2024
Journal - Research Article
Greig, K., & Walter, R. (2024). Reflections on the commensal model and future directions in Polynesian interaction studies. Archaeology in Oceania. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/arco.5321
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Mills, S., Bennani, H., O'Regan, G., Arun, L., Chakraborty, T., & Walter, R. (2024). Fast, good, and cheap: You can have all three with desktop 3D scanning for lithic analysis. Proceedings of the 51st Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) International Conference. 179, (pp. 175). Retrieved from https://2024.caaconference.org/
McIvor, I. H., Walter, R., & Ng, J. (2024). Developing a 3D virtual reconstruction of the Lawrence Chinese Camp, Central Otago: Method and impacts on descendant aspirations. Proceedings of the 51st Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) International Conference. 122, (pp. 154-155). Retrieved from https://2024.caaconference.org/
Mills, S., Das, N., O'Regan, G., Arun, L., Chakraborty, T., & Walter, R. (2024). A framework for integrating domain knowledge and deep learning for 3D shape analysis of lithic fragments. Proceedings of the 51st Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) International Conference. 172, (pp. 108-109). Retrieved from https://2024.caaconference.org/
2023
Journal - Research Article
Jennings, C., Weisler, M., & Walter, R. (2023). An archaeological review of Polynesian adze quarries and sources. Archaeology in Oceania, 58, 183-213. doi: 10.1002/arco.5297
Journal - Research Other
Rawlence, N., Walton, K., & Walter, R. (2023). Can customary harvesting of NZ's native species be sustainable? Archaeology and palaeo-ecology provide some answers. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/can-customary-harvesting-of-nzs-native-species-be-sustainable-archaeology-and-palaeo-ecology-provide-some-answers-196031
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Tucker, B., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2023). Piecing together the past; Building connections in the present: An archaeological investigation in Southern New Zealand. Proceedings of the Graduate Research Student Symposium. (pp. 26). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research
Tromp, M., Greig, K., Kinaston, R., Kramer, R., & Walter, R. (2023). Using Strontium isotopes to understand the ecology of moa. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Jeunen, G.-J., Collins, C., McDonald, K., Kinaston, R., Vlok, M., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2023). The conundrum of related taxa: Detection and authentication of pathogen DNA in bioarchaeological samples from the Pacific. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au
2022
Journal - Research Article
Luu, S., Radclyffe, C. J. T., Hamilton, R. J., Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2022). Back on the rat trail: Analyses of ancient mitochondrial genomes of Rattus exulans from the Western Solomons. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 45, 103586. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103586
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2022). Pathogen hunters: Using ancient DNA to authenticate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbes in early Polynesian settlers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2022). Pathogen hunters: Using ancient DNA to authenticate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbes in early Polynesian settlers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 39). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Greig, K., & Walter, R. (2022). Rescuing the record? Archaeological research as a response to the threat of climate change. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 9). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Ford, A., Walter, R., & Thomas, T. (2022). Fragile shores: Addressing coastal erosion on archaeological sites in Otago. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 8-9). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Commissioned Report for External Body
Sutton, N., Jennings, C., Greig, K., & Walter, R. (2022). Archaeological Assessment for Coring in the Wairau Lagoons [Report No. 298]. Commissioned by GNS Science. Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, University of Otago. 28p. Retrieved from https://www.rangitane.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220316-GNS-Wairau-Lagoons-Assessment.pdf
2021
Journal - Research Article
Greig, K., & Walter, R. (2021). A re-assessment of the role of dogs (Canis familiaris) in early Aotearoa New Zealand. Human Ecology, 49, 755-764. doi: 10.1007/s10745-021-00285-2
Sabetian, A., Zhang, J., Campbell, M., Walter, R., Allen, H., Reid, M., Wijenayake, K., & Lilkendey, J. (2021). Fish nearshore habitat-use patterns as ecological indicators of nursery quality. Ecological Indicators, 131, 108225. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108225
Campbell, M., Lilkendey, J., Reid, M., Walter, R., Wijenayake, K., Zhang, J., & Sabetian, A. (2021). Tracing changing life histories of tāmure (Chrysophrys auratus) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, through otolith chemistry. Archaeological & Anthropological Sciences, 13, 130. doi: 10.1007/s12520-021-01362-9
Radclyffe, C. J. T., Summerhayes, G. R., Scott, J. M., & Walter, R. (2021). Pottery production and exchange in the last millennium in the western Solomon Islands: A ceramic sequence for Choiseul. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 12(1), 25-46. Retrieved from https://pacificarchaeology.org/
McFadden, C., Walter, R., Buckley, H., & Oxenham, M. F. (2021). Temporal trends in the Colonisation of the Pacific: Palaeodemographic Insights. Journal of World Prehistory, 34, 47-73. doi: 10.1007/s10963-021-09152-w
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Russell, T., Baker-Anderson, S., Henderson, R., Greig, K., & Walter, R. (2021). Recent advances in the archaeology of coastal Hawke's Bay: Contributions of the Otago field schools 2019-2021. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. (pp. 33). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Jennings, C., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2021). Archaeology of gum digging. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. (pp. 32). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Campbell, M., Walter, R., & Sabetian, A. (2021). Tracing changing life histories of tāmure (Chrysophrys auratus) in Tīkapa Moana through otolith chemistry. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. (pp. 15). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., McDonald, K., Kinaston, R., Vlok, M., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2021). Tuberculosis or soil bacteria? Detection and authentication of highly degraded M. tuberculosis DNA in bioarchaeological remains from the Pacific. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
2020
Journal - Research Article
Greig, K., & Walter, R. (2020). Hinterlands, heartlands and history: Dynamic landscapes in New Zealand archaeology. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 11(1), 53-60.
