Report to Lands and Survey Department, 1983
  • A report of salvage work conducted by Anderson at Mapoutahi Pa, 22 km north-east of Dunedin, N.Z., which suffered damage due to a slip during the winter 1983. Anderson provides a detailed account of the salvage project and excavation work discussing the stratigraphy, artefactual remains which he divides into ‘pre-European stone artefacts, pre-European bone artefacts and post-European artefacts’, and the faunal remains. He writes seven conclusions from his excavation work and makes five recommendations to the Lands and Survey Department.
  • Faunal Depletion And Subsistence Change In The Early Prehistory Of Southern New Zealand. Photocopy to accompany lectures presented by W Sax to RELS 103 Archaeologica Oceania 18 (1983): 1-10.
  • "Māori Wooden Bowls From Central Otago." A Lot Of Spadework To Be Done: Essays In Honour of Lady Aileen Fox by her New Zealand Friends. Ed. Susan E. Bulmer, R. Garry Law and Douglas G. Sutton. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph No. 14. 1983. 129-142.
  • In this series of papers written in honour of Lady Aileen Fox, Anderson contributes an essay on Māori wooden bowls found predominantly in the eastern hill country of central Otago. Anderson gives a detailed description of six bowls held in the Otago Museum, discusses issues of dating, material used and the manufacture of the bowls. Anderson notes that while A. G. Stevenson has proposed in his study of Māori wooden bowls that there are five types or ‘series’ of bowls, the Otago bowls do not comply with Stevenson’s typology. In conclusion Anderson considers the function of the bowls and the unique features of the Otago bowls.
  • "Moa-Hunting In The High Country Of Southern New Zealand." Animals and Archaeology. British Archaeological Reports (Oxford), International Series 83. Ed. J. Clutton-Brock and C. Grigson. 2 (1983): 33-52.
  • Anderson reports on ‘recent investigations of moa hunting sites in the high country of New Zealand’ from 1979-1981 and discusses the habitats, behaviour, seasonality, and mobility of high country moa. Anderson goes on to comment on moa hunting in the high country and gives a detailed account of the three types of moa hunting site: rockshelters, small open sites and large open sites which Anderson divides into two groups - the first two being part of hunting camps and the latter a base camp. Anderson illustrates aspects of the base camp by citing evidence taken from the Hawksburn camp.
  • "Faunal Depletion and Subsistence Change in the Early Prehistory of Southern New Zealand." Archaeology in Oceania 18.1 (Apr. 1983): 1-10.
  • This paper, looking at explanations for subsistence change in Southern New Zealand in terms of the shift from exploitation of moa and seals to fish and shellfish, propounds that the ‘depletion of the larger species of terrestrial and maritime game’ was pivotal to this change. Anderson states that the major thrust of this essay is an examination of ‘the nature and timing of the faunal depletion and the hypotheses of habitat deterioration and human predation which can be advanced to explain it.’
  • "Analysis Of Fish Remains From Southern Fiordland And Stewart Island." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 26.4 (Dec. 1983): 264-270.
  • Report of Anderson’s research into collected samples of fish remains from middens at Kelly’s Beach in January 1983 and in April 1983 when he travelled with Fiordland National Park staff around the south coast and examined various sites.
  • "Excavations at Mapoutahi Pa, Otago." Anthropology Department Working Papers 1, 1983. No further details.
  • "Salvage at Mapoutahi Pa, Otago." Report to Lands and Survey Department, 1983.
  • "Preliminary Report On Test Excavations At A Newly Discovered Moahunting Site At Coal Creek, Central Otago." New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 27.3 (Sept. 1984): 174-180.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and Neville Ritchie.
  • "The Extinction of Moa in Southern New Zealand." Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution. Ed. Paul S. Martin and Richard G. Klein. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1984. 728-740.
  • An examination of the Moa ecology in Southern New Zealand and an assessment of the nature and time span of moa hunting which Anderson contends began with the earliest arrival of the Māori and possibly continued in the western interior up to 300 or 200 B.P. Anderson discusses the various possible causes of the extinction of moa such as ‘gross climatic changes’ or ‘extinction due to evolutionary age’ but concludes that it was a result of cultural factors. He writes that in southern New Zealand ‘moa hunting entered an intensive and overexploitive phase about a century after the arrival of the Māori, and it was accompanied by rapid human population growth.’ He adds that ‘[w]ithin several centuries forest burning had become sufficiently widespread to accelerate the decline of the moa, which by 500 to 400 B.P. had become so scarce as to no longer be systematically hunted.’
  • The Register of Archaeological Sites in Otago. Prepared for the N. Z. Historic Places Trust, 1984.
  • "The Scandinavian Colonisation Of The North Swedish Interior, 500-1500 A.D." Comparative Studies in the Archaeology of Colonialism. Ed. Stephen Dyson. BAR [British Archaeological Reports] International Series 233 (Oxford, England) (1985): 38-52.
  • Anderson explores the colonisation of the northern part of Sweden called Norrland in the period between 500-1500 AD, and examines the reasons for the population growth and partial decline.
  • Archaeological Remains of Middens: The Past At Our Feet: 3. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Historic Places Trust, 1982. Revised and reprinted March 1986.
  • An information pamphlet on middens with detailed photographs and text by Anderson discussing the evidence which can be deduced from middens under the following headings: ‘Normal domestic activities’, ‘Dating the occupation of past settlements’, ‘Examining how people in the past made a living’, and ‘Past Environments’. He concludes by describing four types of midden: shell middens, bone and shell middens, bone middens, and historic middens, and provides further reading material on the subject.
  • Traditional Fishing in the Pacific: Ethnographical and Archaeological Papers from the 15th Pacific Science Congress. Ed. Atholl Anderson. With contributions by H. J. Hall [et al]. Honolulu, HI: Dept. of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1986. Pacific Anthropological Records No. 37 March 1986.
  • This publication edited by Anderson is composed of thirteen reports by different authors on the theme of fishing in various places and times in the western Pacific Ocean. The first nine reports focus on fishing in the tropical Pacific and the latter four reports look at fishing in the temperate Pacific. Anderson provides an Introduction and a report in the second part entitled: ‘Mahinga Ika o Te Moana: Selection in the Pre-European Fish Catch of Southern New Zealand.’
  • Te Puoho’s Last Raid: The March From Golden Bay To Southland In 1836 And Defeat At Tuturau. Foreword by Angus Ross. Dunedin, N.Z.: Otago Heritage Books, 1986.
  • Introduction. Traditional Fishing in the Pacific: Ethnographical and Archaeological Papers from the 15th Pacific Science Congress. Ed. Atholl Anderson. With contributions by H. J. Hall et al. Honolulu, HI: Dept. of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, c.1986. Pacific Anthropological Records No. 37, March 1986. ix-xi.
  • Anderson notes that most of the thirteen reports in this publication emerged from the symposium on pre-European and traditional fishing and shellfishing in the Pacific at the 15th Pacific Science Congress held in Dunedin, N.Z., February 1983. He observes that the primary theme of the reports is that of cultural adaptation and that within the anthropology of tropical fishing three noteworthy issues emerged: ‘the heavy dependence upon inshore fish populations, and the corresponding quantitative unimportance of offshore fishing for schooling...and the popular appeal of the trolling outrigger as a leitmotif of Pacific fishing,’ the variety of equipment and techniques utilised to catch tropical fish, and the difficulty in finding explanations for the variations of change in fishing techniques and catches in different areas. In the second part of the publication, dealing with fishing in the temperate Pacific, Anderson writes that ‘questions of seasonality in exploitation strategies (Till and Blattner), the influence of difficult weather and sea conditions, or of limited labor (Anderson, Nichol), and of the consequences of specialised angling for a small range of generally offshore species (Anderson, Akazawa) are typical issues.’
  • "Mahinga Ika o Te Moana: Selection In The Pre-European Fish Catch Of Southern New Zealand." Traditional Fishing in the Pacific: Ethnographical and Archaeological Papers from the 15th Pacific Science Congress. Ed. Atholl Anderson. With contributions by H. J. Hall et al. Honolulu, HI: Dept. of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, c.1986. Pacific Anthropological Records No. 37, March 1986. 151-165.
  • Anderson examines why ‘some common inshore fish species [are] scarcely represented or absent in the bone collections’ of pre-European fish catch along the coast of southern New Zealand and why ‘species from shallow, rocky shore habitats [are] more prominent in south coast than east coast sites’. Anderson concludes that ‘selection in the fish catch of southern New Zealand owed a great deal to constraints upon technology imposed by insufficient labor.’ In respect to the variation between the south coast and east coast sites, Anderson proposes that ‘the south coast emphasis upon inshore fishing was caused by watercraft being unsuitable to the prevailing weather and sea conditions offshore.’
  • "The Māori in Fiordland." Mountains Of Water: The Story Of Fiordland National Park. Ed. C. McMillan and B. Turner. Wellington, N.Z.: Lands and Survey Department, 1986. 82-85.
  • "Pavements, Pounamu and Ti: the Dart Bridge Site, Western Otago." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 8 (1986): 115-141.
  • "The Origin Of Prehistoric Obsidian Artefacts From The Chathams And Kermadec Islands." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 8 (1986): 143-170.
  • Co-authors B. F. Leach, A. J. Anderson, D. Sutton, R. Bird, P. Duerden and E. Clayton.
  • "‘Makeshift Structures Of Little Importance’: A Reconsideration Of Māori Round Huts." Journal of the Polynesian Society 95.1 (Mar. 1986): 91-114.
