Items where Author is "Thomas, Frank R."

Book Chapter

Kotarba-Morley, Anna M. and Thomas, Frank R. and Morley, Mike W. (2024) Sustaining Culture and Heritage in Kiribati: The Challenge of Rising Sea Level. In: The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies. Oxford University Press, UK. ISBN 9780197607695

Thomas, Frank R. and Geraghty, Paul and Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth A. (2020) Lapita Archaeology in the Southwest Pacific. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer Nature, Cham, TBC. ISBN 978-3-319-51726-1

Raturi, Shikha and Gibson, Dawn and Thomas, Frank R. and Raturi, Atul K. (2020) Navigating research trajectories with supervisees in the Pacific Islands. In: Graduate Research Supervision in the Developing World: Policies, Pedagogies, and Practices. Routledge, United Kingdom, TBC. ISBN 9780367243968

Kotarba-Morley, Anna and Thomas, Frank R. (2020) Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Kiribati. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 1-16. ISBN 978-3-030-30016-6

Thomas, Frank R. (2019) Mollusc harvesting in the Pre - European contact Pacific Islands: investigating resilience and sustainability. In: Global Perspectives on Long Term Community Resource Management. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation . Springer Nature, Basel, pp. 189-211. ISBN 978-3-030-15799-9

Thomas, Frank R. (2019) Atoll Archaeology in the Pacific. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 1-12. ISBN 978-3-319-51726-1

Reid, Basil A, and Thomas, Frank R. and Fitzpatrick, Scott M. (2018) A comparative study of pre-colonial farming in the Caribbean vis-á-vis the Pacific. In: The Archaeology of Caribbean and Circum-Caribbean Farmers (6000 BC-AD 1500). Routledge, UK, pp. 207-235. ISBN 9780815347385

Thomas, Frank R. (2013) Climate change and its impact on tangible cultural heritage: Challenges and prospects for small island nations. In: Focus on Civilizations and Cultures: Cultural Heritage Protection, Developments and International Perspectives. Nova Science Publishers, New York, pp. 293-307. ISBN 9781628088229

Thomas, Frank R. (2013) The precontact period. In: In The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society. University of Hawai´i Press, Honolulu, pp. 125-137. ISBN 9780824835866

Taafaki, Irene J. and Mcclennen, C. and Thomas, Frank R. and Bungitak, J. (2012) Majuro atoll, Marshall Islands. In: Extreme Heritage Management: The Practices and Policies of Densely Populated Islands. Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 175-197. ISBN Print 9780857452597 Online 9780857452603

Thomas, Frank R. (2011) Pacific Islands archaeology. In: Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past. Springer, New York, pp. 731-766. ISBN 1441982248, 9781441982247

Thomas, Frank R. and Teaero, Teweiariki (2010) Learning about the past today to map future routes: historic preservation and education in Kiribati. In: Education for Sustainable Development: Continuity and Survival in the Pacific. School of Education, the University of the South Pacific and Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Suva, Fiji, pp. 26-45. ISBN 9820108705, 9789820108707

Thomas, Frank R. (2008) Early human settlement and adaptation in the Marshall Island. In: The Marshall Islands: Environment, History and Society in the Atolls. Faculty of Islands and Oceans, the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, pp. 66-90. ISBN 9820108233, 9789820108233

Thomas, Frank R. (2008) European discovery, the impact of colonialism, and modern-day changes in the Marshall Islands. In: The Marshall Islands: Environment, History and Society in the Atolls. Faculty of Islands and Oceans, the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, pp. 91-177. ISBN 9820108233, 9789820108233

Thomas, Frank R. and Tonganibeia, K. (2006) Pacific Island rural development: challenges and prospects in Kiribati. In: Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific: Between Local and Global. Routledge, London, pp. 38-55. ISBN 9780415404143

Book, Journal, Proceedings Edited

Terry, James P. and Thomas, Frank R. (2008) The Marshall Islands: environment, history and society in the atolls. [Book, Journal, Proceedings Edited]

Book Review or Scholarly Comment

Thomas, Frank R. (2015) A review of Kerstin J. S. Werle (2014). Landscape of peace: Mechanisms of social control on Lamotrek Atoll, Micronesia. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2013) Review of Smith, V. (ed.), 2010. Intimate strangers: friendship, exchange and Pacific encounters. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2012) Review of Baldacchino, G. and Niles, D. (eds.), 2011. Island Futures: Conservation and Development across the Asia-Pacific Region. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2012) Review of Kirch, P.V. (ed.), 2011, Roots of conflict: soils, agriculture, and sociopolitical complexity in ancient Hawai’i. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2011) Review of Sheppard, P.J., Thomas, T. and Summerhayes, G.R. (eds.), 2009, Lapita: ancestors and descendants. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2010) Review of Langdon, R. (ed.), 2009, Kon-Tiki revisited. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2009) How nature speaks: the dynamics of the Human Ecological Condition. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2009) Peoples of the Pacific: the history of Oceania to 1870. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2008) Review of The growth and collapse of Pacific Island societies: archaeological and demographic perspective. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Thomas, Frank R. (2006) Review of Lilley, I. (ed.), 2006, Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands. [Book Review or Scholarly Comment]

