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Professor Marshall Weisler

Professor

School of Social Science
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
m.weisler@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 53038

Overview

Qualifications

  • Fellow of Australian Academy of the Humanities
  • Bachelor of Arts Anthropology, The California State University
  • Master of Arts Anthropology, U.C.Berkeley
  • Doctor of Philosophy Anthropology, U.C.Berkeley

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

  • Prehistoric interaction on Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Modelling the development of social complexity in extreme isolation

    Doctor Philosophy

  • Use-wear and residue analysis of lithic artefacts from Madjedbebe, Northern Territory

    Doctor Philosophy

  • Investigating sustainable management of marine resources over five centuries on Moloka`i, Hawaiian Islands

    Doctor Philosophy

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Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • East Polynesian connectivity

    Weisler, Marshall and Walter, Richard (2017). East Polynesian connectivity. In Tamar Hodos (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of archaeology and globalization (pp. 369-386) New York, NY, United States: Routledge .

  • Geoarchaeology

    Weisler, Marshall I. and Love, Serena (2015). Geoarchaeology. In James D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences 2nd ed. (pp. 53-57) Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.13049-1

  • Polynesian volcanic glass: uses, sourcing, and distribution

    Weisler, Marshall (2012). Polynesian volcanic glass: uses, sourcing, and distribution. In Ioannis Liritzis and Christopher M. Stevenson (Ed.), Obsidian and ancient manufactured glasses (pp. 130-142) New Mexico, United States: University of New Mexico Press.

  • Rethinking the chronology of colonization of Southeast Polynesia

    Weisler, Marshall I. and Green, Roger C. (2011). Rethinking the chronology of colonization of Southeast Polynesia. In Terry L. Jones, Alice A. Storey, Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith and José Miguel Ramíres-Aliaga (Ed.), Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World (pp. 223-246) Lanham, MD, United States: AltaMira Press.

  • Summary and conclusions

    Jones, Terry L., Clarke, Andrew C., Cordero, María-Auxiliadora, Green, Roger C., Irwin, Geoffrey, Klar, Kathryn A., Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth A., Quiróz, Daniel, Ramírez-Aliaga, José Miguel, Scaglion, Richard, Storey, Alice A. and Weisler, Marshall I. (2011). Summary and conclusions. In Terry L. Jones, Alice A. Storey, Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith and José Miguel Ramíres-Aliaga (Ed.), Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World (pp. 225-268) Lanham, MD, United States: AltaMira Press.

  • Archaeology

    Weisler, Marshall I. (2009). Archaeology. In Rosemary G. Gillespie and David A. Clague (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Islands (pp. 41-47) London , U. K.: University of California Press.

  • TRACKING ANCIENT ROUTES ACROSS POYLNESIAN SEASCAPES WITH BASALT ARTIFACT GEOCHEMISTRY

    Weisler, M. (2008). TRACKING ANCIENT ROUTES ACROSS POYLNESIAN SEASCAPES WITH BASALT ARTIFACT GEOCHEMISTRY. In Bruno David and Julian Thomas (Ed.), Handbook of Landscape Archaeology First ed. (pp. 536-543) Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.

  • Archaeological field Investigations

    Conte, E., Kirch, P. V., Weisler, M. I. and Anderson, A. J. (2004). Archaeological field Investigations. In E. Conte and P. V. Kirch (Ed.), Archaeological Investigations in the Mangareva Islands (pp. 94-105) USA: Archaeological Research Facility, University of California.

  • Material culture and geochemical sourcing of basalt artifacts

    Weisler, M. I., Conte, E. and Kirch, P. V. (2004). Material culture and geochemical sourcing of basalt artifacts. In E. Conte and P.V. Kirch (Ed.), Archaeological Investigations in the Mangareva Islands (pp. 128-148) USA: Archaeological Research Facility, University of California.

  • Radiocarbon dating and site chronology

    Kirch, P. V., Coil, E., Weisler, M. I., Conte, E. and Anderson, A. J. (2003). Radiocarbon dating and site chronology. In E. Conte and P.V. Kirch (Ed.), Archaeological Investigations in the Mangareva Islands (pp. 94-105) USA: Archaeological Research Facility, University of California.

  • Centrality and the collapse of long-distance voyaging in East Polynesia

    Weisler, Marshall I. (2002). Centrality and the collapse of long-distance voyaging in East Polynesia. In Michael Glascock (Ed.), Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange (pp. 257-273) London: Bergin and Garvey.

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Late Holocene C-14 marine reservoir ages in Hawaii from U-series dated corals

    Weisler, M., Hua, Q. and Zhao, J.-X. (2007). Late Holocene C-14 marine reservoir ages in Hawaii from U-series dated corals. In: Catto, N., XVII INQUA Congress. The Tropics: Heat Engine of the Quaternary. XVII INQUA Congress, Cairns, Australia, (444-444). 27 July - 3 August, 2007. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.04.001

  • Henderson Island crania and their implication for south eastern Polynesian prehistory

    Stefan, Vincent H., Weisler, Marshall I. and Collins, S. L. (2005). Henderson Island crania and their implication for south eastern Polynesian prehistory. In: Christopher M. Stevenson, José Miguel Ramierez, Francis J. Morin and Norma Barbacci, The Renaca Papers. Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific: VI Congreso Internacional sobre Rapa Nui y el Pacifico. VI International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, Vina del Mar, Chile, (201-212). 21-25 September 2004.

  • Prehistoric settlement of Marginal Islands

    Weiser, M. (2003). Prehistoric settlement of Marginal Islands. In: Christophe Sand, Proceedings of: International Conference for the 50th Anniversary of the First Lapita Excavation (July 1952): Pacific Archaeology: Assessments and Prospects. International Conference for the 50th Anniversary of the First Lapita Excavation (July 1952): Pacific Archaeology: Assessments and Prospects, Kone, Noumea, New Caledonia, (343-352). 31 July-7 August 2002.

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Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Prehistoric interaction on Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Modelling the development of social complexity in extreme isolation

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Use-wear and residue analysis of lithic artefacts from Madjedbebe, Northern Territory

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Investigating sustainable management of marine resources over five centuries on Moloka`i, Hawaiian Islands

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Technological development of prehistoric adze manufacture and quarrying practices in New Zealand

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

Completed Supervision

This staff member is a UQ Expert for media in the following fields:

Archaeology - Pacific Islands, Prehistory - Pacific Islands, Pacific Islands - archaeology and prehistory, Prehistoric trade and exchange, Stone tools - geochemical analysis of, Sustainability of islands, Islands - sustainability, Marine resource exploitation, Archaeologial sites - fish and shellfish, Fish and shellfish - archaeologial sites, Collaborating with Indigenous people, Indigenous people - collaboration

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ResearcherID: F-9560-2014

ORCID: 0000-0002-2336-2544

Scopus ID: 6603286939

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