  • Anderson writes that ‘[t]he purpose of this paper is to consider the broader range of ethnographic and archaeological data concerning round huts and houses than has been attempted hitherto, in order to argue that these structures may have been considerably more significant in pre-European New Zealand than current opinions allow.’ Anderson notes some of the early and recent archaeological interest in round huts, discusses some of the problems in identifying dwelling types, and briefly examines research of round huts located in other nations. He concludes by looking at further ethnographic data of round houses in New Zealand and observes that ‘the whole field of traditional Māori dwellings is due for critical review.’
  • From The Beginning: The Archaeology Of The Māori. Ed. John Wilson, Māori consultant, Tipene O’Regan, archaeology consultant Atholl Anderson. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin, in association with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, 1987.
  • A publication of twelve chapters by different writers, which editor John Wilson states is ‘about how people lived in New Zealand in the millennium between the first Polynesian arrivals and the beginning of European settlement.... The book’s main aim is to present the actual findings of archaeologists, but this additional information about how they reached their conclusions should correct some prevalent misconceptions about how archaeologists work and what they are mainly concerned with’.
  • "Food from Forest and Coast: Hunting and Fishing." From the Beginning: The Archaeology of the Māori. Ed. John Wilson. Wellington, N.Z.: Penguin in association with New Zealand Historic Places Trust, 1987. 73-84.
  • An essay on the hunting and fishing of the pre-European Māori in which Anderson notes the most frequently sought food and the important sources of protein, and he discusses the geographical variations and changes of diet over the course of time.
  • "Supertramp Science: Some Thoughts On Archaeometry And Archaeology In Oceania." Archaeometry: Further Australasian Studies. Ed. W. R. Ambrose and J. M. J. Mummery. Canberra, Austral.: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1987. 3-18.
  • In this paper Anderson states that he has discussed ‘two problems in the relationship between archaeometry and archaeology; that the contribution of the former to archaeological interpretation stops short of its potential value, and that some vital archaeological questions are inappropriately addressed to archaeometry.’ He concludes that the ‘single obstacle’ to progress is that ‘in the absence of a stabilising core of theory, archaeologists have adopted the supertramp strategy (Diamond 1977); rapidly colonising each newly-attractive methodological patch, spawning a quick breed of cryptic offspring and moving on.’ He argues for the creation of ‘archaeological method from archaeometry.’
  • "The First-Recorded Name For Moa." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 17.4 (Dec. 1987): 421-422.
  • A brief commentary on the origin of the term ‘Movie’ which Anderson writes ‘bears the apparent distinction of being the earliest-recorded name for moa (Dinornithidae)’. In his research Anderson discovered that ‘a Movie’ was used by a Poverty Bay trader J. W. Harris when he wrote to Dr J. Rule in February 1837 with an enclosed bone fragment. Harris asserted that ‘A Movie’ was the Māori name for an extinct native eagle but Anderson contends that it was more likely that Harris was referring to a form of ‘Te Ika a Maui’ and that ‘a Movie’ was ‘not a genuine name for moa or any other extinct bird.’
  • "Recent Developments In Japanese Prehistory: A Review." Antiquity 61.232 (July 1987): 270-281.
  • Anderson discusses Japanese archaeology, refers to R. J. Pearson’s Windows on the Japanese Past and looks in detail at chronology, the Early Palaeolithic, Japanese racial origins, origins of agriculture, early ceramics, early watercraft, and origin of tumuli.
  • "Archaeological and Historical Evidence of Māori Fishing in the South Island." Report to Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board, 1987.
  • "Historical Evidence of Settlement in the Otago Block." Report to Te Runanga Otakou, 1987.
  • "Māori Settlement of the South Island Interior." Report to Ngāi Tahu Māori Trusts Board, 1987.
  • "Return Voyaging From New Zealand To East Polynesia." First International Congress, Easter Island and East Polynesia. Ed. C. Cristino, P. Vargas, R. Izaurieta and R. Budd. Vol. 1: Archaeology Universidad de Chile, 1988. 13-23.
  • Co-authors A. J Anderson and B. McFadgen.
  • "The Art Of Concealment: Māori Rock Art In The South Island." Ka Tuhituhi o Nehera. Wellington, N.Z.: National Museum Publication, 1988. 4-8.
  • "Coastal Subsistence Economies In Prehistoric Coastal New Zealand." The Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence Economies in Coastal Environments. Ed. G. N. Bailey and J. E. Parkington. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1988. 93-101.
  • In this paper Anderson writes: ‘Following a review of the coastal food resources available to the southern Māori and of archaeological evidence of the utilisation of these, two aspects of coastal subsistence economies are discussed: the evidence of seasonal settlement patterns and the causes of degeneration in the resource environment during the prehistoric era.’
  • "Moa Extinctions In Southern New Zealand: A Reply To Sutton." Archaeology in Oceania 23.2 (July 1988): 78-79.
  • Anderson refutes three assertions made by D. G. Sutton in his review of Anderson’s paper ‘The extinction of moa in southern New Zealand’ in Quaternary Extinctions (1984): 728-740, concerning Anderson’s estimate of the number of moa, date of first colonisation as an agent of change, and the agents responsible for the extinction of the moa.
  • "Prehistoric Fowling In The Nothofagus Forest Of Southern New Zealand." Archaeozoologia: Revue Internationale d’Archeologie II.1/2 (1988): 201-207.
  • Anderson writes: ‘This paper describes the faunal remains and their implications arising from recent excavations of rock shelter sites on Lee Island in Lake Te Anau, which lies at the heart of the Nothofagus forest in southern New Zealand.’
  • Wahi Mahinga Kai o Ngāi Tahu. Waitangi Tribunal evidence for claimants: Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board, 1988.
  • Prodigious Birds: Moas And Moa-Hunting In Prehistoric New Zealand. Cambridge, England: Cambridge UP, 1989.
  • Towards 1990: Seven Leading Historians Examine Significant Aspects of New Zealand History. Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, David Hamer, Raewyn Dalziel, Erik Olssen, W. H. Oliver and Jock Phillips. Ed. David Green. [Wellington, N.Z.?]: The Government Printing Office, 1989.
  • In his Foreword Michael Bassett, as Minister of Internal Affairs, writes that the 1990 Commission compiled a list of significant New Zealand anniversaries to be celebrated in 1990 and states that ‘[a]s a contribution to 1990 the Historical Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs invited seven of New Zealand’s leading historians to speak to Members of Parliament and special guests on the significance of these events in the light of modern historical scholarship.’ Essays include Atholl Anderson’s "The Last Archipelago: 1000 years of Māori settlement in New Zealand", Judith Binney’s "The Māori and the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi", and other chapters entitled "150 years of Auckland, N.Z. and Wellington Cities", by David Hamer, "Towards Representative Democracy: 100 years of the Modern Electoral System", by Raewyn Dalziel, "100 Years of the Union Movement", by Erik Olssen, "100 Years of the Welfare State?" by W. H. Oliver and "75 Years since Gallipoli" by Jock Phillips.
  • "A Diary Discovered: Bayard Booth on the Shag Mouth Moa-hunting Site." Saying So Doesn’t Make It So: Papers in Honour of B. Foss Leach. Ed. Douglas G. Sutton. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 17 (1989): 64-75.
  • Anderson reproduces a full transcript of the field diary of Bayard Samuel Booth (1818-1888). Booth, under the employment of Frederick Hutton, Director of the Otago Museum, conducted the first extensive excavations at Shag Mouth, east Otago, in 1875. In April 1875 Booth sent ten boxes of samples and his diary to Hutton and Hutton later used sections of the diary to refute Julius von Haast’s ‘interpretation’ of the site.
  • "Mechanics of Overkill in the Extinction of New Zealand Moas." Journal of Archaeological Science 16 (1989): 137-151.
  • In this study of the prehistoric extinction of moas (Dinornithiformes) Anderson states that ‘[o]verkill is the preferred hypothesis’ and he focuses on two aspects of this hypothesis: ‘the structure of the radiocarbon chronology and quantification of over-exploitation of moa populations.’ He notes the overkill models and predator-prey relationships, and discusses the moa population density, the size of the consumer population at the height of the hunting era, the culling and consumption rates in his analysis of the quantification of overkill. Anderson concludes that ‘overkill probably did occur, on both islands, but as the result of different factors.’ He explains that ‘in the North Island the Māori population kept rising throughout the pre-European era, and casual hunting was,... sufficient to induce extinction in at least the dry-country species. In the South Island the Māori population probably reached a plateau of some thousands quite rapidly, but the lack of alternative resources, and the greater abundance of moas encouraged a much more systematic and sustained assault upon them, which also led to extinction.’
  • "On Evidence For The Survival Of Moa In European Fiordland." Moas, Mammals And Climate In The Ecological History Of New Zealand. Comp. and ed. M. R. Rudge. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12 (Supplement 1989): 39-44.
  • Anderson evaluates and then disputes the various sightings and archaeological discoveries promulgated to reinforce the belief that the moa (Dinornithiformes) survived into the European era.
  • Pre-European Utilisation Of Marine Resources In The Ngaitahu Territory. Evidence For High Court Hearing Of NZ Māori Council Case, 1989.
  • Pre-European Utilisation Of Marine Resources In The Ngaitahu Territory. Evidence For High Court Hearing Of Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board Case, 1989. Plus appendix.
  • "South Island Māori Rock Art: A Project Proposal." Report to NZ Historic Places Trust and Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board, 1989
  • "The Beast Without: The Moa As A Colonial Frontier Myth In New Zealand." Signifying Animals: Human Meaning In The Natural World. Ed. Roy Willis. London, UK: Unwin Hyman, 1990. 236-245.
  • Anderson presents a discussion of moa sightings in New Zealand after their probable extinction in the 16th and 17th centuries. He notes ten sightings from 1842-1876 and explores a hypothesis to explain the social and psychological components that might have influenced such erroneous sightings.
