International Archaeological Research Institute

Recent papers from International Archaeological Research Institute

1. Quantifying Archeological Damage: The Operation Antiquity Seizures from ThailandJournal of the Siam Society · 2026
2. Additional Fieldwork and Reassessments Support Human Presence since the Last Glacial Maximum at Chiquihuite Cave, MexicoPaleoAmerica · 2026
3. Did Indigenous long-distance voyaging occur below 50°S?The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology · 2025
4. The Pacific Archaeology Radiocarbon DatabaseArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania · 2025
5. Assessing settlement diversity in SāmoaThe Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology · 2025
6. Settlement Organization and Distribution in Bronze Age Sardinia: Utilizing Cumulative Viewshed Analysis and Spatial Statistics in the Sulcis PlainJournal of Field Archaeology · 2024
7. Ideal distribution models and the tempo of agricultural development in a windward valley of HawaiʻiAntiquity · 2023
8. Ancient DNA from Protohistoric Period Cambodia indicates that South Asians admixed with local populations as early as 1st–3rd centuries CEScientific Reports · 2022
9. Ancient DNA from Protohistoric Period Cambodia indicates that South Asians admixed with local populations as early as 1 st -3 rd centuries CE2022
10. Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarersScience · 2022
11. Colluvial slope agriculture in context: An extensive agricultural landscape along the slopes of Punalu‘u Valley, O‘ahu Island, Hawai‘iThe Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology · 2022
12. Rescue recovery of the earliest known burials from Barbuda, West Indies (ca. 3560–3220 cal years BP)The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology · 2021
13. Approximate Bayesian Computation of radiocarbon and paleoenvironmental record shows population resilience on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)Nature Communications · 2021
14. The first quantitative assessment of radiocarbon chronologies for initial pottery in Island Southeast Asia supports multi-directional Neolithic dispersalPLoS ONE · 2021
15. The premise and potential of model-based approaches to island archaeology: A response to TerrellThe Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology · 2021
16. Tempo and Trajectory of the Built Landscape on Ta‘ū Island, Manu‘a Group, American Sāmoa: Integrating Extensive Radiocarbon Dating With Joint Posterior ModelingRadiocarbon · 2020
17. Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific droughtProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020
18. Enigmatic Cranial Superstructures among Chamorro Ancestors from the Mariana Islands: Comparative Geographic Variation and a Proposal About Their MeaningThe Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology · 2019
19. The Short History of the Ifugao Rice Terraces: A Local Response to the Spanish ConquestJournal of Field Archaeology · 2019
20. Skeletal and Dental Health of Early Tongans: The Bioarchaeology of the Human Skeletons from the To-At-36 Site, Ha‘ateiho, Tongatapu, TongaThe Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology · 2019