Publications of Janet Davidson

 

Books and Monographs

 

2008 Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. The Archaeology of Taumako: a Polynesian Outlier in the Eastern Solomon Islands. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication.

 

1984  Davidson, J.M. The Prehistory of New Zealand. Longman Paul, Auckland.

 

1971  Davidson, J.M. Archaeology on Nukuoro Atoll, a Polynesian Outlier in the Eastern Caroline Islands. Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin 9.

 

Papers in Books, Monographs and Bulletins

 

2012 Davidson, J. Explorers and Pioneers: The first Pacific People in New Zealand. In S. Mallon, K. Mahina-Tuai and D. Salesa (eds), Tangata o le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific, pp. 36–55. Te Papa Press, Wellington.

 

2008  Davidson, J. The archaeology of the Polynesian homeland: A retrospective view of the early years. In D.J. Addison and C. Sand (eds), Recent Advances in the Archaeology of the Fiji/West Polynesia Region, pp. 7–31. University of Otago Studies in Prehistoric Anthropology 21, Dunedin.

 

2008 Davidson, J. and Leach, F. A cache of one-piece fishhooks from Pohara, Takaka, New Zealand. In G. Clark, F. Leach and S. O’Connor (eds), Islands of Enquiry: colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes, pp. 185–202. Terra Australis 29. ANU EPress, Canberra.

 

2008 Leach, F., Davidson, J., Claridge, G., Ward, G. and Craib, J. The physical and mineralogical characteristics of pottery from Mochong, Rota, Mariana Islands. In G. Clark, F. Leach and S. O’Connor (eds), Islands of Enquiry: colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes, pp. 435–452. Terra Australis 29. ANU EPress, Canberra.

 

2004  Davidson, J.  Various contributions to Icons Nga Taonga. Te Papa Press, Wellington.

 

2002 Davidson, J. and Leach, F.  Bridge or Barrier? Maori occupation on the shores of Cook Strait, New Zealand. In T.N. Ladefoged and M.W. Graves (eds), Pacific Landscapes. Archaeological Approaches, pp. 255–273. The Easter Island Foundation and Bearsville Press, Los Osos,  California.

 

2002  Davidson, J., Leach, F. and Sand, C. Three thousand years of fishing in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In S. Bedford, C. Sand and D. Burley (eds), Fifty Years in the Field. Essays in Honour and Celebration of Richard Shutler Jr’s Archaeological Career, pp. 153–164. New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 25.

 

2001 Davidson, J. The Maori Tradition. In P.N. Peregrine and M. Ember (eds), The Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania, pp. 222–242. Kluwer Academic.

 

2000  Davidson, J.M. Roger Shepherd Duff. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volume V.

 

2000  Leach, F. and Davidson, J. Fishing: a neglected aspect of Oceanic economy. In A. Anderson and T. Murray (eds), Australian Archaeologist. Collected papers in honour of Jim Allen, pp. 412–426. Coombs Academic Publishing, Canberra.

 

1999  Davidson, J.M. Roger Curtis Green. In T. Murray (ed.), Encyclopedia of Archaeology. The Great Archaeologists, pp. 835–853. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara.

 

1996  Davidson, J.M. Maori Prehistory. In D.C. Starzecka (ed.), Maori: Art and Culture, pp. 8–25. British Museum Press, London.

 

1996  Davidson, J.M. Polynesia. XI. Polynesian outliers. In The Dictionary of Art, Macmillan.

 

1996  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Athens, J.S. Mass harvesting of fish in the waterways of Nan Madol. In J.M. Davidson, G. Irwin, B.F. Leach, A. Pawley and D. Brown (eds), Oceanic Culture History: Essays in Honour of Roger Green, pp. 319–341. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology Special Publication.

         

1996  Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. Fishing on Nukuoro Atoll: ethnographic and archaeological viewpoints. In M. Julien, M. Orliac and C. Orliac (eds), Mιmoire de Pierre, Mιmoire D'Homme: Tradition et Archιologie en Ocιanie. Hommage a Josι Garanger, pp. 184–202. Publication de la Sorbonne, Paris.

 

1994  Davidson, J.M. The Eastern Polynesian Origins of the New Zealand Archaic. In D.G. Sutton (ed.), The Origins of the First New Zealanders, pp. 208–219. Auckland University Press.

 

1993  Davidson, J.M. Issues in New Zealand prehistory since 1954. In M. Spriggs, D.E. Yen, W. Ambrose, R. Jones, A. Thorne and A. Andrews (eds), A Community of Culture. The People and Prehistory of the Pacific. pp. 239–258. Occasional Papers in Prehistory 21. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra.