Conference Proceedings

Thomas, Frank R. (2016) Heritage Designation of Tangible Cultural Resources in Kiribati: Racing against the Rising Tide. [Conference Proceedings]

Thomas, Frank R. (2015) Sustainability archaeology’ and landscape transformation in Eastern Micronesia:Kiribati case study. [Conference Proceedings]

Journal Article

Horrocks, Mark and Thomas, Frank R. (2022) Botanical remains of the last 1800 years from Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati, reveal ancient aroid (Cyrtosperma merkusii and Colocasia esculenta) pit cultivation and other cultigens. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, TBC . pp. 1-16. ISSN 1556-4894

Gale, Stephen and Thomas, Frank R. (2022) Late Holocene sediment accumulation on emergent reef platforms: Human presence in a dynamic and unstable sedimentary environment in the equatorial western Pacific. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 42 . p. 103352. ISSN 2352-409X

Martin, Piérick C. and Nunn, Patrick D. and Tokainavatu, Niko and Thomas, Frank R. and Leon, Javier and Tindale, Neil (2019) Last millennium settlement on Yadua Island, Fiji: insights into conflict and climate change. Asian Perspectives, 58 (2). pp. 316-330. ISSN 0066-8435

Nunn, Patrick D. and McKeown, Michelle and McCallum, Adrian and Davies, Peter and John, Eleanor and Chandra, Reemal and Thomas, Frank R. and Raj, Sharon N. (2019) Origin, development and prospects of Sand Islands off the North Coast of Viti Levu Island, Fiji, Southwest Pacific. Journal of Coastal Conservation, NA . NA. ISSN 1400-0350

Nunn, Patrick D. and Nakoro, Elia and Tokainavatu, Niko and McKeown, Michelle and Geraghty, Paul and Thomas, Frank R. and Martin, Piérick and Hourigan, Brandon and Kumar, Roselyn (2019) A Koronivalu kei Bua: Hillforts in Bua Province (Fiji), their Chronology, Associations, and Potential Significance. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology . pp. 1-29. ISSN 1556-4894

Thomas, Frank R. (2019) Sustainable extractive strategies in the Pre - European contact Pacific: evidence from Mollusk resources. Journal of Ethnobiology, 39 (2). pp. 240-261. ISSN 0278-0771

Janif, Shaiza Z. and Nunn, Patrick D. and Geraghty, Paul and Aalbersberg, William G.L. and Thomas, Frank R. and Camailakeba, Mereoni (2016) Value of traditional oral narratives in building climate-change resilience: insights from rural communities in Fiji. Ecology and Society, 21 (2). p. 7. ISSN 1708-3087

Thomas, Frank R. (2015) Marginal islands and sustainability: 2,000 years of human settlement in eastern Micronesia. Ekonomska i ekohistorija, 11 (11). pp. 64-74. ISSN 1845-5867

Thomas, Frank R. (2014) Shellfish gathering and conservation on low coral islands: Kiribati perspectives. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 9 (2). pp. 203-218. ISSN 1556-4894

Thomas, Frank R. (2012) The value of historical ecology in planning for sustainable livelihoods: a Kiribati case study. The Journal of Pacific Studies, 32 . pp. 137-152. ISSN 1011-3029

Thomas, Frank R. (2009) Historical ecology in Kiribati: linking past with present. Pacific Science, 63 (4). pp. 567-600. ISSN 0030-8870

Thomas, Frank R. (2007) The behavioral ecology of shellfish gathering in Western Kiribati, Micronesia. 2: patch choice, patch sampling, and risk. Human Ecology, 35 (5). pp. 515-526. ISSN 0300-7839

Thomas, Frank R. (2007) The behavioral ecology of shellfish gathering in Western Kiribati, Micronesia 1: prey choice. Human Ecology, 35 (2). pp. 179-194. ISSN 0300-7839

Nunn, Patrick D. and Hunter-Anderson, R. and Carson, M.T. and Thomas, Frank R. and Ulm, S. and Rowland, M.J. (2007) Times of plenty, times of less: chronologies of last-millennium societal disruption in the Pacific Basin. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 35 (4). pp. 385-401. ISSN 1572-9915

Nunn, Patrick D. and Ishimura, T. and Dickinson, W.R. and Katayama, K. and Thomas, Frank R. and Kumar, Roselyn R.D. and Matararaba, S. and Davidson, J. and Worthy, T. (2007) The lapita occupation of Naitabale, Moturiki Island, Central Fiji. Asian Perspectives, 46 (1). pp. 96-132. ISSN 0066-8435

Thomas, Frank R. and Rosenberg, M.D. (2006) Sea-rafted pumice at Mili atoll, Marshall Islands: 3000 km from source. Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 5 (1/2). pp. 450-457. ISSN 1449-7336

Thomas, Frank R. and Nunn, Patrick D. and Osborne, Tamara and Kumar, Roselyn R.D. and Areki, F. and Matararaba, S. and Steadman, D. and Hope, G.S. (2004) Recent archaeological findings at Qaranilaca cave, Vanuabalavu Island, Fiji. Archaeology in Oceania, 39 (1). pp. 42-49. ISSN 0003-8121