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California Academy of Sciences Library
Lecturer
Gary Williams
http://www.calacademy.org/research/curators/williams.htm
Read more about Gary Williams and his work at this Academy site.
Community Environmental Research in the Pacific Islands
http://www.tellusconsultants.com/
At this web site you can find out about community field research taking place in the Pacific Islands.
Culture: Melanesia
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/carvingout/maps/melanesia.htm
This wonderful site provides maps of Melanesia that convey information about language, colonization, nuclear testing and more. All of the information is provided in a colorful and easy to understand way.
Ethnologue: The Pacific
http://www.ethnologue.com/country_index.asp?place=The+Pacific
Language in the Pacific Islands is a complicated thing. For instance, there are 817 living languages in Papua New Guinea. For each of the Islands, find out which languages are spoken, the approximate number of speakers of each language, dialects, and other information.
Jon Frum Home Page
http://altnews.com.au/cargocult/jonfrum/jfhp.htm
An existing cargo cult remains on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. Read more about cargo cults in general, and the Jon Frum Cargo Cult in particular, at this web site.
Melanesian Interest Group
The Melanesian Interest Group was formed within the American Anthropological Association to, among other things, " publicize the full range of Melanesianist anthropology to the largest possible audience inside and outside the AAA." Links to information about the Islands and the group are found at this web site.
Nature’s Plankton: Sea Fans of the Pacific
http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/pacdis/issues/summer96/seafan.htm
In summer of 1996, the Academy’s magazine, California Wild, included an article by Gary Williams about sea fans in the Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Voyages of Rollo Beck
http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/rollobeck/
Learn about Rollo Beck, ornithologist and world traveller in this site from Academy’s Anthropology Department.
Papua New Guinea – CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pp.html
The traditional CIA World Factbook is now available online. At the site you can find maps of Papua New Guinea, information about population, imports, the monetary unit, and more.
Papua New Guinea and its Animals
http://www.animalnation.com/conservation/newguiny/ppg.html
Find out more about the animals that call Papua New Guinea home at this web site.
Papua New Guinea Online
http://www.niugini.com/pngonline/
If you’re looking for facts and statistics about Papua New Guinea, you’ve come to the right place. Created and maintained by Papua New Guineans, this site provides access to information on areas as diverse as vegetation, history, and population.
Solomon Islands – CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bp.html
The traditional CIA World Factbook is now available online. At the site you can find maps of the Solomon Islands, information about population, imports, the monetary unit, and more.
State, Society and Governance in Melanesia
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia/index.htm
"The key objective of the SSGM Project is to increase awareness and understanding of relationships between society and state and of problems of governance in Pacific Island countries with a specific emphasis on Melanesia."
Status of Biodiversity in Papua New Guinea
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9468/papua_ng.htm
"Papua New Guinea probably harbours more than five percent of the world's biodiversity within some of the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems." Find out more at this information rich web site.
Vanuatu: A Photographic Exhibit
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/vanuatu/
View the virtual version of the Academy’s Vanuatu exhibit at this web site.
Vanuatu Bibliography
http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/vanuatu.htm
This bibliography was created to accompany the Academy’s photographic and anthropological exhibit on the Pacific Island of Vanuatu.
Allen, Gerald R. and Norbert J. Cross. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua New Guinea. United States: T.F.H. Publications; Australia: Angus & Robertson, c1982. Ichthy QL638 .M358 A42.
Baines, Graham B. K. Traditional Resource Management in the Melanesian South Pacific: A Development Dilemma. Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, South Pacific Commission, [1992?]. Biodiv QH77 .M5 B34 1992.
Barrett, Charles and A. N. Burns. Butterflies of Australia and New Guinea. Melbourne, N. H. Seward, 1951. Ent QL558 .B3.
Beehler, Bruce McP. Upland Birds of Northeastern New Guinea: A Guide to the Hill and Mountain Birds of Morobe Province. Wau, Papua New Guinea: Wau Ecology Institute, 1978. M&O QL694 .N4 B44.
Bell, Harry L. Occupation of Urban Habitats by Birds in Papua New Guinea. Los Angeles, CA: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 1986. Main QL1 .W486 v.3:1.
Bonaccorso, Frank J. Bats of Papua New Guinea. Washington, D.C.: Conservation International, 1998. M&O QL737 .C5 B59 1998.
Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea. South Yarra, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 1983. Main DU740 .B87 1983.
Carrier, Achsah H and James G. Carrier. Structure and Process in a Melanesian Society: Ponam's Progress in the Twentieth Century. Chur; Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers, c1991. Main DU740.42 .C368 1991.
Coates, Brian J. The Birds of Papua New Guinea: Including the Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville. Alderley, Queensland, Australia: Dove Publications, 1985-. M&O QL694 .P3 C64 1985.
Coates, Brian J. Papua New Guinea Birds in Colour. Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia: Robert Brown, 1982. M&O QL694 .P3 C64 1982.
Codrington, R.H. Melanesians: Studies in Their Anthropology and Folk-Lore. New York: Dover Publications, 1972. Main GN668 .C63 1972.
Crawford, A. L. Aida: Life and Ceremony of the Gogodala. [Papua New Guinea]: National Cultural Council of Papua New Guinea; Bathurst, Australia: in association with R. Brown & Associates, c1981. Main GN671 .N5 C7 1981.
Dark, Philip John Crosskey. Kilenge Life and Art: A Look at a New Guinea People. London: Academy Editions, 1974. Main DU553 .N35 D37 1974.
De Verre, Ross. Essays on the Constitution of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby: Tenth Independence Anniversary Advisory Committee, 1995. Main KH400 .P45 E88 1985.
DuPont, John Eleuthere. South Pacific Birds. Greenville, DE: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1976, c1975. M&O QL694 .O25 D86.
Feil, D. K. The Evolution of Highland Papua New Guinea Societies. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Main GN671 .N5 F45 1987.
Friedlaender, Jonathan Scott. The Solomon Islands Project: A Long Term Study of Health, Human Biology, and Culture Change.Oxford: Clarendon Press; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Main GN58 .S62 S65 1987.
Fullerton, Laurie. New Caledonia: A Travel Survival Kit. Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia; Berkeley, CA: Lonely Planet Publications, 1990. Pub DU720 .F84 1990.
Gazetteer of Melanesia: Map Series AMS X401. Washington D.C.: War Dept. Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers. U.S. Army 1943. Pub DU490 .U66 1943.
Gender and Fertility in Melanesia. Nishinomiya, Japan: Dept. of Anthropology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 1994. Main GN668 .G46 1994.
Gianetti, Candice, ed. Fodor's South Pacific. 5th ed. New York: Fodor's Travel Publications, c1990. Pub DU15 .F64 1990.
Goetzfridt, Nicholas J. Indigenous Navigation and Voyaging in the Pacific: A Reference Guide. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992. Main REF GN440 .G63 1992.
Gordon, Robert, et al. The Plight of Peripheral People in Papua New Guinea. Cambridge, MA: Cultural Survival, [1981]. Biodiv GN671 .N5 P58 1981.
Green, R. C. and M. M. Cresswell, eds. Southeast Solomon Islands Cultural History: A Preliminary Survey. Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Society of New Zealand, 1976. Main QH1 .R69 no.11.
Gressitt, J. Linsley and R.W. Hornabrook. Handbook of Common New Guinea Beetles. Wau, Papua New Guinea: Wau Ecology Institute, 1977, 1985 printing. Ent QL595 .N43 G83 1977.
Greub, Suzanne, ed. Art of the Sepik River: Papua New Guinea: Authority and Ornament. Basel: Tribal Art Centre, Edition Greub, c1985. Main N7411 .N4 A784 1985.
Halstead, Bob. Diving and Snorkeling: Papua New Guinea. Melbourne; Oakland: Lonely Planet, 1999. Pub GV838.673 .P26 H35 1999.
Harcombe, David. Soloman Islands: A Travel Survival Kit. South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Berkeley, CA: Lonely Planet 1988. Pub DU850 .H37 1988.
Harding, Thomas G. Kunai Men: Horticultural Systems of a Papua New Guinea Society. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c1985. Main GN1 .U5 v.16.
Hinton, A. G. Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Robert Brown and Associates, 1972. IZ&G QL428.5 .H5.
Jackson, Miles M. Pacific Island Studies: A Survey of the Literature. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. Main REF DU17 .P33 1986.
Johnson, Richard William. Volcano Town: The 1937-43 Eruptions at Rabaul. Bathurst, N.S.W.: R. Brown and Associates, 1985. Main QE527 .J64 1985.
