Geoffrey Irwin
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| Occupation | historian |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Writing period | 1985 - present day |
| Subjects | History of the Pacific Islands |
Geoffrey Irwin (b. 1941) is a New Zealand archaeologist and historian, specialising in the pre-history of the Pacific Islands. He is Professor of Archaeology at University of Auckland, New Zealand. In 1985-6 he surveyed the Louisiade Archipelago near Papua New Guinea.
[edit] Selected Works
- (1985) The Emergence of Mailu as a Central Place in Papuan Prehistory
- (1986) Land, Pa and Polity
- (1992) The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521476518
- (2006). 'Pacific Migrations' in Māori Peoples of New Zealand: Ngā Iwi o Aotearoa. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Auckland: David Bateman, 2006:10-18.
