Helen Leach
Biographic Data
| ID | 3750997 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Leach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Leach |
| SIGNATURE | LEACH H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0502-9844 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Lesley Montague Groube , 1937–2018: A Biographical Sketch
Who owns the past?The real owners of the past of any nation, state or province are not the [self-defined] people today, nor the land owners who are the guardians of the evidence, but the manipulators of that past, the historians, prehistorians, and archaeologists who transform the past into word The owners of the past of Papua New Guinea in the coming decades will, one hopes, be prehistorians who have learned to avoid the simple pitfalls of equat…
Did East Polynesians have a concept of luxury foods
As they settled the islands of the eastern Pacific, Polynesians encountered declining biodiversity. This was counteracted by the transfer of tropical crops and a few domestic animals. But on small isolated islands, or islands beyond the tropics, not all domesticates survived. Despite these losses and sometimes poor resources, Polynesians maintained strong traditions of hospitality and status display through feasting. On well-endowed high islands,…
The Archaeology of Christmas Cakes
Like ceramic pots excavated by archaeologists, dishes, for which recipes provide detailed instructions, also can be treated as a form of material culture and analyzed to reveal the socioeconomic conditions prevailing when they were made. The Christmas Cake that originated in Victorian England from a long-standing tradition of rich fruit cakes became an important and persistent category in twentieth century New Zealand. As a complex cake with many…
Cultivating Myths: Fiction, Fact & Fashion in Garden History
Intensification in the Pacific: A Critique of the Archaeological Criteria and Their Application
Recent questioning of unexamined assumptions in Boserup's agricultural development sequence inspires a critical review of the archaeological criteria for intensification. The concept of intensification has been widely used in Pacific archaeological sequences and has been linked to both population growth and sociopolitical competition within limited land areas. However, intensification is difficult to demonstrate in prehistoric contexts with the r…
The terminology of agricultural origins and food production systems-a horticultural perspective
We live, most of us, in agricultural societies; our food comes from the farm. We make gardens, many of us, and we eat some of the plants that we grow there. That farming is not the same as gardening we see in the responses of western observers when they made contact with societies whose food came more from the garden than the farm. A gardener's view of food makes its own story
Plant Categories and the Significance of Meaning Changes: The Case of Herbs and Related Terms
Reconsideration of the Marquesan sequence in East Polynesian prehistory, with particular reference to Hane (MUH1)
Current views about the Marquesan sequence are reviewed through a reassessment of the archaeological evidence from Hane. Particular attention is given to the stratigraphy, radiocarbon dating, adzes, fishhooks, harpoons, ornaments, pottery and faunal remains. These data suggest that the lower levels at Hane represent a single relatively brief phase of occupation, probably about the middle of the first millenium A.D., during the initial settlement …
John T. Parry. The Sigatoka Valley-pathway into prehistory. Bulletin of the Fiji Museum 9. ix + 157 pages, 18 figures , 6 tables , 25 plates, including stereograms . 1987. Suva: Fiji Museum; paperback…
John T. Parry. The Sigatoka Valley-pathway into prehistory. Bulletin of the Fiji Museum 9. ix + 157 pages, 18 figures, 6 tables, 25 plates, including stereograms. 1987. Suva: Fiji Museum; paperback $F8. - Volume 62 Issue 236
Jigsaw: Reconstructive lithic technology
The reassembling of original parent blocks from the scattered waste flakes, blades, and cores recovered from working floors may be likened to attempting a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle which is known to be incomplete. Nevertheless, reconstruction of only a small number of blocks may reveal valuable details of the actual manufacturing processes. The method was applied to the problem of the technological affinities of anomalous blade knives used …
On the Origins of Kitchen Gardening in the Ancient Near East
Intensification in the Pacific: A Critique of the Archaeological Criteria and Their Application
Recent questioning of unexamined assumptions in Boserup's agricultural development sequence inspires a critical review of the archaeological criteria for intensification. The concept of intensification has been widely used in Pacific archaeological sequences and has been linked to both population growth and sociopolitical competition within limited land areas. However, intensification is difficult to demonstrate in prehistoric contexts with the r…
The terminology of agricultural origins and food production systems-a horticultural perspective
