Preface 1 Negotiating difference: practice makes theory for contemporary archaeology in Oceania 2 ‘Round, black and lustrous’: a view of encounters with difference in Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia 3 Reconstructing ‘traditional’ Kanak society in New Caledonia: the role of archaeology in the study of European contact 4 Post-contact landscapes of change in Hauraki, New Zealand 5 Just another trader? An archaeological perspective on European barter with Admiralty Islanders, Papua New Guinea 6 Time, tradition and transformation: the negotiation of cross[1]cultural engagements on Groote Eylandt, northern Australia 7 Guns or barter? Indigenous exchange networks and the mediation of conflict in post-contact western Arnhem Land 8 Signs of life on a barbarous frontier: intercultural encounters in North Australia 9 ‘Barter…immediately commenced to the satisfaction of both parties’: cross-cultural exchange at Port Jackson, 1788–1828 10 The colonial impact? Contact archaeology and indigenous sites in southern New South Wales 11 Keeping the land alive: changing social contexts of landscape and rock art production 12 Researching the past: oral history and archaeology at Swan Reach 13 Resistance, creolization or optimal foraging at Killalpaninna Mission, South Australia