Wu, P., Walter, R., Gaffney, D., Gong, Y., Palin, M., & Reid, M. (2020). Identifying nineteenth century Trans-Pacific production and trade: A geochemical and stylistic study of Chinese opium pipe bowls from southern New Zealand. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 31, 102362. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102362
Journal - Research Other
McDonald, S. K., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Buckley, H. R., Walter, R. K., Aung, H. L., Collins, C. J., Cook, G. M., Kardailsky, O., Krause, K., & Knapp, M. (2020). 'TB or not TB': The conundrum of pre-European contact tuberculosis in the Pacific. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375, 20190583. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0583
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Petrie, F., Mills, S., Bennani, H., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2020). Stitching partial 3D models with an application to modelling stone flakes. Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ48456.2019.8961032
2019
Journal - Research Article
Radclyffe, C. J. T., Summerhayes, G., & Walter, R. (2019). Discovery of Talasea obsidian in a post-Lapita deposit in Arnavon Islands, Solomon Islands. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 10(2), 73-79.
Robinson, J., Blanshard, A., Clendon, M. T. N., Maxwell, J., Sutton, N., & Walter, R. (2019). Mangahawea Bay revisited: A reconsideration of the stratigraphy and chronology of site Q05/682, Moturua Island, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 10(1), 45-55.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Walter, R., Russell, T., Sutton, N., & Hurford, J. (2019). Recent excavations at Eastland Port: Investigating an early Māori settlement on the East Coast. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. (pp. 20-21). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Greig, K., & Walter, R. (2019). Core-hinterland dynamics in New Zealand archaeology. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 84th Annual Meeting. (pp. 291). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Knapp, M., McDonald, S. K., Buckley, H., Kardailsky, O., Aung, H. L., Cross, H., Jeunen, G.-J., Matisoo-Smith, E., Walter, R., & Cook, G. M. (2019, August-September). Origin and evolution of tuberculosis in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2018
Chapter in Book - Research
Walter, R., & Reilly, M. (2018). Ngā Hekenga Waka: Migration and early settlement. In M. Reilly, S. Duncan, G. Leoni, L. Paterson, L. Carter, M. Rātima & P. Rewi (Eds.), Te Kōparapara: An introduction to the Māori world. (pp. 65-85). Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Hilton, M., Walter, R., Greig, K., & Konlechner, T. (2018). Burial, erosion, and transformation of archaeological landscapes: Case studies from southern New Zealand (Aotearoa). Progress in Physical Geography, 42(5), 607-627. doi: 10.1177/0309133318795844
Walter, R., Brooks, E., Greig, K., & Hurford, J. (2018). Excavations at Kahukura, Murihiku. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 9(2), 59-82.