Kagl, Toby W. and Michael Y. Mel. Two Highland Novels from Papua New Guinea. Boroko, Papua New Guinea: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. c1984. Main Serials DU740 .A2 073 v. 11:4.
Karakita, Yasuyuki. The Progress Report of the 1991 Survey of the Research Project, " Man and the Environment in Papua New Guinea." Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific in collaboration with the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, 1992. Main GF852 .P26 P76 1992.
Kirk, Malcolm. Man as Art: New Guinea. New York: Viking Press 1981. Main Folio GN671 .N5 K57 1981.
Kirk, Robert and Emoke Szathmary, eds. Out of Asia: Peopling the Americas and the Pacific. Canberra: Journal of Pacific History, c1985. Main E61 .O88 1985.
Klitzman, Robert. The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals, and Mad Cow Disease. New York: Plenum Trade, c1998. Pub RA644 .P93 K57 1998.
Kohnke, Glenys. The Shark Callers: An Ancient Fishing Tradition of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Boroko, Papua New Guinea: Yumi Press, 1974. SA GR385 .N55 K63 1974.
Lepi, Pundia and Nancy Bowers. Kaugel Stories: Temane and Kangi. [Boroko, Papua New Guinea]: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 1983. Main PR9655.8 .K38 1983.
Lightbody, Mark and Tony Wheeler. Papua New Guinea: A Travel Survival Kit. 3rd ed. South Yarra, Victoria, Australia; Berkeley, CA: Lonely Planet 1985. Main DU740 .W45 1985.
Lowry, J. K. The Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Madang Lagoon, Papua New Guinea. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Australian Museum, c1995-. Main Serials QH1 .A985 no.22.
Mann, Milton. New Guinea. Tokyo; Palo Alto, California: Kodansha International, 1972. Main DU740 .M37 1972.
McCoy, Michael. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Wau, Papua New Guinea: Wau Ecology Institute, 1980. Herp QL664 .S4 M3 1980.
Mead, Margaret. Growing Up in New Guinea; A Comparative Study of Primitive Education. [New York]: New American Library [1953, c1930]. Main GN671 .N5 M42 1953.
Mead, Margaret. New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation--Manus, 1928-1953. New York: Morrow, 1956. Main GN671 .N5 M44 1956.
Mead, Sydney M. Exploring the Visual Art of Oceania: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Honolulu, HI: University Press of Hawaii, c1979. Main N7410 .E95 1979.
Meggitt, Mervyn J. Blood is Their Argument: Warfare Among the Mae Enga Tribesmen of the New Guinea Highlands. Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Pub. Co., 1977. Educ DU740.42 .M45 1977.
Menzies, J. I. Handbook of Common New Guinea Frogs. Wau, Papua New Guinea: Wau Ecology Institute, 1975. Herp & SA QL668 .E2 M45.
Merrill, Elmer Drew. Emergency Food Plants and Poisonous Plants of the Islands of the Pacific.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1943. Bot QK98.5 .P3 M47 1943.
Meyn, Susan L. Black Island Paradise: Life in Melanesia. Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, 1982. Main DU490 .M49 1982.
Nakano, Kazutaka et al., The Progress Report of the 1989 Survey of the Research Project, "Man and the Environment in Papua New Guinea". Kagoshima, Japan: Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific, 1990. Main QH186.5 .P76 1990.
New Guinea Mosquitoes. Honolulu, HI: Entomology Dept., Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1968-. Ent Pacific Insects Monograph, #17.
New Guinea Research Bulletin. Canberra, A.C.T.; Port Moresby, Papua-New Guinea: New Guinea research unit, Australian National University, [1963-1966]. Main Serials DU740 .N48.
Newton, Douglas. Art Styles of the Papuan Gulf. New York, Museum of Primitive Art; distributed by University Publishers, 1961. Main N7411 .N4 N43 1961.
Noble, Philip. String Figures of New Guinea. Boroko, Papua New Guinea: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, [1979]. Main GN455 .S9 N62 1977.
Oliver, Douglas L. Oceania: The Native Cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, c1989. Main GN662 .O46 1989.
O'Neill, Jack. Up from South: A Prospector in New Guinea, 1931-1937. Melbourne; New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Main HD9536 .P362 O53 1979.
Oral History. Oral History. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. Main Serials. DU740 .A2 073. 1972.
