David J. Addison, PhD
CURRICULUM VITAE

ADDRESS

(Office)

Archaeology Research and Instruction Coordinator
Samoa Studies Institute
American Samoa Community College,
Pago Pago, AS 96799 USA

(Personal)

PO Box 2545
Pago Pago, AS 96799
USA (American Samoa)

tel: +(684) 258-4104
e-mail: add1ison@gmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 23 July 1963
Citizenship: USA
Married with two daughters (18 and 11)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, 2006
M.A. in Anthropology, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, 1994
B.S. in Tropical Horticulture, University of Hawai`i at Hilo, 1991, with Highest Honors

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Land use and horticultural subsistence patterns
Samoan archaeology
Ethnobotany
Protohistoric period in East Polynesia
Oceanic prehistory
Marquesas Islands
Polynesian languages
Prehistoric interactions between East and West Polynesia

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

7 years field research in Tutuila and Manu’a including:

Extensive site identification and recording program
Site mapping
Excavation

Archaeological training program involving international students and trainers
Organization of regional and international archaeological conferences and symposia
Museum exhibits
Public outreach programs

ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD RESEARCH

Fieldwork (1999-2006) Principal Investigator numerous archaeology projects associated with utilities construction in Tutuila and Manu’a including:

Ofu water and power
Ofu power pole replacement
Ta’u water wells
Onenoa water project
Afono water project
Lauli’i sewer
Auto sewer
Pago Pago sewer
Vaipito sewer
Fatu-ma-Futi sewer
Tafuna sewer
Kokoland water
Faleniu sewer
Mesepa sewer
Pava’ia’i sewer
Leone power
Tutuila power pole replacement
Sogi sewer
Malaeloa sewer

Fieldwork (2003) Survey and mapping of agricultural features at Anaho, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, with M.S. Allen, University of Auckland.

Fieldwork (2000) Excavation at Anaho, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, with M.S. Allen, University of Auckland.

Fieldwork (1997) Excavation at Anaho, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, with M.S. Allen, University of Auckland.

Fieldwork (1997) Principal Investigator.urvey and mapping, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, dissertation research.

Fieldwork (1997) Co-Principal Investigator with M.S. Allen, University of Auckland. Excavation Survey and mapping, Anaho, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, dissertation research.

Fieldwork (December 1996-January 1997) Principal Investigator. Subsurface inventory survey, mapping, excavation. Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, O`ahu, Hawai`i.

Fieldwork (April-July 1996) Field Director, north sector Babeldaob Compact Road Inventory Survey, mapping, and excavation, Palau Islands.

Fieldwork (Winter 1995-96) Principal Investigator. Survey, mapping, and excavation, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, dissertation research.

Fieldwork (Summer 1994) Principal Investigator. Reconnaissance survey and preliminary ethnographic research, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, dissertation research.

Fieldwork (Summer 1994) Teaching Assistant. UH Manoa Archaeological Field School, Keokea, Maui, Michael Kolb director.

Fieldwork (Summer 1993) Principal Investigator. Reconnaissance survey, mapping and coring of agricultural features on Nuku Hiva Island. Reconnaissance survey and mapping of various sites on western Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands.

Fieldwork (Summer 1993) Excavation and mapping at Ha`atuatua, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, Barry Rolett and Eric Conte directors.

Fieldwork (Summer 1992) Principal Investigator. Reconnaissance survey of agricultural features on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands.

Fieldwork (Summer 1992) Excavations and mapping at Ha`atuatua, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, Barry Rolett and Eric Conte directors.

Fieldwork (Summer 1991) Excavation at North Halawa, O`ahu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum.

BIOLOGY FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

Labwork (1991) Anatomical research on Anthurium andreanum. Under the direction of William Sakai, UH Hilo.

Labwork (1991) Anatomical research on Colocasia esculenta. Under the direction of William Sakai, UH Hilo.

Fieldwork (1990-1991) Field trials of Anthurium sp. in various shade regimes. Under the direction of William Sakai, UH Hilo.

Fieldwork (1990-1991) Nitrate, phosphate and ammonium trials on Anthurium sp. Under the direction of William Sakai, UH Hilo.

Fieldwork (1989-1991) Horticultural trials of Alocasia macrorrhiza and Xanthosoma sp. Under the direction of William Sakai, UH Hilo.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1999-2006 Ongoing training program for archaeology field and lab technicians, American Samoa.