Seersholm, F. V., Cole, T. L., Grealy, A., Rawlence, N. J., Greig, K., Knapp, M., … Easton, L. J., … Walter, R., & Bunce, M. (2018). Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey. PNAS, 115(30), 7771-7776. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1803573115
Greig, K., Gosling, A., Collins, C. J., Boocock, J., McDonald, K., Addison, D. J., … Higham, C. F. W., … Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). Complex history of dog (Canis familiaris) origins and translocations in the Pacific revealed by ancient mitogenomes. Scientific Reports, 8, 9130. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27363-8
Jennings, C., Weisler, M., & Walter, R. (2018). Colyers Island: Polynesia's southernmost adze manufacturing complex. Archaeology in Oceania, 53(2), 116-127. doi: 10.1002/arco.5151
Greig, K., Boocock, J., Allen, M. S., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Walter, R. (2018). Ancient DNA evidence for the introduction and dispersal of dogs (Canis familiaris) in New Zealand. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 9(1), 1-10.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Bennani, H., Mills, S., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2018). Photogrammetric debitage analysis: Measuring Māori toolmaking evidence. Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ.2017.8402463
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
McDonald, K., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., Walter, R., & Knapp, M. (2018). Investigating the origins and impacts of tuberculosis in the Pacific. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Combined Conference: Trans-Tasman Dialogues. (pp. 85). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
Kinaston, R., Buckley, H., Walter, R., Shaw, B., Hawkins, S., & Richards, M. (2018). Initial colonisers and early settlers: Isotopic insights into migration and subsistence patterns in the prehistoric Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Combined Conference: Trans-Tasman Dialogues. (pp. 76). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org
2017
Authored Book - Research
Walter, R., & Sheppard, P. (2017). Archaeology of the Solomon Islands. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 194p.
Journal - Research Article
Harris, T. E., Lilley, K. A., & Walter, R. K. (2017). The varying role of vertebrae in Pacific fishbone analysis: Comparing tropical versus temperate midden assemblages. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 27, 1038-1047. doi: 10.1002/oa.2628
Walter, R., Buckley, H., Jacomb, C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2017). Mass migration and the Polynesian settlement of New Zealand. Journal of World Prehistory, 30(4), 351-376. doi: 10.1007/s10963-017-9110-y
Journal - Research Other
Walter, R. (2017). [Review of the book Monumentality and ritual materialization in the Society Islands: The archaeology of a major ceremonial complex in the 'Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea]. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 126(1), 125-127. doi: 10.15286/jps.1.1.1-134
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Greig, K., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Walter, R. (2017). Tracking dogs across the Pacific using ancient mitogenomes. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 82nd Annual Meeting. (pp. 217). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Mills, S., Bennani, H., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2017, December). Photogrammetric debitage analysis: Measuring Māori toolmaking evidence. Keynote presentation at the International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), Christchurch, New Zealand.
2016
Chapter in Book - Research
Greig, K., Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2016). Dogs and people in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. In M. Oxenham & H. Buckley (Eds.), Routledge handbook of bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. (pp. 462-482). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Journal - Research Article
Weisler, M. I., Bolhar, R., Ma, J., St Pierre, E., Sheppard, P., Walter, R. K., … Kirch, P. V. (2016). Cook Island artifact geochemistry demonstrates spatial and temporal extent of pre-European interarchipelago voyaging in East Polynesia. PNAS, 113(29), 8150-8155. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1608130113
Petchey, P., Buckley, H., Walter, R., Anson, D., & Kinaston, R. (2016). The 2008-2009 excavations at the SAC locality, Reber-Rakival Lapita Site, Watom Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology, 40, 12-31. doi: 10.7152/jipa.v40i0.14928
Shipton, C., Weisler, M., Jacomb, C., Clarkson, C., & Walter, R. (2016). A morphometric reassessment of Roger Duff's Polynesian adze typology. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 6, 361-375. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.005
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Buckley, H. R., Kinaston, R., Knapp, M., Cook, G., Collins, C., Walter, R., Halcrow, S., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2016). An osteobiography of a middle aged male from Wairau Bar: Exploring metabolic and infectious disease in prehistoric Polynesians. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. Retrieved from http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/index.php/conferences
2015
Chapter in Book - Research
Sheppard, P., Walter, R., Dickinson, W., Felgate, M., Ross-Sheppard, C., & Azémard, C. (2015). A Solomon sea interaction sphere? In C. Sand, S. Chiu & N. Hogg (Eds.), The Lapita cultural complex in time and space: Expansion routes, chronologies and typologies. (pp. 63-80). Nouvelle-Calédonie, Noumea: Institut d’archéologie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et du Pacifique.
Journal - Research Article
Greig, K., Boocock, J., Prost, S., Horsburgh, K. A., Jacomb, C., Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2015). Complete mitochondrial genomes of New Zealand's first dogs. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0138536. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138536
Sheppard, P. J., Chiu, S., & Walter, R. (2015). Re-dating Lapita movement into remote Oceania. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 6(1), 26-36.
