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Archaeology in Oceania, Vol. 00 (2016): 1–4 DOI: 10.1002/arco.5112 Dr Susan Bulmer – A bibliography, 1956–2009 ALICE BULMER Correspondence: Alice Bulmer, Hamilton, New Zealand. Email: [email protected] This bibliography is organized into four sections. The first PUBLISHED PAPERS, THESES, BOOK CHAPTERS, section includes Susan Bulmer’s main published works and REPORTS theses. The second section includes reports and submissions written during her time working for the New Zealand 1960. Bulmer, S. Report on Archaeological Fieldwork in the New Historic Places Trust and the Department of Conservation Guinea Highlands October 1959 to May 1960 Sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. Mimeograph. (1978–1994). Even though this volume focuses on Sue’s Anthropology Department, University of Auckland. Papua New Guinea work, I think it is appropriate to include 1962. Bulmer, R. and Bulmer, S. Figurines and other stones of her New Zealand work in a definitive bibliography. power among the Kyaka of central New Guinea. Journal of the The third section contains significant work that was Polynesian Society 71: 192–208. never published (for a variety of reasons), to the best of my 1964. Bulmer, S. and Bulmer, R. The prehistory of the Australian knowledge. The fourth section is published book reviews. New Guinea highlands. American Anthropologist 66 (4) (ii): Sue’s Papua New Guinea research material is currently 39–76. 1964. Bulmer, S. Prehistoric stone implements from the New held at Otago University. Some of the research material Guinea highlands. Oceania 34 (4): 246–268. from her New Zealand work is held at Auckland Museum. 1964. Bulmer, S. Radiocarbon dates from New Guinea. Journal of the Polynesian Society 73 (3): 327–328. Figure 1. Susan Bulmer excavating in Papua New Guinea 1966. Bulmer, S. Pig bone from two archaeological sites in the with local field assistants in 1959. Photograph by Ralph New Guinea highlands. Journal of the Polynesian Society 75 Bulmer. Original in University of Auckland Anthropology (4): 504–505. Department Photographic Archive. 1966. Bulmer, S. The Prehistory of the Australian New Guinea Highlands: A Discussion of Archaeological Field Survey and Excavations, 1959–1960. Unpublished MA thesis, University of Auckland. 1969. Bulmer, S. New Guinea’s laws concerning National Cultural Property. ManInNewGuinea1 (3): 2–5. 1969. Bulmer, S. Archaeological fieldwork in Papua and New Guinea to 1969. ManInNewGuinea1 (5): 8–13. 1969. Bulmer, S. Archaeological Field Survey and Excavations in Central Papua, 1968. Multilith. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Papua and New Guinea. 1969. Bulmer, S. Recent archaeological discoveries in Central Papua. Australian Natural History September, pp. 229–233. 1970. Bulmer S. (ed.), Records of the Papua and New Guinea Museum, volumes 1–2, Papua and New Guinea Museum, Port Moresby. 1970. Bulmer, S. and Clarke, W. Two stone spear or dagger heads from the Bismarck Mountains, Australian New Guinea. Records of the Papua and New Guinea Museum 1 (1): 42–45. 1970. Bulmer, S. and Tomasetti, W. A stone replica of a bronze socketed axe from the Chimbu District of Australian New Guinea. Records of the Papua and New Guinea Museum 1(1): 38–41. 1970. Radford, A. and Bulmer, S. A prehistoric assemblage of artefacts from Soroputa Village, Northern District, Papua. Records of the Papua and New Guinea Museum 1 (1): 29–37. 1970. Bulmer, S. Archaeological investigations at the Koigen Site, near Wewak, East Sepik District. Records of the Papua and New Guinea Museum 1 (2): 16–36. C 2016 Oceania Publications 2 Dr Susan Bulmer – A bibliography, 1956–2009 1971. Bulmer, S. Archaeological investigations at the Koigen site, 1983. Bulmer, S. Waitete Pa: An early nineteenth century fishing near Wewak, East Sepik District. Records of the Papua and fortification. In S. Bulmer, G. Law and D. Sutton (eds), ALot New Guinea Museum 1 (2): 16–36. of Spadework To Be Done: Essays in Honour of Lady Aileen 1971. Bulmer, S. Two old Sepik pots presented to the museum. Fox, pp. 26–63. Monograph 14. New Zealand Archaeological Records of the Papua and New Guinea Museum 1 (2): 41– Association, Auckland. 46. 1985. Bulmer, S. Papuan Pottery – An archaeological 1971. Bulmer, S. Prehistoric settlement patterns and pottery types consideration. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin 6: in the Port Moresby area: A preliminary review. Journal of the 123–132. Papua New Guinea Society 5 (2): 28–91. 1987. Bulmer, S. Prehistoric settlement patterns in the volcanic 1971. Bulmer, S. Rescue archaeology and the Papua New Guinea fields of Taamaki: A review. Man and Culture in Oceania 3 Archaeological Survey. ManinNewGuinea3(4): 4–11. (Special Issue): 133–155. 1971. Bulmer, S. An archaeological reconnaissance of the Arona 1989. Bulmer, S. Gardens in the south: Diversity and change in Valley, Eastern Highlands District, Papua New Guinea. prehistoric Maaori agriculture. In D.R. Harris and G.C. Mimeograph. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Hillman (eds), Foraging and Farming: The Evolution of Plant University of Papua New Guinea. Exploitation, pp. 689–703. Unwin Hyman, London. 