We live, most of us, in agricultural societies; our food comes from the farm. We make gardens, many of us, and we eat some of the plants that we grow there. That farming is not the same as gardening we see in the responses of western observers when they made contact with societies whose food came more from the garden than the farm. A gardener's view of food makes its own story
The Archaeology of Christmas Cakes
Like ceramic pots excavated by archaeologists, dishes, for which recipes provide detailed instructions, also can be treated as a form of material culture and analyzed to reveal the socioeconomic conditions prevailing when they were made. The Christmas Cake that originated in Victorian England from a long-standing tradition of rich fruit cakes became an important and persistent category in twentieth century New Zealand. As a complex cake with many…
On the Origins of Kitchen Gardening in the Ancient Near East
Jigsaw: Reconstructive lithic technology
The reassembling of original parent blocks from the scattered waste flakes, blades, and cores recovered from working floors may be likened to attempting a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle which is known to be incomplete. Nevertheless, reconstruction of only a small number of blocks may reveal valuable details of the actual manufacturing processes. The method was applied to the problem of the technological affinities of anomalous blade knives used …
John T. Parry. The Sigatoka Valley-pathway into prehistory. Bulletin of the Fiji Museum 9. ix + 157 pages, 18 figures , 6 tables , 25 plates, including stereograms . 1987. Suva: Fiji Museum; paperback…
John T. Parry. The Sigatoka Valley-pathway into prehistory. Bulletin of the Fiji Museum 9. ix + 157 pages, 18 figures, 6 tables, 25 plates, including stereograms. 1987. Suva: Fiji Museum; paperback $F8. - Volume 62 Issue 236
Reconsideration of the Marquesan sequence in East Polynesian prehistory, with particular reference to Hane (MUH1)
Current views about the Marquesan sequence are reviewed through a reassessment of the archaeological evidence from Hane. Particular attention is given to the stratigraphy, radiocarbon dating, adzes, fishhooks, harpoons, ornaments, pottery and faunal remains. These data suggest that the lower levels at Hane represent a single relatively brief phase of occupation, probably about the middle of the first millenium A.D., during the initial settlement …
Plant Categories and the Significance of Meaning Changes: The Case of Herbs and Related Terms
The terminology of agricultural origins and food production systems-a horticultural perspective
We live, most of us, in agricultural societies; our food comes from the farm. We make gardens, many of us, and we eat some of the plants that we grow there. That farming is not the same as gardening we see in the responses of western observers when they made contact with societies whose food came more from the garden than the farm. A gardener's view of food makes its own story
Intensification in the Pacific: A Critique of the Archaeological Criteria and Their Application
Recent questioning of unexamined assumptions in Boserup's agricultural development sequence inspires a critical review of the archaeological criteria for intensification. The concept of intensification has been widely used in Pacific archaeological sequences and has been linked to both population growth and sociopolitical competition within limited land areas. However, intensification is difficult to demonstrate in prehistoric contexts with the r…
Cultivating Myths: Fiction, Fact & Fashion in Garden History
Did East Polynesians have a concept of luxury foods
As they settled the islands of the eastern Pacific, Polynesians encountered declining biodiversity. This was counteracted by the transfer of tropical crops and a few domestic animals. But on small isolated islands, or islands beyond the tropics, not all domesticates survived. Despite these losses and sometimes poor resources, Polynesians maintained strong traditions of hospitality and status display through feasting. On well-endowed high islands,…
The Archaeology of Christmas Cakes
Like ceramic pots excavated by archaeologists, dishes, for which recipes provide detailed instructions, also can be treated as a form of material culture and analyzed to reveal the socioeconomic conditions prevailing when they were made. The Christmas Cake that originated in Victorian England from a long-standing tradition of rich fruit cakes became an important and persistent category in twentieth century New Zealand. As a complex cake with many…
Lesley Montague Groube , 1937–2018: A Biographical Sketch
Who owns the past?The real owners of the past of any nation, state or province are not the [self-defined] people today, nor the land owners who are the guardians of the evidence, but the manipulators of that past, the historians, prehistorians, and archaeologists who transform the past into word The owners of the past of Papua New Guinea in the coming decades will, one hopes, be prehistorians who have learned to avoid the simple pitfalls of equat…
History (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (3 works) · Population (3 works)