Hamilton, R. J., Bird, T., Gereniu, C., Pita, J., Ramohia, P. C., Walter, R., … Limpus, C. (2015). Solomon Islands largest hawksbill turtle rookery shows signs of recovery after 150 years of excessive exploitation. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0121435. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121435
Kinaston, R. L., Anson, D., Petchey, P., Walter, R., Robb, K., & Buckley, H. (2015). Lapita diet and subsistence strategies on Watom Island, Papua New Guinea: New stable isotope evidence from humans and animals. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 157(1), 30-41. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22685
Journal - Research Other
Kinaston, R. L., Shaw, B., Gray, A. R., Walter, R. K., Jacomb, C., Brooks, E., Halcrow, S. E., & Buckley, H. R. (2015). Critical review of Brown and Thomas "The first New Zealanders? An alternative interpretation of the stable isotope data from Wairau Bar" [Formal comment]. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0137616. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137616
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Sheppard, P., Chiu, S., & Walter, R. (2015). Re-dating SE-SZ-8 (Nanggu, Santa Cruz) and the settlement of remote Oceania. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 37). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference
Greig, K., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Walter, R. (2015). Is the tail wagging the dog? Archaeological, linguistic and genetic evidence for Lapita human-animal interactions and dispersals. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 27). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference
Commissioned Report for External Body
Brooks, E., Walter, R., Jacomb, C., & Clifford, E. (2015). Archaeological investigations of Robinson Farm complex: Final report for archaeological authority 2012/428 Macraes, Otago. Commissioned by Oceana Gold (NZ) Ltd. Napier, New Zealand: Opus International Consultants Ltd. 118p.
Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2015). An archaeological survey of Mason Bay, Stewart Island – Rakiura. Final report: Draft 1 [Southern Pacific Archaeological Research Report No. 159]. Commissioned by Southland Coastal Heritage Inventory Project Partners. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. 30p.
2014
Chapter in Book - Research
Sheppard, P. J., & Walter, R. (2014). Shell valuables and history in Roviana and Vella Lavella. In B. Burt & L. Bolton (Eds.), The things we value: Culture and history in Solomon Islands. (pp. 33-45). Canon Pyon, UK: Sean Kingston.
Journal - Research Article
Walter, R. K., & Hamilton, R. J. (2014). A cultural landscape approach to community-based conservation in Solomon Islands. Ecology & Society, 19(4), 41. doi: 10.5751/ES-06646-190441
Jacomb, C., Holdaway, R. N., Allentoft, M. E., Bunce, M., Oskam, C. L., Walter, R., & Brooks, E. (2014). High-precision dating and ancient DNA profiling of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) eggshell documents a complex feature at Wairau Bar and refines the chronology of New Zealand settlement by Polynesians. Journal of Archaeological Science, 50, 24-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.05.023
Lawrence, M., McCoy, M. D., Barber, I., & Walter, R. (2014). Geochemical sourcing of obsidians from the Pūrākaunui site, South Island, New Zealand. Archaeology in Oceania, 49(3), 158-163. doi: 10.1002/arco.5032
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Smith, C. A., Laing, R. M., & Walter, R. (2014, May). Pre-European Māori textiles from South Island New Zealand. Poster session presented at the North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles (NESAT XII), Hallstatt, Austria.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Brooks, E., Walter, R., Jacomb, C., & Clifford, E. (2014). Archaeological investigations of the Mills House and Duke of Edinburgh Mine: Final report for archaeological authority 2012/427 Macraes, Otago. Commissioned by Oceana Gold (NZ) Ltd. Napier, New Zealand: Opus International Consultants Ltd. 73p.
Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2014). Archaeological investigations at the Carters Beach shipwreck site, K29/46 [Southern Pacific Archaeological Research Report No. 141]. Commissioned by The Cape Foulwind Maritime Research Project. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. 31p.
Walter, R., & Brooks, E. (2014). Report on Test Pit Excavations, Whangara, under NZHPT Authority 2008/223 [Southern Pacific Archaeological Research Report Series No. 140]. Commissioned by Whangara B5 Incorporation. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. 9p.
Walter, R., & Brooks, E. (2014). Final report on archaeological monitoring at the Blenheim Sewage Treatment Plant carried out under Authority 2011/349 [Southern Pacific Archaeological Research Report Series No. 142]. Commissioned by Marlborough District Council. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. 35p.