  • "The Pattern Of Prehistoric Polynesian Colonisation In New Zealand." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 20.1 (Mar. 1990): 41-63.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and Rick McGovern-Wilson.
  • "Prehistoric Two-Way Voyaging Between New Zealand And East Polynesia: Mayor Island Obsidian On Raoul Island, And Possible Raoul Island Obsidian In New Zealand." Archaeology in Oceania 25.1 (Apr. 1990): 37-42.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and Bruce McFadgen.
  • "Comment on T. F. Flannery: Aftershock of Pleistocene Faunal Loss." Archaeology in Oceania 25.2 (July 1990): 63-64.
  • Anderson is one of eight researchers commenting on a paper by T. F. Flannery. Anderson proposes that Oceanian prehistory would provide more supportive evidence than Australia for Flannery’s model of faunal turnover, and he illustrates how the model could be adapted to New Zealand.
  • "A Record of 1000 Years of the Unwritten Past." New Zealand Historic Places 28 (Mar. 1990): 5-10.
  • In this study of Māori rock art Anderson discusses the rock art sites in the North Island which number around one hundred, and those in the South Island which number over four hundred. He notes the preponderance of rock drawings in the South Island and petroglyphs in the North Island. He also examines issues of age and meaning of the drawings.
  • "The Last Archipelago: 1000 Years of Māori Settlement in New Zealand." Towards 1990: Seven Leading Historians Examine Significant Aspects of New Zealand History. Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, David Hamer, Raewyn Dalziel, Erik Olssen, W. H. Oliver and Jock Phillips. [Wellington, N.Z.]: Govt. Printing Office, 1990. 1-19.
  • Anderson examines issues surrounding the early settlement of New Zealand and the origin of the first colonists. He articulates some of the problems in assessing origins of settlement and draws upon the findings of archaeological and linguistic research rather than Māori oral tradition and whakapapa. He discusses the various schools of thought surrounding the identity of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand, and he looks at the various ways researchers have assessed the timing of the first settlement. He also writes of the divergencies between settlement in the North and South Islands, and the Polynesian origins of the Māori.
  • "Anne Wharetutu Newton fl. 1812-1870." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Vol. 1. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 308-309. Rpt. in The People of Many Peaks. Ed. C. Orange. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1991. 59-60. Rpt. in Nga Tangata Taumata Rau. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Te Tari Taiwhenua, 1990.
  • A biography of Wharetutu, of Ngāi Tahu descent, who married Scottish sealer, George Newton, and settled at Rakiura (Stewart Island).
  • "Topi Patuki 1810-20-1900." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Vol. 1. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 337-338. Rpt. in The People of Many Peaks. Ed. C. Orange. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1991. 94-96. Rpt. in Nga Tangata Taumata Rau. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Te Tari Taiwhenua, 1990.
  • A biographical study of Ngāi Tahu leader, Topi Patuki, a skilled whaler and sailor, ‘the acknowledged rangātira of Foveaux Strait after 1852, and active in various land sales on Rakiura (Stewart Island) and Murihiku.
  • "Edward Shortland 1812-1893." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Vol. 1. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 394-397.
  • A comprehensive biographical account of Edward Shortland in which Anderson describes Shortland’s various occupations, his trips around New Zealand during which time he made extensive studies of the Māori people, and his subsequent writings on the Māori.
  • "Te Puoho-o-te-rangi ?-1836/1837." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Vol. 1. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 483-484. Rpt. in The People of Many Peaks. Ed. C. Orange. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1991. 232-234. Rpt. in Nga Tangata Taumata Rau. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Te Tari Taiwhenua, 1990.
  • Anderson writes an account of the life of Ngāti Tama leader, Te Puoho-o-te-rangi, and discusses Ngāti Tama warfare with other tribes in the early decades of the 19th century and tribal alliances.
  • "Te Huruhuru ?-1861." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Vol. 1. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 454-455. Rpt. in The People of Many Peaks. Ed. C. Orange. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1991. 180-181. Rpt. in Nga Tangata Taumata Rau. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Te Tari Taiwhenua, 1990.
  • A biography of Ngāi Tahu leader, Te Huruhuru, who lived in the regions of the lower Waitaki River. Anderson records Te Huruhuru’s meetings with Edward Shortland, Bishop Selwyn and W. B. D. Mantell.
  • "Te Whakataupuka fl. 1826-1834." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Vol. 1. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 520-521. Rpt. in The People of Many Peaks. Ed. C. Orange. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1991. 299-300. Rpt. in Nga Tangata Taumata Rau. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Te Tari Taiwhenua, 1990.
  • In this biography of Ngāi Tahu leader, Te Whakataupuka, Anderson writes that he was ‘the principal chief of Foveaux Strait during the period when European interest turned from sealing to settlement. Within his domain he acted towards the first settlers in a way which elicited their trust and admiration, while to his own people he was a dependable military leader who acted with the resolution and calculated ferocity expected of a rangātira. Te Whakataupuka laid the foundation of Māori-Pakeha relationships in Foveaux Strait on which Tuhawaiki was to build.’
  • "Hone Tuhawaiki ?-1844." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Vol. 1. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 553-555. Rpt. in The People of Many Peaks. Ed. C. Orange. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1991. 334-337. Rpt. in Nga Tangata Taumata Rau. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, Te Tari Taiwhenua, 1990.
  • A study of the ancestry, marriages and progeny of Ngāi Tahu leader Hone Tuhawaiki. Anderson discusses Tuhawaiki’s military expeditions against Ngāti Toa and his involvement in land sales in Murihiku. Anderson writes that ‘Tuhawaiki was one of the great South island chiefs, and a highly influential figure in the early years of European contact. His prominence arose not only from the circumstances of his ancestry but also from his combination of intelligence, commercial acumen, bold leadership and personal charm.’
  • "Kurii." The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. Ed. Carolyn M. King. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP in association with The Mammal Society, New Zealand Branch, 1990. 281-287.
  • In this account of the kurii, or Māori dog, Anderson describes its appearance, tabulates comparisons between pure-bred kurii remains and European breeds of dogs, and comments on the kuriis’ history of colonisation, distribution world-wide and in New Zealand. He also discusses its particular characteristics including social organisation and behaviour, population dynamics, adaptation to New Zealand conditions and significance to the New Zealand environment.
  • Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Māori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991.
  • A report of nine papers written by Atholl Anderson, Kim Morrison, Deborah Foster, Rod Wallace, Jean Goulding, Moira White, Richard McGovern-Wilson, Simon Holdaway, and Michelle Horwood on discoveries made during an archaeological salvage project on rockshelter sites on Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, which began in 1979 and was concluded in March 1983.
  • Race Against Time: The Early Māori-Pakeha Families And The Development Of The Mixed-Race Population In Southern New Zealand. Appendix by Brian Niven. Dunedin, N.Z.: Hocken Library, University of Otago, 1991.
  • The text of Anderson’s 1990 Hocken Lecture in which he examines the mixed-race population of southern New Zealand in the 19th century and notes the marked difference between ‘the post-European racial experience in the South Island’ and that of the North Island. Whereas in the north a new Māori culture emerged which still maintained Māori language and central Māori cultural traditions resulting in Pakeha males marrying and moving into the communities of their Māori wives and raising their children in Māori environments, in the South Island Māori women married more European males and embraced the European side more. The Appendix by Brian Niven is entitled ‘Computer simulation of the integration of the Māori and European populations’.
  • "The Chronology Of Colonisation In New Zealand." Antiquity 65 (1991): 767-795.
  • "Introduction." Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Māori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991. 1-2.
  • Anderson writes a background to the archaeological salvage project conducted on rockshelter sites on Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, which had its origins in 1979 and continued through to rescue archaeology excavations in March 1983.
  • "Lee Island And Its Environment." Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Māori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991. 3-8.
  • Co-authors Kim Morrison and Atholl Anderson.
  • "Rockshelter Excavations And Radiocarbon Chronology." Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Māori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991. 9-17.
  • A summary of the excavations carried out on four of the six Lee Island rockshelters where cultural remains were still in evidence. Anderson also provides the radiocarbon chronology of five charcoal samples.
  • "Implements In Stone And Bone." Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Māori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991. 18-28.
  • Noting that the Lee Island rockshelter excavations and surface collections produced the largest collection of stone artefacts ‘which can be attributed to stratigraphically-controlled and dated circumstances from anywhere in the inland South Island’, Anderson writes that ‘it affords an opportunity...to consider the nature of the adze kit on the threshold of the late or Classic phase of Māori material culture.’ Anderson gives detailed descriptions of the nephrite and non-nephrite adzes and preforms found on the sites, and also discusses other stone artefacts under the following headings: ground stone implements, fabrication implements, cores, adze flakes and use-damaged flakes; and examines the bone artefacts.
  • "Woodchips and Wooden Artefacts." Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Måori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991. 29-42.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson, Deborah Foster and Rod Wallace.
  • "Bark and Fibre Artefacts." Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Måori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991. 43-55.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson, Jean Goulding and Moira White.
  • "Identification and Analysis of Faunal Remains." Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Māori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991. 56-66.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson, Richard McGovern-Wilson and Simon Holdaway.
  • "Māori Settlement on Lee Island." Beech Forest Hunters: The Archaeology Of Māori Rockshelter Sites On Lee Island, Lake Te Anau, In Southern New Zealand. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 18, 1991. 76-88.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and Richard McGovern-Wilson.
  • "Current Research Issues In The Study Of Moas And Moa-Hunting." Research Directions for Conservation Science. Ed. B. McFadgen and P. Simpson. Wellington, N.Z.: Science and Research series, Dept. of Conservation, 1991. 37: 17-29.
