Peter Lape (PhD 2000, Brown)
Research Interests:
Archaeology and history, culture contact/colonialism, trade and exchange, settlement patterns, landscapes, religious change; Island Southeast Asia, Pacific and western North America; joint appointment with the Burke Museum as Curator of Archaeology
"My research uses the tools of archaeological and documentary analysis to investigate the impacts of cross-cultural entanglements. I am particularly interested in how the process of cross-cultural interaction articulates with settlement landscapes, trade networks and ethnic/religious identity. I have worked in eastern Indonesia and Timor Leste, focusing on time periods from the earliest farming (3500 BP) to the late precolonial period (500 BP).
I am also directing a new program to train students working in SE Asia in archaeological field research, museology and cultural heritage law. This program offers a variety of fellowship and field training opportunities for students from Southeast Asia and the US. See the websites below for more information."
Personal Web Page: [Click
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Southeast Asia Research and Training Program: [Click
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Selected Publications:
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2007
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Rock art: A potential source of information about past maritime technology in the South-East Asia-Pacific region. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 36(2): 238–253
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2006
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Chronology of Fortified Settlements in East Timor. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 1(2):285-298.
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2005
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Archaeology of Islam in Island Southeast Asia. Antiquity 79: 829-836.
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2003
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Theoretical insights
from studies of culture contact in eastern Indonesia. Archaeology in
Oceania 38:102-109.
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2002
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Historic maps and archaeology as a means of understanding late
pre-colonial settlement in the Banda Islands, Indonesia. Asian
Perspectives 41(1): 43-70.
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