Walter, R., & Brooks, E. (2014). Sikipo cultural heritage management plan [Southern Pacific Archaeological Research Report Series No. 145]. Commissioned by The Nature Conservancy (TNC). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. 23p.
2013
Chapter in Book - Research
Sheppard, P., & Walter, R. (2013). Diversity and networked interdependence in the Western Solomons. In G. Summerhayes & H. Buckley (Eds.), Pacific Archaeology: Documenting the past 50,000 years: Papers from the 2011 Lapita Pacific Archaeology Conference. (pp. 138-147). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago.
Journal - Research Article
Kinaston, R. L., Walter, R. K., Jacomb, C., Brooks, E., Tayles, N., Halcrow, S. E., Stirling, C., Reid, M., Gray, A. R., Spinks, J., Shaw, B., … Buckley, H. R. (2013). The first New Zealanders: Patterns of diet and mobility revealed through isotope analysis. PLoS ONE, 8(5), e64580. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064580
2012
Journal - Research Article
Knapp, M., Horsburgh, K. A., Prost, S., Stanton, J.-A., Buckley, H. R., Walter, R. K., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2012). Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences from the first New Zealanders. PNAS, 109(45), 18350-18354. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1209896109
Oskam, C. L., Allentoft, M. E., Walter, R., Scofield, R. P., Haile, J., Holdaway, R. N., … Jacomb, C. (2012). Ancient DNA analyses of early archaeological sites in New Zealand reveal extreme exploitation of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) at all life stages. Quaternary Science Reviews, 52, 41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.007
Storey, A. A., Athens, J. S., Bryant, D., Carson, M., Emery, K., deFrance, S., Higham, C., … Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2012). Investigating the global dispersal of chickens in prehistory using ancient mitochondrial DNA signatures. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e39171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039171
Commissioned Report for External Body
Jacomb, C., Walter, R., & Brooks, E. (2012). Final report on salvage excavations at the Tokanui river mouth under Authority 2011/232 [Southern Pacific Archaeological Research Report No. 114]. Commissioned by SCHIP Partners. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. 126p.
Walter, R., Brooks, E., & Jacomb, C. (2012). Taranga archaeological survey 2012 [Southern Pacific Archaeological Research Report No. 118]. Commissioned by Ngatiwai Trust Board. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. 33p.
2011
Authored Book - Research
Walter, R., & Green, R. C. (2011). Su'ena: Five hundred years of interaction in the Eastern Triangle, Solomon Islands [Studies in Prehistoric Anthropology 23]. Dunedin, NZ: University of Otago, 130p.
Journal - Research Article
Brooks, E., Walter, R., & Jacomb, C. (2011). History of excavations at Wairau Bar. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 25, 13-58.
Walter, R., Jacomb, C., & Brooks, E. (2011). Excavations at Cook's Cove, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 2(1), 1-28.
Horrocks, M., Smith, I. W. G., Walter, R., & Nichol, S. L. (2011). Stratigraphic and plant microfossil investigation at Cook's Cove, North Island, New Zealand: Reinterpretation of Holocene deposits and evidence of Polynesian-introduced crops. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 41(3), 237-258. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2010.524226
Oskam, C. L., Jacomb, C., Allentoft, M. E., Walter, R., Scofield, R. P., Haile, J., … Bunce, M. (2011). Molecular and morphological analyses of avian eggshell excavated from a late thirteenth century earth oven. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(10), 2589-2595. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.006
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2011, June-July). A mainland mystery island? Mobility, subsistence and abandonment in southern New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Lapita Pacific Archaeology Conference: Pacific Archaeology: Documenting the Past 50,000 Years to the Present, Apia, Samoa.
Other Research Output
Walter, R. (2011, October). Challenges and diversions in Pacific archaeology. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].
2010
Authored Book - Research
Walter, R., Jacomb, C., & Brooks, E. (2010). Archaeological investigations at Omaio, Eastern Bay of Plenty [Memoir 10]. Whakatane, New Zealand: Whakatane & District Historical Society, 36p.
Journal - Research Article
Brook, F. J., Walter, R. K., & Craig, J. A. (2010). Changes in the terrestrial molluscan fauna of Miti‘āro, southern Cook Islands. Tuhinga, 21, 75-98.
Walter, R., & Reilly, M. (2010). A prehistory of the Mangaian chiefdom. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 119(4), 335-375.
Walter, R., Jacomb, C., & Bowron-Muth, S. (2010). Colonisation, mobility and exchange in New Zealand prehistory. Antiquity, 84(324), 497-513.