1996 Training of local and graduate student excavators and mappers, Babeldaob. Palau Islands.

1995-present Graduate student field training in excavation and mapping.

1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant, UH Manoa Archaeological Field School, Keokea, Maui, Michael Kolb director.

1991-1995 Biology 101, Dept. of General Science, University of Hawai`i at Manoa.

PUBLICATIONS

In review Irrigation of Colocasia esculenta (taro) as an essential element in the colonization of some Polynesian islands: the example of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. Asian Perspectives.

In review Fatu-ma-Futi: an ancient coastal village site, Tutuila Island, Territory of American Samoa - preliminary findings (with G. Walter and A. Morrison. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology

In review Atelier of Basalt: Basalt Industries of Tafuna (AS-31-150) and Pava’ia’i (AS-31-170) on Tutuila Island, American Samoa (with Tomo Ishimura). Archaeology in Oceania.

In review The Tutuila Basalt Export Industry: manufacture and distribution of the tools in the southwest Pacific . Proceedings of the 4th Measina a Samoa Conference.

In press Traditional Marquesan Agriculture and Subsistence - Historical Evidence (part 1 of 4). Rapa Nui Journal. Fall 2006.

In press Samoan Archaeology 2006 (with Tautala Asaua). Journal of Samoan Studies 2 (2006).

In press Chronology of Tutuila and Manu’a: 100 Radiocarbon dates and their implications for Samoan prehistory (with Tautala Asaua). Journal of Samoan Studies 2 (2006).

In press Variability in Irrigation and Agricultural Production on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. In Islands in Global Perspective, James Conolly and Matthew Campbell editors.

2006 Ceramic deposit below 5th-6th century AD volcanic ash fall at Pava’ia’i, Tutuila Island, American Samoa: Preliminary results from Site AS-31-171. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 27 (2005).

2006 Feast or Famine? Predictability, Drought, Density, and Irrigation: the Archaeology of Agriculture in Marquesas Islands Valleys. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai’i, Manoa.

2005 Fatu-ma-Futi Water Mitigation Project, Tutuila Island, Territory of American Samoa: Excavation Report and Preliminary Findings, ASPA Archaeology draft report submitted to the American Samoa Historic Preservation Office (with G. Walter).

2005 Basalt Industries of Tafuna and Pava’ia’i on Tutuila Island, American Samoa (with Tomo Ishimura). Quarterly of Archaeological Studies 52(2).

2005 Archaeological, Marine Ecological, and Palynological Research on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia: 2003-2004 (with Melinda Allen, Andrew McAlister, Shankar Aswani, Kevin Butler, and John Flenley). Bilan de la recherche archéologique en Polynésie Française 2003-2004. Ministère de la Culture de Polynésie Française, Service de la Culture et du Patrimoine. Punaauia, Tahiti.

2003 Prehistoric Settlement at Anaho Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands: Preliminary Observations (with Melinda Allen). Bilan de la recherche archéologique en Polynésie Française 2001-2002. Ministère de la Culture de Polynésie Française, Service de la Culture et du Patrimoine. Punaauia, Tahiti.

2002 Prehistoric Settlement at Anaho Bay,Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands: Preliminary Observations (with Melinda Allen). Archaeology in Oceania 37 (2002) 87–91.

2001 Irrigation in Traditional Marquesan Agriculture: Surface Survey Evidence from Hatihe’u Valley, Nuku Hiva. Pacific 2000: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific. Edited by C.M. Stevenson, G. Lee and F.J. Morin. The Easter Island Foundation, Los Osos.

1997 Intensive Archaeological Survey For The Palau Compact Road, Babeldaob Island, Palau: Historic Preservation Investigations Phase I, Vol. II Area Survey Reports, Area C. International Archaeological Research Institute.

1997 Archaeological Subsurface Testing for the Removal of Pipeline Utilities Under the Installation Restoration Program at Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, Ko`olaupoko District, O`ahu, Hawai`i.

1996 Traditional agriculture of the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). In: Glover I, Bellwood P, editors. Indo-Pacific Prehistory: The Chiang Mai Papers, vol 2, 15 ed. Canberra: Australian National.

1996 Models and Methods for Inferring the Prehistoric Colonization of Hawai`i, (with M.W. Graves). In: Glover I, Bellwood P, editors. Indo-Pacific Prehistory: The Chiang Mai Papers, vol 2, 15 ed. Canberra: Australian National.