 

1991  Davidson, J.M. The National Museum of New Zealand. In S.M. Eoe and P. Swadling (eds), Museums and cultural centres in the Pacific, pp. 209–217. Papua New Guinea National Museum, Port Moresby.

 

1991  Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F.  Bird-man amulets and Tridacna shell discs from Taumako, Solomon Islands. In Andrew Pawley (ed.), Man and a Half, Essays in Pacific Anthropology and Ethnobiology in Honour of Ralph Bulmer, pp. 465–470. The Polynesian Society, Auckland.

 

1990  Davidson, J.M. Key archaeological features of the offshore islands of New Zealand. In D.R. Towns, C.H. Daugherty and I.A.E. Atkinson (eds), Ecological Restoration of New Zealand Islands. Conservation Sciences Publication 2, Department of Conservation, Wellington.

 

1988  Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. Chapter 15. Fish Bone. In Brian M. Butler (ed.) Archaeological Investigations on the north coast of Rota, Mariana Islands, pp. 335–356. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Center for Archeological Investigations, Occasional Paper 8.

 

1987  Davidson, J.M. Marks on a Landscape: Auckland's Volcanic Cones. In J.Wilson (ed.), The Past Today, pp. 6–13. Pacific Publishers for NZ Historic Places Trust.

 

1987  Davidson, J.M. Voyagers from Distant Shores. Origins of the Maori. In J. Wilson (ed.), From the Beginning. The Archaeology of the Maori, pp. 27–36. Penguin Books.

                   

1987  Davidson, J.M. From Seeds to Flowering. Cultural Change. In J. Wilson (ed.), From the Beginning. The Archaeology of the Maori, pp. 43–48.

 

1985  Davidson, J.M. New Zealand Prehistory. In F. Wendorff (ed.), Advances in World Archaeology Volume 4, pp. 239–291. Academic Press.

 

1987  Davidson, J.M. The Children of Tu. Warfare and Fortifications. In J. Wilson (ed.), From the Beginning. The Archaeology of the Maori, pp. 109–224.

 

1983  Davidson, J.M. The individual fisherman's kit on Nukuoro: a comparison of archaeological and ethnographic evidence. In B. Gunda (ed.), The Fishing Culture of the World, pp 1101–1114. Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

 

1982  Davidson, J.M. Auckland. In Nigel Prickett (ed.), The First Thousand Years. Regional Perspectives in New Zealand Archaeology, pp. 28–48. Dunmore Press.

 

1982  Davidson, J.M. Northland. In Nigel Prickett (ed.), The First Thousand Years. Regional Perspectives in New Zealand Archaeology, pp. 11–27. Dunmore Press.

 

1981  Davidson, J.M. Chapter 1. The Polynesian Foundation. In W.H. Oliver with B.R. Williams (eds), The Oxford History of New Zealand, pp. 3–27. The Clarendon Press, Oxford and Oxford University Press, Wellington.

 

1981  Davidson, J.M. The prehistoric exploitation of stone resources in northern New Zealand. In Foss Leach and Janet Davidson (eds), Archaeological Studies of Pacific Stone Resources, pp. 107–119. British Archaeological Reports S104.

 

1981  Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. The analysis of fish bone from Kapingamarangi. Appendix 3.  In B.F. Leach  and G.K. Ward, Archaeology on Kapingamarangi Atoll, pp. 114–122, Privately Published by B.F. Leach.

 

1979  Davidson, J.M. Chapter 4. Samoa and Tonga. In J.D. Jennings (ed.), The Prehistory of Polynesia, pp. 82–109. Harvard University Press.

 

1979  Davidson, J.M. Chapter 9. New Zealand. In J.D. Jennings (ed.), The Prehistory of Polynesia, pp. 222–248. Harvard University Press.

 

1979  Davidson, J.M. Archaic Middens of the Coromandel Region: a Review. In Atholl Anderson (ed.), Birds of a Feather, pp. 183–202. British Archaeological Reports S62.

 

1974  Green, R.C. and J.M. Davidson (eds). Archaeology in Western Samoa, Volume II. Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin 7 (Contains six papers by Davidson, one by Davidson and J. Fagan, and two by Green and Davidson, among 22 papers).

 

1971  Davidson, J.M. Preliminary report on an archaeological survey of the Vava'u Group, Tonga. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 8, pp. 29–40.