Jacomb, C., Walter, R., & Jennings, C. (2010). Review of the archaeology of Foveaux Strait, New Zealand. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 119(1), 25-59.
Jacomb, C., Walter, R., & Brooks, E. (2010). Living on Pipi (Paphies australis): Specialised shellfish harvest in a marginal environment at Karamea, West Coast, New Zealand. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 1(1), 36-52.
Oskam, C. L., Haile, J., McLay, E., Rigby, P., Allentoft, M. E., Olsen, M. E., … Jacomb, C., Walter, R., … Bunce, M. (2010). Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277(1690), 1991-2000. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2019
Commissioned Report for External Body
Brooks, E., Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2010). Archaeological baseline survey and management plan of the Clutha Mata-au river. Commissioned by New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research. 152p.
Walter, R., Jacomb, C., & Brooks, E. (2010). Archaeology on Moutohora: An inventory of archaeological sites on Moutohora (Whale Island), Bay of Plenty. Commissioned by Te Runanga o Ngati Awa. Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research. 40p.
Brooks, E., Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2010). Final report on archaeological investigation of the Mountaineer, Queenstown, under HPA Authority 2005/145. Commissioned by Coronet Property. Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research. 47p.
2009
Chapter in Book - Research
Walter, R., & Sheppard, P. (2009). A review of Solomon Island archaeology. In P. J. Sheppard, T. Thomas & G. R. Summerhayes (Eds.), Lapita: Ancestors and descendants (New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 28). (pp. 35-72). Auckland, New Zealand: NZAA.
Sheppard, P. J., & Walter, R. (2009). Inter-tidal late Lapita sites and geotonics in the western Solomon Islands. In P. J. Sheppard, T. Thomas & G. R. Summerhayes (Eds.), Lapita: Ancestors and descendants (New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 28). (pp. 73-100). Auckland, New Zealand: NZAA.
Journal - Research Other
Brooks, E., Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2009). Archaeological investigations at Wairau Bar. Archaeology in New Zealand, 52(4), 259-268.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Walter, R. (2009, June). A new perspective on the archaeology of the south coast of Murihiku. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Archaeological Association Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
2008
Chapter in Book - Research
Sheppard, P., & Walter, R. (2008). The sea is not land: Comments on the archaeology of islands in the western Solomons. In J. Connolly & M. Campbell (Eds.), Comparative Island Archaeologies. (pp. 167-178). Oxford: Archaeopress.
Walter, R., & Jacomb, C. (2008). New Zealand. In D. M. Pearsall (Ed.), Encyclopedia of archaeology (Vol. 3). (pp. 1738-1747). New York: Academic Press.
Journal - Research Other
Shaw, B., Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2008). [Review of the book A critical exploration of frameworks for assessing the significance of New Zealand's historic heritage]. Archaeology in New Zealand, 52(3), 185-187.
Shaw, B., Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2008). The potential of the fluxgate gradiometer as an archaeological research tool in New Zealand. Archaeology in New Zealand, 51(2), 121-139.
Storey, A. A., Quiroz, D., Ramírez, J. M., Beavan Athfield, N., Addison, D. J., Walter, R., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2008). Pre-Columbian chickens, dates, isotopes, and mtDNA [Letter]. PNAS, 105(48), E99. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0807625105
2007
Journal - Research Article
Storey, A. A., Ramírez, J. M., Quiroz, D., Burley, D. V., Addison, D. J., Walter, R., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2007). Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile. PNAS, 104(25), 10335-10339. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703993104
Commissioned Report for External Body
Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2007). Southland Coastal Heritage Inventory Project: Stage I: Waikawa to Omaui. Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research. 24p.
2006
Chapter in Book - Research
Walter, R., & Sheppard, P. (2006). Archaeology in Melanesia: A case study from the western province of the Solomon Islands. In I. Lilley (Ed.), Archaeology of oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands. (pp. 137-159). Maden, MA: Blackwell.
Journal - Research Article
Walter, R., Smith, I., & Jacomb, C. (2006). Sedentism, subsistence and socio-political organization in prehistoric New Zealand. World Archaeology, 38(2), 274-290. doi: 10.1080/00438240600693992
Sheppard, P. J., & Walter, R. (2006). A revised model of Solomon Islands culture history. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 115(1), 47-76.