1995 The Polynesian Settlement of the Hawaiian Archipelago: Integration Models and Methods in Archaeological Interpretation (with M.W. Graves). World Archaeology.

PRESENTED PAPERS

2006 The Fatu-ma-Futi Site in the Context of Tutuila Prehistory (with Frederique Valentin). 18th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila, Philippines.

2006 Irrigated Agriculture in the Colonization of Oceanic Islands. 18th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila, Philippines.

2005 To’aga: The Last 1000 Years. Oceanic Explorations: Lapita and Pacific Archaeology Conference, Nukualofa, Tonga.

2005 El Nino, Temporal and Spatial Environmental Variability, and Irrigation in Traditional Marquesan Agricultural Systems: The Nuku Hiva Landscape. Oceanic Explorations: Lapita and Pacific Archaeology Conference, Nukualofa, Tonga.

2005 Current Archaeological Research in American Samoa. Measina a Samoa III Conference, Apia, Samoa.

2004 Irrigation on Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands) As a Risk-Reduction Strategy an Response to Periodic Drought. Islands in Global Perspectives, Auckland New Zealand.

2004 Pecked Stone Pounders, Catastrophic Volcanic Ash Falls, and other Recent Archaeology from American Samoa. New Zealand Archaeological Association 50th Anniversary Conference, New Plymouth, New Zealand.

2004 Site destruction on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan.

2004 Catastrophic Volcanic Ash Falls and Ceramic Sites on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan.

2003 Current Archaeological Research on Tutuila. Lapita 50th Anniversary Conference, Kone & Noumea, New Caledonia.

2002 Photographic Resources on Samoa at the US National Archives. Pacific History Association, Apia, Samoa.

2002 Marquesan Houses – a View from the Historic Sources. Pacific History Association, Apia, Samoa.

2002 Traditional Samoan use of the Tutuila Island Landscape. American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference. Waimea, Hawaii.

2000 Irrigation in Traditional Marquesan Agriculture: Surface Survey Evidence from Hatihe’u Valley, Nuku Hiva. Pacific 2000: 5th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific.

1998 Traditional Marquesan Agriculture: Evidence from Hatihe`u, presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle.

1994 Prehistoric Marquesan Agriculture: Interrelationships between Environmental Variables, Agricultural Production and Storage Techniques, and the Evolution of Social Complexity, presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim, California, April.

1994 Ethnohistoric Reconstructions and Archaeological Evidence: What Was Pre-European Marquesan Agriculture Like?, presented at the 4th Annual College of Social Sciences Student Conference, Honolulu, Hawai`i, April.

1994 East Polynesian Ceramics: Evidence of Initial Colonization or Continued Interaction?, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, Hilo, Hawai`i, March.

1994 A Preliminary assessment of the Archaeological Evidence of Pre-European Agricultural Production Systems of the Marquesas Islands, presented at the 6th Annual SHAPS Graduate Student Conference on Hawai`i, Asia, and the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawai`i, January.

1994 Dating the Polynesian Settlement of Hawai`i: the Debate Continues, (with M.W. Graves), presented in the Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series, Hilo, Hawai`i, February.

1994 Traditional Agriculture of the Marquesas Islands, presented at the 15th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January.

1994 Models and Methods for Inferring the Prehistoric Colonization of Hawai`i, (with M.W. Graves), presented at the 15th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January.

1993 Recent Developments in East Polynesian Chronology, (with M.T. Sweeney), presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri, April.

1990 The Marquesas: Polynesian Islands. Seminar for University of Michigan Summer Enrichment Program, Hilo, Hawai`i, July.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2006 Co-organizer Archaeology of the Polynesian Homeland Conference

2006 Guest editor, Journal of Samoan Studies.

2006 Symposium organizer Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association.

2005 Symposium organizer Oceanic Explorations.

2005 Symposium organizer Measina a Samoa III.

2002 Symposium organizer Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association.

2002 Symposium organizer Pacific History Association

1994 Symposium Chair, “Current Pacific Research”, Annual Meeting of the

Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, Hilo, Hawai`i, March.

LANGUAGES

English, Marquesan, French, Samoan, Hawaiian, Persian

Welcome

David J. Addison, PhD CURRICULUM VITAE