O'Shea, Mark. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Independent Pub., c1996. Herp QL666 .O6 O85 1996.
Paijmans, K., ed. New Guinea Vegetation. Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co.; New York: Distribution for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier North-Holland, 1976. Bot QK366 .N48.
Papua New Guinea Bird Society: Newsletter. Papua New Guinea Bird Society, 1978. Number 146 August 1978. M&O Serials.
Parsons, Michael. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea: Their Systematics and Biology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, c1999. Ent QL559 .P3 P37 1999.
Peckover, William S. and W.C. Filewood. Birds of New Guinea and Tropical Australia. Terry Hills, New South Wales, Australia: Reed, 1976. M&O QL694 .N4 P4.
Plath, Dietmar. Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby: Air Niugini Edition, 1989. Main DU740.2 .P5 1989.
Plight of Peripheral People in Papua New Guinea, The., V.1, The Island Situation. Cambridge, MA: Cultural Survival 1981. Main GN671 .N5 1981.
Rappaport, Roy A. Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People. New Haven, Yale University Press, c1968, 1975 printing. Main DU740 .R27 1968.
Renner, Daniela. People in Between: A Case Study on the Kumil Timber Project, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Copenhagen, Denmark: International Secretariat of IWGIA, [1990]. Main GN4 .I58 no.65.
Scientific Survey of the South Pacific.3rd: 1983. The Prompt Report of the Third Scientific Survey of the South Pacific. Research Center for the South Pacific, Kagoshima University; University of Papua New Guinea; Papua New Guinea University of Technology. Main Q115 .S48 1983.
Specht, Jim. Pieces of Paradise. Sydney: Australian Museum Trust, 1988. Main N7410 .S64 1988.
Stanley, David. South Pacific Handbook. 3rd ed. Chico, CA: Moon Publications, 1985, c1986. Main REF DU15 .S76 1986.
Terrell, John. Prehistory in the Pacific Islands: A Study of Variation in Language, Customs, and Human Biology. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Main GN871 .T47 1986.
This is Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby: Papua New Guinea Office of Information, 1980. Main and Main REF DU740 .T54 1980.
University of California San Diego. Melanesian Studies Newsletter and Accessions List. La Jolla: The Center [1989-1993] No. 8 (Dec. 1989)-nos. 10 and 11 (Mar. 1993). Main Serials DU490 .U5427.
Waite, Deborah. Art of the Solomon Islands: From the Collection of the Barbier-Muller Museum. Geneva: The Museum, 1983. Main N7411 .S65 W34 1983.
Watling, Dick. Environment, Fiji: The National State of the Environment Report. Gland, Switzerland: ICUN Communications Unit; Suava, Fiji: Environment Unit, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development [i.e. Housing and Urban Development] 1992. BIODIV REF GE160 .F4 W37 1992.
Watson, Virginia. Obsidian as Tool and Trade: A Papua New Guinea Case. Seattle, WA: Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, [c1986]. Main Serials AM101 .B97 A1 no.4.
Watson, Virginia. Prehistory of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1977. Main GN875 .P36 W37 1977.
Webster, E. M. The Moon Man: A Biography of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c1984. Main QL31 .M56 W43 1984.
Whitaker, Rom, Zai Whitaker, and Dave Mills. Reptiles of Papua New Guinea. Konedobu, Papua New Guinea: Division of Wildlife, Dept. of Lands & Environment, [1982?]. Herp SK578 .P3 W55 1982.
White, John Peter. A Collection of Stone Axes and Ethnographic Data Made by the Late Ole Christensenin the Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea. [Canberra]: Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, 1977. Main GN875 .A8 W55 1977.
Womersley, John S. Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1978-. Bot QK366 .H35 Vol. 1-2.
Working Together: Sustaining Forests and Communities in Melanesia. Suva, Fiji: Greenpeace Pacific, 1996. Biodiv REF SD387 .S87 W67 1996.
Worrell, Eric. Australian Wildlife: Best-Known Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Plants of Australia and New Guinea. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966. Main QH197 .W596 1966.
Yamaji, Katsuhiko. Gender and Fertility in Melanesia. Nishinomiya, Japan: Dept. of Anthropology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 1994. Main GN668 .G46 1994.
All materials above with a call number beginning Biodiv, Biodiv Juv, Pub, or Pub Juv are available for check out to Academy members.
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