Journal - Research Other
Jacomb, C., McGovern-Wilson, R., Muth, S., & Walter, R. (2006). Archaeology of a Chinese goldfield settlement in Central Otago. Archaeology in New Zealand, 49(4), 253-274.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Egerton, R., Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2006). Southland coastal heritage inventory project: Stage II. Archaeology in New Zealand, 49(2), (pp. 57). [Abstract]
Commissioned Report for External Body
Jacomb, C., & Walter, R. (2006). Lawrence Chinese camp: Conservation plan. Commissioned by Lawrence Chinese Camp Charitable Trust. Dunedin, New Zealand: Southern Pacific Archaeological Research. 71p.
2005
Authored Book - Research
Anson, D., Walter, R., & Green, R. C. (2005). A revised and redated event phase sequence for the Reber-Rakival Lapita site, Watom Island, East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea. Dunedin, New Zealand: Anthropology Department, University of Otago.
2004
Chapter in Book - Research
Walter, R. (2004). Cook, Isole. In Il Mondo dell'Archeologia: Americhe e Oceania. (pp. 893-894). Roma: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
Walter, R. (2004). New Zealand archaeology and its Polynesian connections. In L. Furey & S. Holdaway (Eds.), Change through time: 50 years of New Zealand archaeology. (pp. 125-146). Auckland: New Zealand Archaeological Association.
Sheppard, P., Walter, R., & Aswani, S. (2004). Oral tradition and the creation of late prehistory in Roviana Lagoon, Soloman Islands. In Records of the Australian Museum: Supplement 29. (pp. 123-132). Australia: Australian Museum.
Walter, R. (2004). Anaio. In Il Mondo dell'Archeologia: Americhe e Oceania. (pp. 911-913). Roma: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
Chapter in Book - Other
Jacomb, C., Walter, R., Easdale, S., Johns, D., O'Connell, D., Witter, D., & Witter, A. (2004). A 15th century Māori textile fragment from Kaiorete Spit, Canterbury, and the evolution of Māori weaving. In Journal of the Polynesian Society. (3 ed.) (pp. 291-296). JPS.
Journal - Research Article
Walter, R., Thomas, T., & Sheppard, P. (2004). Cult assemblages and ritual practice in Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands. World Archaeology, 36(1), 142-157.
Jacomb, C., Tucker, B., & Walter, R. (2004). Excavations at the Buller River site (k29/8) January 2004. Archaeology in New Zealand, 47(2), 118-135.
2002
Authored Book - Research
Walter, R., & Anderson, A. (2002). The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia, Bishop Museum Bulletin in Anthropology No 10. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 167p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Sheppard, P. J., Aswani, S., Walter, R., & Nagaoka, T. (2002). Cultural sediment: The nature of a cultural landscape in Rovian Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. In T. N. Ladefoged & M. W. Graves (Eds.), Pacific Landscapes: Archaeological Approaches. (pp. 35-61). California: Easter Island Foundation: Bearsville Press.
Worthy, T., Anderson, A., & Walter, R. (2002). Fossil fauna from Niue island. In R. Walter & A. Anderson (Eds.), the Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Anthropology No. 10. (pp. 165-167). Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press.
Sheppard, P. J., Anderson, A., & Walter, R. (2002). Geochemical analysis and sourcing of archaeological stone from Niue. In R. Walter & A. Anderson (Eds.), The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Anthropology No. 10. (pp. 161-164). Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press.
Anderson, A., & Walter, R. (2002). Landscape and culture change on Niue Island West Polynesia. In T. Ladefoged & M. Graves (Eds.), Pacific Landscapes: Archaeological Approaches. (pp. 153-172). Honolulu: Easter Island Foundation, Bearsville Press.
Journal - Research Article
Weisler, M., & Walter, R. (2002). Late prehistoric fishing adaptations at Kawākiu Nui, West Moloka'i. Hawaiian Archaeology, 8, 42-61.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Barber, I. G., & Walter, R. (2002). Archaeological assessment of an eroding site complex (no.I44/21) at Purakanui Inlet, Otago. Archaeology in New Zealand, 45(2), 153-170.
2001
Chapter in Book - Research
Walter, R., & Anderson, A. (2001). Fishbone from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norfolk Island. In A. Anderson & P. White (Eds.), The Prehistoric Archaeology of Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific (Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 27). (pp. 101-108). Sydney: Australian Museum.
Walter, R., & Sheppard, P. J. (2001). Cook Island basalt sourcing: Current issues and directions. In M. Jones & P. J. Sheppard (Eds.), Australasian Connections and New Directions: Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Archaeometry Conference (Research in Anthropology and Linguistics No. 5). (pp. 383-397). Auckland: Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland.