 

1970  Davidson, J.M. Polynesian outliers and the problem of cultural replacement in small populations. In R.C.Green and M. Kelly (eds), Studies in Oceanic Culture History, Volume 1, pp. 61–72. Pacific Anthropological Records 11.

 

1969  Green, R.C. and J.M. Davidson (eds). Archaeology in Western Samoa, Volume I. Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin 6 (Contains four papers by Davidson and 1 by Green and Davidson, among 19 papers).

 

1968  Davidson, J.M. Nukuoro, Archaeology on a Polynesian outlier in Micronesia. In I. Yawata and Y.H.Sinoto (eds), Prehistoric culture in Oceania, pp. 51–66. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

 

1967  Davidson, J.M. Archaeology on coral atolls. In Polynesian Culture History, Essays in Honor of Kenneth P. Emory, pp. 363–375. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

 

1967  Green, R.C., K. Green, R.A. Rappaport, A. Rappaport and J.M. Davidson. Excavations in Moorea, French Polynesia. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 51 (2). (Contains one paper by Davidson).

 

Papers in Refereed Journals

 

2012  Davidson, J.M. Intrusion, integration and innovation on small and not-so-small islands with particular reference to Samoa. With comments by A. Anderson, D. Burley and G. Clark and author’s reply.  Archaeology in Oceania 47: 1–13.

 

2011 Davidson, J.M. Archaeological investigations at Maungarei: A large Māori settlement on a volcanic cone in Auckland, New Zealand. Tuhinga 22: 19–100.

 

2011 Davidson, J, Findlater, A., Fyfe, R., MacDonald, J. and Marshall, B. Connections with Hawaiki: the evidence of a shell tool from Wairau Bar, Marlborough, New Zealand. Journal of Pacific Archaeology 2 (2):  93–102.

 

2003  Burtenshaw, M., Harris, G., Davidson, J. and Leach, F. Experimental growing of pre-European cultivars of kumara (sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) at the southern margins of Maori horticulture. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 23 (2001): 161–188.

2001 Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. The use of size-frequency diagrams to characterise prehistoric fish catches and their use in assessing human impact on inshore fisheries. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 11 (1–2): 150–162.

 

2001  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Robertshaw, M. and Leach, P.C. 2001. Identification, nutritional yield, and economic role of tuatua shellfish, Paphies  spp., in New Zealand archaeological sites. People and Culture in Oceania 17: 1–26.

 

2000  Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K., Leach, B.F. and Sinoto, Y.H. Prehistoric fishing at Hane, Ua Huka, French Polynesia. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 21 (1999): 5–28.

 

2000 Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. Pre-European catches of blue cod (Parapercis colias) in the Chatham Islands and Cook Strait, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 21 (1999): 119–138.

 

2000  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Wallace R. The form and construction of the Makotukutuku House, a 16th century dwelling in Palliser Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 21 (1999): 87–117.

 

2000    Leach, F. and Davidson, J. Pre-European catches of snapper (Pagrus auratus) in northern New Zealand. Journal of Archaeological Science 27: 509–522.

 

2000  Davidson, J.M. The Polynesian settlement of New Zealand: the last frontier of the oceanic world. People and Culture in Oceania 16: 19–39.

 

1999  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. 1999. Pre-European catches of labrid fish in the Chatham Islands and Cook Strait, New Zealand. Man and Culture in Oceania 15: 113–144.

 

1999  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K. and Anderson, A.J. 1999. Pre-European catches of barracouta, Thyrsites atun, at Long Beach and Shag River, Otago, New Zealand. Archaeofauna 8: 11–30.

 

1998  Horwood, L.M., Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. Prehistoric and historic Maori fishermen of Mana Island, Cook Strait, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 18 (1996): 4–24.

 

1998  Davidson, J.M., Leach, B.F.. Fraser, K. and Burnside, G. 1998. Prehistoric fishing at Fa`ahia, Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Journal de la Sociιtι des Ocιanistes 1998-2 (107): 145–157.

 

1997  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of the New Zealand blue cod Parapercis colias. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 7: 484–496.

 

1997  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. Prehistoric Maori fishermen at Kokohuia, Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand. Man and Culture in Oceania 13: 99–116.

 

1997  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Boocock, A. Prehistoric Maori Fishermen of Te Ika a Maru Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 17: 57–75.

 

1997  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Ottino, P. The fishermen of Anapua Rock Shelter, Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands. Asian Perspectives 36 (1): 51–56.

 

1997  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Samson, J. and Burnside, G. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of New Zealand Labridae. Archaeofauna 6: 41–58.

 

1997  Davidson, J.M. Cook Island material culture from the Christchurch Exhibition of 1906–1907: rediscovering a forgotten collection. Baessler-Archiv Neue Folge XLV: 159–180.