  • "Archaeological Site Recording Survey Of The Middle Clutha Valley." Report to Barrett, Fuller and Parners Ltd, 1991.
  • "Living On The Edge: Prehistoric Land And People In New Zealand." The Naive Lands: Prehistory And Environmental Change In Australia And The South-West Pacific. Ed. John Dodson. Melbourne, Austral.: Longman Cheshire, 1992. 199-241.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and Matt McGlone.
  • "The Papatowai Site: New Evidence and Interpretations." Journal of the Polynesian Society 101.2 (June 1992): 129-158.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and Ian Smith.
  • "Archaeological Investigations Near State Highway 6 At The Neck, Lake Hawea." Report to Transit New Zealand, 1992.
  • "Archaeological Site Recording Survey Of The Middle Clutha Valley - Stage Two: Beaumont To Tuapeka Mouth." Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. 1992.
  • "Radiocarbon Chronology of the Houhora Site, Northland, New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 15 (1993): 5-16.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and R. T. Wallace.
  • "Late Colonization of East Polynesia." Antiquity 67 (1993): 200-217.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and M. Spriggs.
  • "Thomas Rangiwahia Ellison 1867-1904." Atholl Anderson. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Volume 2 (1870-1900). Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1993. 131-132.
  • Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori. James Herries Beattie. Ed. and introd. Atholl Anderson. Dunedin, N.Z.: University of Otago Press in association with Otago Museum, 1994.
  • Anderson edits and provides an introduction to this publication of James Herries Beattie’s ‘extensive handwritten results of an ethnological field project undertaken between Foveaux Strait and north Canterbury for the Otago University Museum...in 1920.’
  • "Reconsideration Of The Marquesan Sequence In East Polynesian Prehistory, With Particular Reference To Hane (MUHI)." Archaeology in Oceania 29 (1994): 29-54.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson, H. Leach, I. W. G. Smith and R. Walter.
  • "Radiocarbon Dating Of Oyster Shell Midden From Beside The Dart Bridge Site In Western Otago." Archaeology in New Zealand 37 (1994): 182-184.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and T. G. F. Higham.
  • "Site 820 And The Evidence For Early Human Occupation Of Australia." Quaternary Australasia 12 (1994): 30-31.
  • Comment on J. Peter White’s paper.
  • "Palaeoenvironmental Evidence Of Island Colonization: A Response." Antiquity 68 (1994): 845-847.
  • Introduction. Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori: The Otago University Museum Ethnological Project, 1920. James Herries Beattie. Ed. Atholl Anderson. Dunedin, N.Z.: University of Otago Press in association with Otago Museum, 1994. 9-31.
  • Anderson provides a short background to this publication of James Herries Beattie’s 1920 Project - ‘an ethnological field project undertaken between Foveaux Strait and north Canterbury for the Otago University Museum, as it was then commonly called, in 1920’, and writes a biographical note on Beattie (1881-1972) and a description of his ethnological writings, the fieldwork and informants, and editing of MS 181.
  • "Thomas Rangiwahia Ellison 1866-68?-1904: Ngāi Tahu and Te Atiawa; Rugby Player And Lawyer." The Turbulent Years 1870-1900. Ed. C. Orange. Auckland, NZ.: Auckland UP, 1994. 18-20.
  • "An Ecological Approach To The Early Settlement Of New Zealand." Origins of the first New Zealanders. Ed. D. G. Sutton, Auckland, N.Z.: University Press, 1994. 136-163.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, M. McGlone, and R. Holdaway.
  • "The Occupation Of The Pacific Islands, 50,000 BC—AD 1500: Voyagers And Fisherfolk." The Illustrated History of Humankind, Volume 4: New World and Pacific Civilisations. Ed. G. Burenhult. New York: Harper Collins, 1994. 143-162.
  • "Moahunting in New Zealand." The Illustrated History of Humankind, Volume 4: New World and Pacific Civilisations. Ed. G. Burenhult. New York: Harper Collins, 1994. 163.
  • "Introduction: James Herries Beattie and the 1920 Project." Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori: The Otago University Museum Ethnological Project, 1920. Ed. J. H. Beattie. Dunedin, N.Z.: Otago UP, 1994. 9-32.
  • "Kuri, Māori Dog." The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals, 2nd Edition. Ed. C. M. King. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1995. 281-287.
  • "Current Approaches In East Polynesian Colonization Research." Journal of the Polynesian Society 104 (1995): 110-132.
  • "Archaeology of Niue Island: Initial Results." Journal of the Polynesian Society 104 (1995). 471-480.
  • Co-authors Richard Walter and Atholl Anderson.
  • "Historical And Archaeological Aspects Of Mutton Birding In New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 17 (1995): 35-55.
  • "Bruce Bay Revisited: Archaic Māori Occupation and Haast’s ‘Palaeolithic’." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 17 (1995): 111-124.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson, Kevin L. Jones and Ray Hooker.
  • "A Reconnaissance Survey of Holocene Deposits on Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, Fiji." Report to Fiji Museum. ANH, ANU. 1995.
  • Co-authors G. Hope and A. Anderson.
  • Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Māori Village. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham & Ian Smith. ANU, Canberra, Austral.: ANH Publications, Occasional Series Press, 1996.
  • "Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Māori Village." Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham & Ian Smith. Research Papers in Archaeology and Natural History 27. Canberra, Austra.: ANH Publications ANU, 1996. 294.
  • "Introduction and History of Investigations." Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Māori Village: Research Papers in Archaeology and Natural History. Eds. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 1-13.
  • Co-authors A. Anderson and I. Smith.
  • "Preliminary Excavations." B. Allingham and A. Anderson. Shag River Mouth: the archaeology of an early southern Māori village: Research Papers in Archaeology and Natural History, 27. Eds. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 35-38.
  • "The High Dune and Swamp Excavations." A. Anderson and B. Allingham. Shag River Mouth: the archaeology of an early southern Māori village: Research Papers in Archaeology and Natural History, 27. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 39-50.
  • "Radiocarbon Chronology." Shag River Mouth: the archaeology of an early southern Māori village: Research Papers in Archaeology and Natural History, 27. Eds. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 60-69.
  • Co-authors A. Anderson, I. Smith and T. Higham.
  • "Collection, Identification and Quantification Strategies." Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Māori Village: Research Papers In Archaeology And Natural History, 27. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra, Austral.: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 70-73.
  • Co-authors I. Smith and A. Anderson.
  • "Fishing Gear." Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Māori Village: Research Papers In Archaeology And Natural History, 27. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra, Austral.: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 148-160.
  • Co-authors A. Anderson and W. Gumbley.
  • "Moa Remains and Taphonomy." Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Māori Village: Research Papers In Archaeology And Natural History, 27. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra, Austral.: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 200-213.
  • Co-authors A. Anderson, T. Worthy and R. McGovern-Wilson.
  • "Fish Remains." Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Måori Village: Research Papers In Archaeology And Natural History, 27. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra, Austral.: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 237-244.
  • Co-authors I. Smith and A. Anderson.
  • "Late Holocene Vegetation History at Shag River Mouth." Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Māori Village: Research Papers In Archaeology And Natural History, 27. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra, Austral.: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 257-275.
  • Co-authors W. Boyd, M. McGlone, A. Anderson and R. Wallace.
  • "Shag Mouth as an early Māori Village." Shag River Mouth: The Archaeology Of An Early Southern Māori Village: Research Papers In Archaeology And Natural History, 27. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Brian Allingham and Ian Smith. Canberra, Austral.: ANH Publications, ANU, 1996. 276-291.
  • Co-authors I. Smith and A. Anderson.
  • "Te Whenua Hou: Prehistoric Polynesian Colonisation Of New Zealand And Its Impact On The Environment." Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands. Ed. T. Hunt and P. l. Kirch. Yale: University Press, 1996. 271-283.
  • "Adaptive Voyaging And Subsistence Strategies In The Early Settlement Of East Polynesia." Prehistoric Dispersal of Mongoloids. Eds. T. Akazawa and E. Szathmary. Oxford, UK: Oxford UP, 1996. 359-374.
  • "Wakawaka And Mahinga Kai: Models Of Traditional Land Management In Southern New Zealand." Oceanic Culture History: Essays In Honour Of Roger Green. Ed. Janet Davidson, Geoffrey Irwin, Ross Leach, Andy Pawley and Dorothy Brown. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication, 1996. 631-640.
  • "An Early Māori village at Waihemo." Te Karaka 4 1996. No further details.
  • "The Transient Village In Southern New Zealand." World Archaeology 27 (1996): 359-371.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson and Ian Smith.
  • "Rat Colonisation And Polynesian Voyaging: Another Hypothesis." Rapa Nui Journal 10 (1996): 31-35.
  • "Radiocarbon Dates On Shearwater Bones From Beeton Shelter, Badger Island, Bass Strait." Australian Archaeology 42 (1996): 17-19.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson, John Head, Robin Sim and Darrell West.
  • "Origins of Procellariidae Hunting in the Southwest Pacific. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 6 (1996): 1-8.
  • "The Estimation Of Live Fish Size From Archaeological Cranial Bones Of The New Zealand Barracouta Thysites Atun." Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 6 (1996): 1-25.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, B. F. Leach, J. M. Davidson and L. M. Horwood.
  • "Was Rattus Exulans In New Zealand 2000 Years Ago? AMS Radiocarbon Ages From Shag River Mouth." Archaeology in Oceania 31 (1996): 178-184.
  • "Discovery Of A Prehistoric Habitation Site On Norfolk Island." Journal of the Polynesian Society 105 (1996): 479-486.