Journal - Research Article
Thomas, T., Sheppard, P., & Walter, R. (2001). Landscape, violence and social bodies: Ritualized architecture in a Solomon Islands society. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 7(3), 545-572.
2000
Authored Book - Research
Walter, R., & Moeka'a, R. (2000). The Rarotongan Traditions of Te Ariki Tara Are. Polynesian Society Memoir No. 51. Auckland: The Polynesian Society, 202p.
Journal - Research Article
Steadman, D. W., Worthy, T. H., Anderson, A., & Walter, R. (2000). New species and records of birds from prehistoric sites on Niue, Southwest Pacific. Wilson Bulletin, 112(2), 165-186.
Sheppard, P., Walter, R., & Nagaoka, T. (2000). The archaeology of head-hunting in Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 109(1), 9-37.
Walter, R., & Sheppard, P. (2000). Nusa Roviana: The Archaeology of a Melanesian Chiefdom. Journal of Field Archaeology, 27(3), 295-318.
1999
Chapter in Book - Research
Walter, R., & Campbell, M. (1999). Prehistoric marine adaptation on a windward, raised reef island, Mitiaro, Southern Cook Islands. In K. Katayama & N. Shibota (Eds.), Prehistoric Cook Islands: People, Life and Language. (pp. 135-148). Rarotonga, Cook Islands: Cook Islands Library and Museum Society.
Journal - Research Article
Hamilton, R. J., & Walter, R. (1999). Indigenous ecological knowledge and its role in fisheries research design. A case study from Roviana Lagoon, Western Province, Solomon Islands. SPC Traditional Resource Management & Knowledge Bulletin, 11, 13-26.
1998
Authored Book - Research
Walter, R. (1998). Anai'o: the Archaeology of a fourteenth century Polynesian community in the southern Cook Islands (New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph No 22). Auckland: New Zealand Archaeological Association.
Chapter in Book - Research
Sheppard, P. J., Felgate, M., Roga, K., Keopo, J., & Walter, R. (1998). A ceramic sequence from Roviana Lagoon, (New Georgia, Solomon Islands). In J. C. Galipaud & I. Lilley (Eds.), Le Pacifique de 5000 a 2000 avant le present. Supplements a l'histoire d'une colonisation (new edn). (pp. 313-322). Noumea: ORSTOM.
Journal - Research Article
Worthy, T. H., Anderson, A., & Walter, R. (1998). Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue. Notornis, 16(3), 75-82.
Walter, R., & Smith, I. W. G. (1998). The identification of New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) in a Cook Island archaeological site. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 32, 483-487.
1997
Chapter in Book - Research
Sheppard, P. J., Walter, R., & Parker, R. (1997). Basalt Sourcing and the Development of Cook Island Exchange Systems. In M. I. Weisler (Ed.), Prehistoric Long-Distance Interaction in Oceania: An Interdisciplinary Approach. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 21. (pp. 85-110). Auckland: New Zealand Archaeological Association.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Walter, R., & Sheppard, P. J. (1997). Excavation of Poroporo Cave, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Archaeology in New Zealand, 40(1), 50-62.
1996
Chapter in Book - Research
Walter, R. (1996). What is the East Polynesian 'Archaic'?: a view from the Cook Islands. In J. M. Davidson, G. Irwin, B. F. Leach, A. Pawley & D. Brown eds (Eds.), Oceanic Culture History: Essays in Honour of Roger Green. (pp. 224-242). Wellington: New Zealand ARchaeological Association.
Journal - Research Article
Walter, R., & Sheppard, P. J. (1996). The Ngati Tiare adze cache: further evidence of prehistoric contact between West Polynesia and the southern Cook Islands. Archaeology in Oceania, 31, 33-39.
Walter, R. (1996). Settlement pattern archaeology in the southern Cook Islands: a review. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 105(1), 63-99.
Walter, R., Weisler, M., & Smith, I. W. (1996). The Pacific fish bone reference collection at the University of Otago. Archaeology in New Zealand, 39, 199-214.
Walter, R., & Campbell, M. (1996). The Paraoa Site: Fishing and fishhooks in the 16th century Mitiaro, Southern Cook Islands. Man & Culture in Oceania, 12, 47-60.
1995
Journal - Research Article
Walter, R., & Anderson, A. (1995). Archaeology on Niue Island: initial results. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 104, 471-481.