Mathieu Leclerc
Mathieu Leclerc is a lecturer in Pacific archaeology in the School of Archaeology & Anthropology and an honorary lecturer in the Department of Archaeology & Natural History at The Australian National University. His interests centre on the development and application of innovative analytical techniques to archaeological problems. His current research includes chemical and mineralogical analysis of pottery assemblages from Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, as well as a project on organic residue analysis of Lapita pottery.
Archaeologies of Island Melanesia »
Current approaches to landscapes, exchange and practice
Edited by: Mathieu Leclerc, James Flexner
Publication date: August 2019
‘The island world of Melanesia—ranging from New Guinea and the Bismarcks through the Solomons, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia—is characterised more than anything by its boundless diversity in geography, language and culture. The deep historical roots of this diversity are only beginning to be uncovered by archaeological investigations, but as the contributions to this volume demonstrate, the exciting discoveries being made across this region are opening…