  • "A Reconnaissance Survey of Holocene Deposits on Norfolk Island. Unpublished report. ANH, ANU. 1996.
  • Co-authors Geoffrey Hope and Atholl Anderson.
  • "Archaeological Fieldwork in Fiji, The 1996 Season." Report to Fiji Museum. 1996.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson, Geoffrey Clark and Christine Burke.
  • "Norfolk Island Prehistory Project." First Interim Report To Australian Heritage Commission. 1996.
  • "Norfolk Island Prehistory Project." Second Interim Report To Australian Heritage Commission. 1996.
  • "Material Sources Of Basalt And Obsidian Artefacts From A Prehistoric Settlement Site On Norfolk Island, South Pacific." Archaeology in Oceania 32 (1997): 39-46.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, W. Ambrose, F. Leach and M. Weisler.
  • "Uniformity and Regional Variation in Marine Fish Catches from Prehistoric New Zealand." Asian Perspectives 36 (1997): 1-26.
  • "The Dating Of Rattus Exulans Bone." Journal of the Polynesian Society 106 (1997): 106-108.
  • "Norfolk Island Prehistory Project." Final Report to Australian Heritage Commission, 1997.
  • The Welcome of Strangers: An Ethnohistory Of Southern Māori AD 1650-1850. Dunedin, N.Z.: University of Otago Press, 1998.
  • "Radiocarbon Dates from Archaeological Rat Bones: the Pleasant River case." Archaeology in Oceania 1998.
  • Co-authors I. W. G. Smith and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Geomorphic and Archaeological Landscapes of the Sigatoka Dune Site, Viti Levu, Riji: Interdisciplinary Investigations." Asian Perspectives 37 (1998): 1-31.Co-authors W. R. Dickinson, D. V. Burley, P. D. Nunn, A. J. Anderson, G. Hope, A. De Biran, C. Burke and S. Matararaba.
  • "14C AMS Dates On Rattus Exulans Bones From Natural And Archaeological Contexts On Norfolk Island, South-West Pacific." Archaeology in New Zealand 41 (1998): 195-198.
  • Co-authors R. N. Holdaway and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Rating the Dating?" New Zealand Science Monthly 9 (1998): 2.
  • "Reply To Comments On ‘A Production Trend In AMS Ages On Rattus Exulans Bone’." Archaeology in New Zealand 41 (1998): 231-234.
  • "Beattie, James Herries 1881-1972." The Dictionary of the New Zealand Biography. Vol. 4. 1921-1940. Auckland; Wellington, N.Z.: Auckland UP; Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1998. 42-43.
  • "Fossil And Archaeological Avifauna Of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean." Notornis 45 (1998): 177-190.
  • Co-authored with T. H. Worthy and R. Walker.
  • A First Assemblage Of Terrestrial Vertebrates From Fossil Deposits In Fiji. 1998.
  • Co-authors T. H. Worthy, A. J. Anderson and R. Molnar.
  • Fieldwork on Funafuti Atoll, Republic of Tuvalu, August 1997. ANH, ANU, 1998.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, G. Hope and P. J. White.
  • The Māori Archaeology of Southern Rakiura: An Initial Report. ANH, ANU, 1998.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and G. R. O’Regan.
  • Archaeological Research In The Subantarctic Islands Of New Zealand: A Preliminary Report. ANH, ANU, 1998.
  • "Prehistory of Norfolk Island." Nature Australia Spring (1999): 26-29.
  • Co-authors P. J. White and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Hunting, Fishing And Faunal Extinctions In The World Of The Māori To AD 1850." New Zealand Historical Atlas. Ed. M. McKinnon. Wellington, N.Z.: Departmental of Internal Affairs, 1999.
  • "Murihiku." New Zealand Historical Atlas. Ed. M. McKinnon. Wellington, N.Z.: Departmental of Internal Affairs, 1999.
  • "Moas and Moa-hunting." Ethnobiology of the Austronesians. Ed. T. Akimichi. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1999. 325-338.
  • "Dating the First New Zealanders: The Chronology Of Wairau Bar." Antiquity 73 (1999): 420-427.
  • Co-authors T. G. Higham, A. J. Anderson and C. Jacomb.
  • "The Age of Lapita Settlement in Fiji." Archaeology in Oceania 34 (1999): 31-39.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and G. Clark.
  • "Megafaunal Expression In A Land Without Mammals – The First Fossil Faunas From Terrestrial Deposits In Fiji (Vertebrata: Amphipibia, Reptilia, Aves)." Senckenbergiana biologica 79 (1999): 237-242.
  • Co-authors T. H. Worthy, A. J. Anderson and R. E. Molnar.
  • Australian Archaeologist: Collected Papers In Honour Of Jim Allen. Ed. A. J. Anderson and T. Murray. Canberra, Austral..: Coombs Academic Publishing, ANU, 2000.
  • "Differential Reliability Of 14C AMS Ages Of Rattus Exulans Bone Gelatin In South Pacific Prehistory." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30 (2000): 243-261.
  • "Towards A First Prehistory Of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Republic Of Kiribati." Journal of the Polynesian Society 109 (2000): 273-294.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, P. Wallin, H. Martinsson-Wallin and G. Hope.
  • "An Inland Lapita Site In Fiji." Journal of the Polynesian Society 109 (2000): 311-316.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, G. R. Clark and T. H. Worthy.
  • "Pre-European Catches Of Barracouta, Thyrsite Atun, At Long Beach And Shag River Mouth, Otago, New Zealand." Archaeofauna 8 (2000): 11-30.
  • Co-authors B. F. Leach, J. M. Davidson, K. Fraser and A. J. Anderson.
  • "New Species And Records Of Birds From Prehistoric Sites On Niue, Southwest Pacific." Wilson Bulletin 112 (2000): 165-186.
  • Co-authors D. W. Steadman, T. H. Worthy, A. J. Anderson and R. Walker.
  • "Defining The Period Of Moa Extinction." Archaeology in New Zealand 43 (2000): 195-200.
  • "Renewed Excavations At Motu Paeao, Maupiti Island, French Polynesia: Preliminary Results." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 21 (2000): 47-65.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, C. Conte, G. Clark, Y. Sinoto and F. Petchey.
  • "Implications Of Prehistoric Obsidian Transfer In South Polynesia." Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 20 (2000): 117-123.
  • "The Origins Of Muttonbirding In New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 22 (2000): 5-14.
  • "The Age Of The Yanuca Lapita Site, Viti Levu, Fiji." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 2 (2000): 15-30.
  • Co-authors G. R. Clark and A. J. Anderson.
  • "The Advent Chronology Of South Polynesia." Essays In Honour Of Arne Skjolsvold 75 Years. Ed. Paul Walling and Helene Martinsson-Wallin. Occasional Papers of the Kon-Tiki Museum 5 (2000): 73-82.
  • "Australian Archaeologist." Australian Archaeologist: Collected Papers In Honour Of Jim Allen. Ed. A. J. Anderson and T. Murray. Canberra: Coombs Academic Publishing, ANU, 2000. 8-20.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and T. Murray.
  • "To The Final Shore: Prehistoric Colonisation Of The Subantarctic Islands In South Polynesia." Australian Archaeologist: Collected Papers In Honour Of Jim Allen. Ed. A. J. Anderson and T. Murray. Canberra: Coombs Academic Publishing, ANU, 2000. 440-454.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and G. O’Regan.
  • "Slow Boats From China: Issues In The Prehistory Of Indo-Pacific Seafaring." East of Wallace’s Line: Studies Of Past And Present Maritime Cultures Of The Indo-Pacific Region. Ed. S. O’Connor and P. Veth. Rotterdam: Balkema, 2000. 13-50.
  • "The Southern Hunters Project, 1978-1992." Archaeology in New Zealand, 49.1 (Mar 2006): 40-43.
  • Zooarchaeology of Oceanic Coasts and Islands: Papers from the 8th International Congress of the international Council of Archaeology, 23-29 August 1998, Victoria B.C., Canada. Ed. A. J. Anderson and B. F. Leach. Special Issue of the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 11.1-2 (2001): 1-171.
  • Histories of Old Ages: Essays In Honour Of Rhys Jones. Ed. A. J. Anderson, I. Lilley and S. O’Connor. Canberra: Pandanus Books, ANU, 2001.
  • The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum. iv, 2001.
  • The Archaeology of Lapita Dispersal in Oceania: Papers Form The Fourth Lapita Conference, June 2000, Canberra, Australia. Ed. G. R. Clark, A. J. Anderson and T. Vunidilo. Terra Australia 17. viii, 2001.
  • "The Pattern Of Lapita Settlement In Fiji." Archaeology in Oceania 36 (2001): 77-88.
  • Co-authors G. Clark and A. J. Anderson.
  • "The Lapita Site At Votua, Northern Lau Islands, Fiji." Archaeology in Oceania 36 (2001): 134-143.
  • Co-authors G. R. Clark, A. J. Anderson and S. Matararaba.
  • "Introduction." Zooarchaeology of Oceanic Coasts and Islands: Papers from the 8th International Congress of the International Council of Archaeozoology, 23-29 August 1998, Victoria B.C., Canada. Ed. A. J. Anderson and B.F. Leach. Special Issue of the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 11 (2001): 2-3.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and B.F. Leach.
  • "No Meat On That Beautiful Shore: The Prehistoric Abandonment Of Subtropical Polynesian Islands." Zooarchaeology of Oceanic Coasts and Islands: Papers from the 8th International Congress of the International Council of Archaeozoology, 23-29 August 1998, Victoria B.C., Canada. Ed. A. J. Anderson and B.F. Leach. Special Issue of the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 11 (2001): 14-23.