1971. Bulmer, S. Pottery Variation and Change in New Guinea 1989. Bulmer, S. Mid-stream: Some thoughts on the evolution of and its Implications for Prehistoric Settlement. Mimeograph. site protection in a bi-cultural New Zealand. In D.R. Croes Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of (ed.), Circum-Pacific Prehistory Conference Proceedings, 6: Papua New Guinea. Rescue Archaeology in Pacific Development. Washington State 1972. Bulmer, S. Schools and the Papua New Guinea University Press, Pullman, WA. Archaeological Survey. Curriculum Bulletin 3: 1–3. Secondary 1991. Bulmer, S. Variation and change in stone tools in the Social Science Project, Papua New Guinea Department of highlands of Papua New Guinea: The witness of Wanelek. In Education. A. Pawley (ed.), Man and a Half: Essays in Pacific 1973. Bulmer, S. Notes on 1972 Excavations at Wanlek. Working Anthropology and Ethnobiology in Honour of Ralph Bulmer, Papers in Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistics and Maori pp. 470–478. Memoir 48. The Polynesian Society, Studies 29. University of Auckland, Department of Auckland. Anthropology. 1991. Bulmer, S. Archaeology and indigenous rights: The World 1974. Bulmer, S. Settlement and Economy in Prehistoric Papua Archaeological Congress Code of Ethics from an New Guinea: A Review of the Archaeological Evidence. archaeologist’s point of view. Archaeology In New Zealand 34: Working Papers in Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistics and 54–58. Maori Studies 30. University of Auckland, Department of 1993. Bulmer, S. City without a state? Urbanisation in Anthropology. pre-European Taamaki-makau-rau (Auckland, New Zealand). 1975. Bulmer, S. Settlement and economy in prehistoric Papua In The Development of Urbanism from a Global Perspective. New Guinea: A review of the archeological evidence Journal University of Uppsala, Uppsala. http://www.arkeologi.uu.se/ de la Societ´ e´ des Oceanistes´ 31: 7–75. Forskning/Publikationer/Digital/Development_of_Urbanism/ 1975. Johnston, G. and Bulmer, S. A Revised Bibliography of New (accessed 2 June 2016). Guinea Archaeology. Working Papers in Anthropology, 1995. Bulmer, S. Nga mara – Traditional Maori gardens. In M. Archaeology, Linguistics and Maori Studies 43. University of Bradbury (ed.), A History of the Garden in New Zealand, Auckland, Department of Anthropology. pp. 17–37. Penguin, Auckland. 1977. Bulmer, S. Waisted blades and axes: A functional 1996. Bulmer, S. Settlement patterns in Tamaki-makau-rau interpretation of some early stone tools from Papua New revisited. In J.M. Davidson, G. Irwin, B.F. Leach, A. Pawley Guinea. In R.V.S. Wright (ed.), Stone Tools as Cultural and D. Brown (eds), Oceanic Culture History: Essays in Markers: Change, Evolution and Complexity, pp. 40–59. Honour of Roger Green, pp. 641–655. Special Publication. AIAS, Canberra/Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, NJ. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology, Dunedin. 1977. Bulmer, S. Between the mountain and the plain: Prehistoric 1998. Bulmer, S. Rethinking the origins and spread of agriculture settlement and environment in the Kaironk Valley. In J.H. and animal domestication in New Guinea. Abstract for paper Winslow (ed.), The Melanesian Environment, pp. 61–73. ANU presented to IPPA Congress, Melaka, Malaysia. Indo-Pacific Press, Canberra. Prehistory Association Bulletin 17: 29. 1978. Bulmer, S. Prehistoric Culture Change in the Port Moresby 1999. Bulmer, S. Revisiting red slip: The Laloki style pottery of Region. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Papua New Southern Papua and its possible relationship to Lapita. In J.-C. Guinea, Port Moresby. Galipaud and I. Lilley (eds), The Western Pacific from 5,000 to 1979. Bulmer, S. Prehistoric ecology and economy in the Port 2,000 BP,Colonisation and Transformation, pp. 543–577. IRD Moresby region. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 1: 5–27. editions, Paris. 1982. Bulmer, S. Human ecology and cultural variation in 2001. Bulmer, S. Lapita dogs and singing dogs and the history of prehistoric New Guinea, Monographiae Biologicae 42: the dog in New Guinea. In G.R. Clark, A.J. Anderson and T. 169–206. Vunidilo (eds), The Archaeology of Lapita Dispersal in 1982. Bulmer, S. West of Bootless Inlet: Archaeological evidence Oceania: Papers from the Fourth Lapita Conference June for prehistoric trade in the Port Moresby area and the origins of 2000, Canberra, Australia, pp. 183–201. Pandanus Books, for the hiri.InT.Dutton(ed.),The Hiri in History: Further the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian Aspects of Long Distance Motu Trade in Central Papua, National University ANU, Canberra. pp. 117–130. Pacific Research Monograph 8. Australian 2003. Koler-Matznick, J., Brisbin, I.L., Feinstein, M. and Bulmer, National University, Canberra. S. An updated description of the New Guinea singing dog 1983. Bulmer, S., Law, G. and Sutton, D. (eds), A Lot of (Canis hallstromi, Troughton 1957). Journal of Zoology 261: Spadework To Be Done: Essays in Honour of Lady Aileen Fox. 109–118. Monograph 14.
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