Jack Golson

Jack Golson AO (born 1926, England) is an archaeologist who has done extensive field work in Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia.

Jack Golson excavating in Vailele, north coast of Upolu island in Samoa, 1957. Visiting the site are members of the I'iga Pisa family.

Golson studied history and archaeology at Cambridge University. In 1954, he lectured at the archaeology department of Auckland University in New Zealand where he began studies on pre-history in the Pacific Islands. Golson also worked towards improving standards and methods of archaeology in New Zealand and organised the New Zealand Archaeological Association.[1]

In 1957, he carried out the first systematic survey of archaeological remains on Savai'i island in Samoa.[2] In 1961, he was appointed Fellow in Prehistory at the Australian National University[3] and carried out research in Australia and Papua New Guinea. He was the president of the World Archaeological Congress (1990–1994).[4]

In 1991, Golson retired after 30 years at the Australian National University. He became a visiting Fellow there while focusing his work on Papua New Guinea.[5] In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours Golson was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to education, particularly in the fields of pre-history and archaeology research in Asia and the Pacific Region".[6] In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal.[7]

See also
  • Archaeology in Samoa

References
  1. Patrick Vinton Kirch (24 May 2000). On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact. University of California Press. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-0-520-92896-1.
  2. Settlement Patterns in Samoa before 1840 by Janet M Davidson, The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 78 1969, No. 1, p.44-82. Retrieved 1 November 2009
  3. Heather Burke; Claire Smith (2004). The Archaeologist's Field Handbook. Allen & Unwin. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-86508-862-4.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Robert Layton; Stephen Shennan (January 2006). A Future for Archaeology: The Past in the Present. Psychology Press. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-84472-126-9.
  6. "Dr Jack Golson". It's An Honour. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. "Jack Golson". It's An Honour. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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