  • "The Terminal Age Of The Fijian Megafauna." Histories of Old ages: essays in honour of Rhys Jones. Ed. A. J. Anderson, I. Lilley and S. O’Connor. Canberra: Pandanus Books, 2001. 251-264.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, L. Ayliffe, T. Sorovi-Vunidilo, N. Spooner and T. Worthy.
  • "Towards The Sharp End: The Form And Performance Of Prehistoric Polynesian Voyaging Canoes." Pacific 2000: Proceedings Of The Fifth International Conference On Easter Island And The Pacific. Ed. C. M. Stevenson, G. Lee and F. J. Morin. Los Osos: Easter Island Foundation, 2001. 29-36.
  • "The Chronology Of Prehistoric Colonization In French Polynesia." Pacific 2000: Proceedings Of The Fifth International Conference On Easter Island And The Pacific. Ed. C. M. Stevenson, G. Lee and F. J. Morin. Los Osos: Easter Island Foundation, 2001. 247-252.
  • "Approaching The Prehistory Of Norfolk Island." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 1-9.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and J. P. White.
  • "Archaeological Fieldwork On Norfolk Island." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 11-32.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, I .W. G. Smith and P. J. White.
  • "The Radiocarbon Chronology Of The Norfolk Island Archaeological Sites." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 33-42.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, T. G. Higham and R. Wallace.
  • "Domestic And Religious Structures In The Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 43-52.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and R. C. Green.
  • "Prehistoric Settlement On Norfolk Island And Its Oceanic Context." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 135-141.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and P. J. White.
  • "Avifauna From The Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island: A Preliminary Account." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 85-100.
  • Co-authors R. N. Holdaway and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Polynesian Plant Introductions In The Southwest Pacific: Initial Pollen Evidence From Norfolk Island." “Approaching The Prehistory Of Norfolk Island.” The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 123-134.
  • Co-authors M. K. MacPhail, G. S. Hope and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Genetic Variation In Archaeological Rattus Exulans Remains From The Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 81-84.
  • Co-authors E. Matisoo-Smith, K. A. Horsburgh, J. H. Robins and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Shell And Bone Artefacts From The Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 67-74.
  • Co-authors I. L. Schmidt, A. J. Anderson and R. Fullagar.
  • "Stone Artefacts From The Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 53-66.
  • Co-authors M. Turner, A. J. Anderson and R. Fullagar.
  • "Fishbone From The Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island." The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Ed. A. J. Anderson and J. P. White. Supplement 27, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney 2001. 101-108.
  • Co-authors R. Walter and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Mobility Models Of Lapita Migration." The Archaeology Of Lapita Dispersal In Oceania: Papers From The Fourth Lapita Conference, June 2000, Canberra, Australia. Ed. G. R. Clark, A. J. Anderson and T. Vunidilo. Terra Australis 17 (2001): 15-23.
  • "An Inventory Of Lapita Sites Containing Dentate-Stamped Pottery." The Archaeology Of Lapita Dispersal In Oceania: Papers From The Fourth Lapita Conference, June 2000, Canberra, Australia. Ed. G. R. Clark, A. J. Anderson and T. Vunidilo. Terra Australis 17 (2001). 1-13.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, S. Bedford, G. R. Clark, I. Lilley, C. Sand, G. Summerhayes and R. Torrence.
  • The Prehistory of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Republic of Kiribati: Excavations and Analyses. A. J. Anderson, H. Martinsson-Walling and P. Walling. Occasional Papers of the Kon-Tiki Museum, Vol. 6, 2002.
  • The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia. R. Walter and A. J. Anderson. Bishop Museum Bulleting in Anthropology, No. 10. Honolulu: B.P. Bishop Museum Press, 2002.
  • "Geochemical Analysis And Sourcing Of Archaeological Stone From Niue." The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia. R. Walter and A. J. Anderson. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Anthropology 10, Honolulu: B.P. Bishop Museum, 2002.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, P. J. Sheppard and R. K. Walter.
  • "Fossil Fauna From Niue Island." The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia. R. Walter and A. J. Anderson. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Anthropology 10, Honolulu: B.P. Bishop Museum, 2002.
  • Co-authors T. Worthy, A. J. Anderson and R. K. Walter.
  • "An Archaeological Exploration Of Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Chile." Fifty Years In The Field: Essays In Honour And Celebration Of Richard Shutller Jr’s Archaeological Career. Ed. S. Bedford, C. Sand and D. Burley. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 25 (2002): 239-249.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, S. Haberle, G. Rojas, A. Seelenfreund, I. W. G. Smith and T. Worthy.
  • "A Fragile Plenty: Pre-European Māori And The New Zealand Environment." Environmental Histories of New Zealand. Ed. E. Pawson and T. Brooking. Melbourne: Oxford UP, 2002. 19-34.
  • "Landscape And Culture Change On Niue Island West Polynesia." Pacific Landscapes: Archaeological Approaches. Ed. T. Ladefoged and M. Graves. Honolulu: Easter Island Foundation, Bearsville Press, 2002. 153-172.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and R. K. Walter.
  • "Rat Bone, Recollection And Record." Archaeology in New Zealand 45 (2002): 216-219.
  • "New Radiocarbon Ages Of Colonization Sites In East Polynesia." Asian Perspectives 41 (2002): 242-257.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson and Y. H. Sinoto.
  • "Faunal Collapse, Landscape Change And Settlement History In Remote Oceania." World Archaeology 33 (2002): 375-390.
  • Archaeological Research In The Batanes Island, Philippines. Report To The Government Of The Philippines And National Geographic Society, 2002.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, P. Bellwood and J. Stevenson.
  • Archaeological And Palaeoenvironmental Research On Rapa Island, French Polynesia. Report To The Government Of French Polynesia. 2002.
  • Co-authors D. Kennett, A. J. Anderson and E. Conte.
  • Archaeological Research in the Gambier Islands. Report to the Government of French Polynesia. 2002.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, E. Conte, P. Kirch and M. Weisler.
  • "Entering Uncharted Waters: Models Of Initial Colonization In Polynesia." Colonisation of Unfamiliar Landscapes: The Archaeology Of Adaptation. Ed. M. Rockman and J. Steele. London: Routledge, 2003. 169-189.
  • "Renewed Archaeological Research In The Gambier Islands, French Polynesia." The Prehistory of the Pacific assessments of the archaeological data. Ed. C. Sand. Museum of New Caledonia, 2003.
  • Co-authors A. J. Anderson, E. Conte, P. Kirch and M. Weisler.
  • "A Revised Archaeology Chronology Of Palau, Micronesia." The Prehistory of the Pacific assessments of the archaeological data. Ed. C. Sand. Museum of New Caledonia, 2003.
  • Co-authors S. Phear, G. Clark and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Initial Human Dispersal In Remote Oceania: Pattern And Explanation." The Prehistory of the Pacific assessments of the archaeological data. Ed. C. Sand. Museum of New Caledonia, 2003.
  • "Islands of Ambivalence." Voyages of Discovery: The Archaeology Of Islands. Ed. S. Fitzpatrick. Praeger Publishers, 2003.
  • "Radiocarbon Ages For Two Sites On Ua Huka, Marquesas." Asian Perspectives 2003. No further details.
  • Co-authors E. Conte and A. J. Anderson.
  • "Investigating Early Settlement On Lord Howe Island." Australian Archaeology 2003. No further details.
  • Kin And Border: Traditional Land Boundaries In East Polynesia And New Zealand With Particular Reference To The Northern Boundary Of Ngāi Tahu. Submission To Waitangi Tribunal Case Wai-785. 2003.
  • "Entering Uncharted Waters: Models of initial colonization in Polynesia." Colonization of Unfamiliar Landscapes: the archaeology of adaptation. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Marcy Rockman & James Steele. London/New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (2003): 169-190.
  • "Ata: a quarry island and adze workshop in the Kingdom of Tonga." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 2004.
  • Co-authors D. Burley and D. Steadman.
  • "Fear and loathing on desert islands." Archaeology in New Zealand, 47.4 (2004): 55-57.
  • "The Age Disconformity in AMS Radiocarbon Results on Rattus exulans Bone." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology, 24 (2004): 149-156.
  • "Its about time: the Indo-Pacific Colonisation Project." Archaeology from Australia. Ed. Tim Murray. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd 2004. 3-17.
  • "Problems associated with the AMS dating of small bone samples: the question of the arrival of Polynesian rats to New Zealand," Radiocarbon, 46.1 (2004): 207-218.
  • Co-authors T F G Higham, R E M Hedges, A J Anderson, C Bronk Ramsey and B Fankhauser.
  • "The number of Moa at Wairau Bar: correction and comment." Records of the Canterbury Museum, 18 (2004): 49-50.
  • Co-authors P. Scofield and T. Worthy.
  • "The Age of Rat Introduction in New Zealand: Further Evidence from Earthquakes #1, North Otago." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 24 (2004): 135-147.
  • Co-authors T. Higham.
  • "Geochemical characterization of Lapita pottery via inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)." Archaeometry 46.1 (2004): 35-46.
  • "Comparative Radiocarbon dating of Lignite, Pottery and Charcoal samples from Babeldaob Island, Republic of Palau." Radiocarbon, 47.1 (2005): 1-9.
  • Co-authors Toshio Nakamura, Yasuhiro Taniguchi, Sei ichiro Tsuji and Hirotaka Oda.
  • "Diet-derived variations in radiocarbon and stable isotopes: a case study from Shag River Mouth, New Zealand," Radiocarbon, 47.3 (2005): 367-375.
  • Co-authors Thomas Higham, Atholl Anderson, Christopher Bronk Ramsey and Christine Tompkins.
