Geoffrey Irwin

Geoffrey Irwin

Infobox Writer


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occupation = historian
nationality = New Zealand
period = 1985 - present day
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subject = History of the Pacific Islands

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Geoffrey Irwin (b. 1941) is a New Zealand archaeologist and historian, specialising in the pre-history of the Pacific Islands. He is Professor of Archaeology at University of Auckland, New Zealand. In 1985-6 he surveyed the Louisiade Archipelago near Papua New Guinea.

elected Works

* (1985) "The Emergence of Mailu as a Central Place in Papuan Prehistory"
* (1986) "Land, Pa and Polity"
* (1992) "The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521476518
* (2006). 'Pacific Migrations' in "Māori Peoples of New Zealand: Ngā Iwi o Aotearoa". Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Auckland: David Bateman, 2006:10-18.


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