  • "The chronology and interpretation of Italian Creek rockshelter, Central Otago." Archaeology in New Zealand, vol. 48 (2005): 242-247.
  • Co-authors T. Higham and N. Ritchie.
  • "Crossing the Luzon Strait: archaeological chronology in the Batanes Islands, Philippines and the regional sequence of Neolithic dispersal." Journal of Austronesian Studies, 1.2 (2005): 27-48.
  • "Subpolar settlement in South Polynesia." Antiquity, 79.306 (2005): 791-800.
  • "Human Colonization of the Palau Islands, Western Micronesia', Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 01 (2006) 215-232.
  • Co-authors G. Clark and D. Wright.
  • "Human Colonization of the Palau Islands, Western Micronesia." Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, 1.2 (2006): 215-232.
  • Co-authos G. Clark and D. Wright.
  • "Retrievable Time: prehistoric colonisation of South Polynesia from the outside in and the inside out." Disputed Histories Imagining New Zealand's Pasts. Ed. Tony Ballantyne and Brian Moloughney. University of Otago Press, Dunedin, New Zealand, (2006): 25-41.
  • "Polynesian Seafaring and American Horizons: A Response To Jones and Klar." American Antiquity, 71. 4 (2006): 759-763.
  • "Prehistoric human impacts on Rapa, French Polynesi." Antiquity, 80.308 (2006): 340-354.
  • Co-authors Douglas Kennett, Atholl Anderson, Matthew Prebble, Eric Conte and John Southon.
  • "Alternative interpretations of structural evidence at Takaia River Mouth, New Zealand." Archaeology in Oceania 41.3 (2006): 123-126.
  • "Islands of Exile: ideological motivation in maritime migration." Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology 1 (2006): 33-48.
  • "Prehistoric maritime migration in the Pacific islands: an hypothesis of ENSO forcing." Holocene, 16.1 (2006): 1-6.
  • Co-authors Atholl Anderson, John Chappell, Michael Gagan and Richard Grove.
  • "Times of Sand: Sedimentary History and Archaeology at the Sigatoka Dunes, Fiji." Geoarchaeology: an international journal, 21.2 (2006): 131-154.
  • Co-authors Richard G. Roberts, Geoffrey Hope, Antoine de Biran, Patrick Nunn, William Dickinson, David Burley and Geoffrey Clark.
  • 'The Ideal Free Distribution, Food Production, and the Colonization of Oceania." Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture. Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce Winterhalder (ed.). University of California Press, Canada, (2006): 265-288.
  • Co-authors D. Kennett, A. Anderson and B. Winterhalder.
  • "Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the Western Pacific." Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions. Ed. David G. Anderson, Kirk A. Maasch, Daniel H. Sandweiss. London, UK, Academic Press, 2007. 265-296.
  • Co-authors M. Gagan and J. Shulmeister.
  • "Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile." PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104.25 (2007): 10335-10339.
  • "Ecuadorian sailing rafts and Oceanic landfalls." Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture in honour of Janet M. Davidson. Ed. Atholl Anderson, Kaye Green and Foss Leach. University of Otago Press, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2007. 117-133.
  • Co-authors H. Martinsson-Wallin and K. Stothert.
  • "Straw Boats and the Proverbial Sea: A Response to 'Island Archaeology: In Search of a New Horizon." Island Studies Journal, 2.2 (2007): 229-238.
  • Co-authors S. Fitzpatrick, J. Erlandson and P. Kirch.
  • "Colonial illusion and reality at the end of the Old World's road." Ed. Anderson, A. Birgitta Hardh, Kristina Jennbert & Deborah Olausson. On the Road; Studies in Honour of Lars Larsson, Almqvist & Wiksell International, Sweden (2007): 77-81.
  • "Phylogeny and ancient DNA of SUS provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania." PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104.12 (2007): 4834-4839.
  • G. Larson, T. Cucchi, M. Fujita, E. Matisoo-Smith, J. Robins, B. Rolett, M. Spriggs, G. Dolman, TH Kim, NT. Thuy, E. Randi, M. Doherty, RA. Due, R Bollt, T. Djubiantono, B. Griffin, M. Intoh, E. Keane, P. Kirch, KT. Li, M. Morwood, LM. Pedriña, PJ. Piper, RJ. Rabett, P. Shooter, G. Van den Bergh, E. West, S. Wickler, J Yuan, A. Cooper and K. Dobney.
  • "Discussion: middens of the sea peoples." Ed. Anderson, A. Shell Middens in Atlantic Europe. N Milner, O Craig and G Bailey. United Kingdom: Oxbow Books (2007): 196-202.
  • Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture in honour of Janet M. Davidson. Ed. A. Anderson, K. Green and F. Leach. University of Otago Press, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2007.
  • "Indo-European and Asian origins for Chilean and Pacific chickens revealed by mtDNA." PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105.30 (2008): 10308-10313.
  • Co-authors J. Gongora, N. J. Rawlence, V. A. Mobegi, H. Jianlin, J. A. Alcalde, J. T. Matus, O. Hanotte, C. Moran, J. J. Austin, S. Ulm, A. J. Anderson, G. Larson and A. Cooper.
  • "Reply to Storey et al.: More DNA and dating studies needed for ancient El Arenal-1 chickens." PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105.48 (2008): E100.
  • Co-authors J. Gongora, N. J. Rawlence, V. A. Mobegi, H. Jianlin, J. A. Alcalde, J. T. Matuse, O. Hanotte, C. Moran, J J. Austin, S. Ulm, A. J. Anderson, G. Larson, and A. Cooper.
  • "Edge-Ground and Waisted Axes in the Western Pacific Islands: Implications for an Example from the Yaeyama Islands, Southernmost Japan." Asian Perspectives, 47.1 (2008): 45-58.
  • "New marine ΔR values for the South Pacific subtropical gyre region." Radiocarbon 50.3 (2008): 373-397.
  • Co-authors F. Petchey, A. Zondervan, S. Ulm and A. Hogg.
  • "The marine reservoir effect in the Southern Ocean: an evaluation of extant and new ∆R values and their application to archaeological chronologies', Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 38.4 (2008): 243-262.
  • Co-authors A. Hogg, F. Petchey and A. Zondervan.
  • "Problems of the 'Traditionalist' Model of Long-Distance Polynesian Voyaging." Insights 1.12 (2008): 1-12.
  • "Island Worlds Apart: Interaction and Remoteness on Seas and Oceans." Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology 3.1 (2008): 1-3.
  • CO-authors S. Fitzpatrick.
  • "Response to Comments on 'Traditionalism, Interaction and Long-Distance Seafaring in Polynesia'." Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology 3.2 (2008): 268-270.
  • "Introduction 2: A Migration History." Ngāi Tahu. A Migration History: The Carrington Text. Ed. Tau, Te M. and Anderson A.J. Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, New Zealand 2008. 20-37.
  • 'Indo-Pacific Migration and Colonization - Introduction', Asian Perspectives 47.1 (2008): 2-11.
  • Co-authors S. O'Connor.
  • "Islands of Isolation: Archaeology and the Power of Aquatic Perimeters." Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology 3.1 (2008): 4-16.
  • Co-authors S. Fitzpatrick.
  • "Traditionalism, Interaction, and Long-Distance Seafaring in Polynesia." Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology 3.2 (2008): 240-250.
  • "An archaeological sequence for Codfish Island (Whenua Hou), Southland, New Zealand." New Zealand journal of archaeology, 30 (2008): 5-21.
  • Co-authors I. Smith.
  • "Dating the late prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand using the commensal Pacific rat." PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105.22 (2008): 7676-7680.
  • Co-authors J. M. Wilmshurst, A. J. Anderson, T. F. G. Higham, and T. H. Worthy.
  • "Maori land and livelihood AD 1250-1850." The Natural History of Canterbury (3rd ed), Ed. M. Winterbourn, G. Know, C. Burrows and I. Marsden. Canterbury, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press, 2008, 65-88.
  • "Short and Sometimes Sharp: Human Impacts on Marine Resources in the Archaeology and History of South Polynesia." Human impacts on ancient marine ecosystems : a global perspective. Ed. Torben C. Rick & Jon M. Erlandson. Berkeley, United States of America: University of California Press, 2008. 21-42.
  • Special Thematic Section: Island Worlds Apart: Interaction and Remoteness on Seas and Oceans. Ed. S. Fitzpatrick and A. Anderson. 2008.
  • "Colonisation and culture change in the early prehistory of Fiji." The Early Prehistory of Fiji (Terra Australis 31). Ed. Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson. Canberra, Australia; ANU ePress, 2009. 407-437.
  • Co-authors G. Clark.
  • "An Austronesian Presence in Southern Japan: Early Occupation in the Yaeyama Islands." Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 29 (2009): 76-91.
  • Co-authors G. Summerhayes.
  • "Origins, Settlement and Society of Pre-European South Polynesia." in Giselle Byrnes (ed.), The New Oxford History of New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Melbourne 2009, 21-46.
  • "Fieldwork in southern Viti Levu and Beqa Island." The Early Prehistory of Fiji (Terra Australis 31). Ed. Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2009. 87-120.
  • Co-authors G. Clark.
  • "'Fieldwork in northern Viti Levu and Mago Island." The Early Prehistory of Fiji (Terra Australis 31). Ed. Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2009, 121-152.
  • Co-authors G. Clark.
  • "Site chronology and a review of radiocarbon dates from Fiji." The Early Prehistory of Fiji (Terra Australis 31). Ed. Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson. Canberra, Australia; ANU ePress, 2009. 153-182.
  • Co-authors G. Clark.
  • "Characterisation and sourcing of archaeological adzes and flakes from Fiji." The Early Prehistory of Fiji (Terra Australis 31). Ed. Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2009. 373-395.
  • Co-authors B. Fankhauser, and G. Clark.
  • "The rat and the octopus: initial human colonization and the prehistoric introduction of domestic animals to Remote Oceania', Biological Invasions, vol. Online First, 2009, 17.
  • "Palaeofaunal sites and excavations." The Early Prehistory of Fiji (Terra Australis 31). Ed. Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2009. 19-40.
  • Co-authors T. Worthy.
  • "Results of palaeofaunal research" The Early Prehistory of Fiji, Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2009. 41-62.
  • "Prehistoric Archaeology in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand Subantarctic Region." In Care of the Southern Ocean; An archaeological and historical survey of the Auckland Islands, New Zealand: New Zealand Archaeological Association, 2009. 9-37.
  • "Maui Nation to Maori Asian." The Maui Dynasty. Ed. Ren Kempthorne. Nelson, New Zealand: Bishop Suter Trust, 2009. 7.
  • "An Archaeological Sequence for Codfish Island (Whenua Hou), Southland, New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 30, 2009. 5-21.
  • Co-authors I. Smith.
  • "The Early Prehistory of Fiji" Terra Australis 31. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press. 2009.
  • "Research on the early prehistory of Fiji." The Early Prehistory of Fiji (Terra Australis 31). Ed. Geoffrey Clark and Atholl Anderson. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2009. 1-18.
  • Co-authors G. Clark.
  • "Epilogue: Changing Archaeological Perspectives upon Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands." Pacific Science: a quarterly devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the Pacific Region, 63.4 (2009): 747-757.
  • "Stability in the South Pacific surface marine 14C reservoir over the last 750 years. Evidence from American Samoa, the southern Cook Islands and the Marquesas." Journal of Archaeological Science 36.10 (2009): 2234-2243.
  • Co-authors F. Petchey, M. S. Allen, and D. J. Addison.
  • "Polynesian Voyaging." Encyclopedia of Islands. Ed. Rosemary G. Gillespie and David A. Clague. Berkeley, United States of America: University of California Press, 2009. 758-761.
  • "The impact of Lapita Colonisation on Native Fauna." in Christophe Sand and Stuart Bedford (ed.), Lapita: Oceanic Ancestors, Somogy Editions d'Art, Paris, 2010, 268-269.
  • "Historic fuel wood use in the Galapagos Islands: identification of charred remains." Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 19 (2010): 207-217.
  • "Histories of Global Seafaring: a Discussion' The Global Origins and Development of Seafaring. Ed. Atholl Anderson, James H Barrett & Katherine V Boyle. Cambridge; McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2010. 305-314.
  • Co-authors J. Barrett.
  • "Radiocarbon dates on desiccated Moa flesh from inland Otago, New Zealand." Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1.2 (2010): 192-194.
  • Co-authors L. Rowe, F. Petchey, and M. White.
  • "The Origins and Development of Seafaring: Towards a Global Approach." The Global Origins and Development of Seafaring. Ed. Atholl Anderson, James H Barrett & Katherine V Boyle. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2010, 3-16.
  • "Faunal Extinction and Human Habitation in New Caledonia: Initial Results and Implications of New Research at the Pindai Caves." Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1.1, (2010): 89-109.
  • Co-authors C. Sand, F. Petchey and T.H. Worthy,
  • "East Polynesian Sailing Rigs: The Anuta Iti Experiment." Journal of Pacific Archaeology 2.2, (2011): 109-113.
  • Co-author H. Boon.
  • "Reply to Mulrooney et al.: Accepting lower precision radiocarbon dates results in longer colonization chronologies for East Polynesia." PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108. 23, (2011): E195.
  • Co-authors J.M. Wilmshurst, T. L. Hunt and Carl P. Lipo
  • "High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia." PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108.5 (2011): 1815-1820
  • Co-authors J. M. Wilmshursta, T. L. Huntb and C. P. Lipoc,
  • "Prehistoric fishing on Rapa Island." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress. 2012, 115-133.
  • Co-authors Y. Vogel.
  • "Bird, reptile and mammal remains fromarchaeological sites on Rapa Island." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012, 105-114.
  • Co-authors A. Tennyson.
  • "The Tangarutu invertebrate fauna." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 135-144.
  • Co-authors K. Szabo.
  • "Marine resource exploitation on Rapa Island Archaeology, material culture and ethnography." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed.Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012. 145-166.
  • Co-authors K. Szabo and Y. Vogel.
  • "The prehistory of Rapa Island' Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012. 147-256.
  • Co-authors D. Kennett, D and E. Conte.
  • Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37) The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012.
  • Co-authors D. Kennett.
  • "The archaeobotany of Rapan rockshelter deposits." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012. 77-95.
  • Co-authors M. Prebble.
  • "Archaeology of the coastal sites on Rapa Island." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012. 47-76.
  • "Archaeological research on Rapa Island, French Polynesia." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012. 7-23.
  • Co-authors D. Kennett and E. Conte.
  • "Dwelling carelessly, quiet and secure'A brief ethnohistory of Rapa Island,French Polynesia, AD 1791-1840." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012. 25-45.
  • "A Bayesian AMS 14C chronology for the colonisation and fortification of Rapa Island." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed. Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, 2012. 189-202.
  • Co-authors D.J. Kennett, C. Brendan and J. Southon.
  • "Palaeobotany and the early development of agriculture on Rapa Island." Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. Ed.in Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress 2012, 167-187.
  • Co-authors M. Prebble.
  • "Austronesian sailing to the northern marianas, a comment on Hung et al. (2011)." Antiquity 86 (2012): 898-914.
  • "Responses" Archaeology in Oceania, 47.1 (2012): 9-10.
  • "Inshore or offshore? Boating and fishing in the Pleistocene: The antiquity of sustained offshore fishing." Antiquity 87 (2013): 879-885.
  • "An extinct Austral snipe (Aves: Coenocorypha) from New Caledonia." Emu 113.4 (2013): 383-393.
  • Co-authors T.Worthy, and C, Sand.
  • "Response to O'Connor and Ono, Bailey and Erlandson," Antiquity 87 (2013): 892-895.
  • "Chronogeographic variation in initial east polynesian construction of monumental ceremonial sites." Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology 8.3 (2013): 405-421.
  • Co-authors H. Martinsson-Wallin , P. Wallin and R. Solsvik.
  • "Archaeological Excavations on Batan Island." 4000 Years of Migration and Cultural Exchange: The Archaeology of the Batanes Islands, Northern Philippines (Terra Australis 40), Ed. Peter Bellwood and Eusebio Dizon. Canberra, Australia: ANU ePress, Canberra, 2013. 31-45.
  • Co-authors P. Bellwood and E. Dizon
  • "Forest clearance and agricultural expansion on Rapa, Austral Archipelago, French Polynesia." Holocene 23.2 (2013): 179-196.
  • M. Prebble and D Kennett.
  • "Climate windows for polynesian voyaging to New Zealand and easter Island', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111.41 (2014): 14716-14721.
  • C-authors A.J. Anderson, I. Goodwin and S. Browning,
  • "Monumentality and ritual behaviour in South Polynesia." Studies in Global Archaeology. Ed. Helene Martinson-Wallin and Timothy Thomas. Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University, 2014, 273-296.
  • "Interior lives : the age and interpretation of perishable artefacts from Māori rockshelter sites inland Otago, New Zealand." Journal of Pacific archaeology 6.2 (2015): 41-48.
  • Co-authors A. Anderson, M. White, and F. Petchy.
  • "A landscape vulnerability framework for identifying integrated conservation and adaptation pathways to climate change: the case of Madagascar's spiny forest," Landscape Ecology, 31.637 (2015): 1-18.
  • M, Virah-Sawmy, C, Gillson, and L, Gardner.
  • "Reconsidering Precolumbian Human Colonization in the Galapagos Islands, Republic of Ecuador." Latin American Antiquity 27.2 (2016): 169-183.
  • Co-authors A. Anderson, K. Stothert, H, Martinsson-Wallin, P. Wallin, I. Flett, S. Haberle, H. Heijnis, and E. Rhodes.

    • Other

  • "Recent Uplift At Raoul Island, Kermadec Group, Southwest Pacific." New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 30.3 (1987): 325-327.
  • In this letter Anderson takes issue with conclusions made by J. C. Scholfield in 1981 concerning the area at Low Flat, Raoul Island, which Schofield asserted ‘had been uplifted 3.5 m during the last 440 years.’

    Reviews

    Prodigious Birds: Moas And Moa-Hunting In Prehistoric New Zealand.
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  • Prodigious Birds: Moas And Moa-Hunting In Prehistoric New Zealand.
  • Prodigious Birds: Moas And Moa-Hunting In Prehistoric New Zealand. Spriggs, Matthew. Antiquity 65.247 (June 1991): 422-423.
  • Te Puoho’s Last Raid
  • Te Puoho’s Last Raid. Brooking, T. Archifacts: Bulletin of the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand 2 (June 1987): 39-40.
  • Te Puoho’s Last Raid. Evison, Harry. Te Karanga: Canterbury Māori Studies Association 2.2 (Aug. 1986): 36-37.
  • Te Puoho’s Last Raid. Eds. S. Bulmer, R. G. Law and D. G. Sutton. Murray, Jenny. "Rich Archive Of Māori Traditions And Beliefs." The Press 19 March 1994: 12.
  • Te Puoho’s Last Raid. Taylor, Alan. "Ethnological Ephemera Targets The Gullible." Sunday Star-Times 17 April 1994: D8.
  • Traditional Fishing in the Pacific
  • Traditional Fishing in the Pacific. Walters, Ian. Archaeology in Oceania 23.1 (Apr. 1988): 38.