 

1996  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Anderson, A.J. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of the New Zealand barracouta Thyrsites atun. Tuhinga, Records of the Museum of New Zealand 6: 1–25.

 

1996  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Mallon, S. The estimation of live fish size from archaeological cranial bones of the New Zealand kahawai Arripis trutta. Tuhinga, Records of the Museum of New Zealand 7: 1–20.

 

1993  Davidson, J.M. The chronology of occupation on Maungarei (Mount Wellington): a large volcanic cone pa in Auckland. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 15: 39–55.

 

1993  Davidson, J.M. and Leach, B.F. The Chronology of the Natunuku Site, Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 15: 99–105.

 

1992  Davidson, J.M. New evidence about the date of colonisation of Nukuoro Atoll, a Polynesian Outlier in the Eastern Caroline Islands. Journal of the Polynesian Society 101 (3): 293–298.

 

1992  Davidson, J.M. and Wallace, R.  Additional information about the pa at Kauri Point, Birkenhead, Auckland. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 29: 1–5.

 

1990  Davidson, J.M. Test excavations on the headland pa at Kauri Point, Birkenhead, Auckland, in 1971. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 27: 1–18.

 

1990  Davidson, J.M., Hinds, E., Holdaway, S. and  Leach, B.F. The Lapita site of Natunuku, Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 12: 121–155.

 

1988  Davidson, J.M. Archaeology in Micronesia Since 1965: Past Achievements and Future Prospects. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 10: 83–100.

 

1988  Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. The Quest for the Rainbow Runner: Prehistoric Fishing on Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro Atolls. Micronesica 21 (1 & 2): 1–22.

 

1988  Leach, B.F., Fleming, M. , Davidson, J.,  Ward, G. and  Craib, J. Prehistoric fishing at Mochong, Rota, Mariana Islands. Man in Culture in Oceania 4: 31–62.

 

1987  Davidson, J.M. The Paa Maaori Revisited. Journal of the Polynesian Society 96 (1): 7–26.

 

1983  Davidson, J.M. Maori Prehistory: the State of the Art. Journal of the Polynesian Society 92 (3): 291–307.

 

1981  Davidson, J.M. The prehistory of Western Polynesia. Journal de la Sociιtι des Ocιanistes XXXVII (7–71), 100–110.

 

1979  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., McCallum, G., Partridge, B., Smith, I.W.G. and Whitehead, N. The identification of dugong ivory reel artefacts from strontium content and microstructure. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 1: 115–121.

 

1978  Davidson, J.M. Auckland prehistory: a review. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 15: 1–14.

 

1978  Davidson, J.M. Radiocarbon dates for three sites at Station Bay, Motutapu Island. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 15: 15–16.

 

1978  Davidson, J.M. Western Polynesia and Fiji: the archaeological evidence. Mankind 11(3): 383–390.

 

1978  Davidson, J.M. Archaeological salvage excavations at Paremata, Wellington, New Zealand. Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 1 (13): 203–236.

 

1978  Davidson, J.M. The prehistory of Motutapu Island, New Zealand. Five centuries of Polynesian occupation in a changing landscape. Journal of the Polynesian Society 87 (4): 327–337.

 

1977  Davidson, J.M. The Ellis drawings: an ethnological viewpoint. The Turnbull Library Record 10 (2): 20–22.

 

1977  Davidson, J.M. Western Polynesia and Fiji: prehistoric contact, diffusion and differentiation in adjacent archipelagos. World Archaeology 9: 82–94.

 

1976  Davidson, J.M. A Nukuoro fishing kit in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 13: 9–12.

 

1976  Davidson, J.M. Additional evidence from the excavations at Skippers Ridge (N40/7), Opito, Coromandel Peninsula. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 13: 1–7.

 

1975  Davidson, J.M. The excavation of Skippers Ridge (N40/7), Opito, Coromandel Peninsula, in 1959 and 1960. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 12: 1–42.

 

1975  Davidson, J.M. and Green, R.C. A locality map for Skippers Ridge (N40/7), Opito. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 12: 43–46.

 

1975  Davidson, J.M. The wooden image from Samoa in the British Museum: a note on its context. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84: 352–355.

 

1974  Davidson, J.M. Radiocarbon dates from the Sunde Site (N38/24), Motutapu Island, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11: 9–10.

 

1974  Davidson, J.M. Further identifications of sources of obsidian flakes from N38/37 on Motutapu Island, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11: 11–12.

 

1974  Davidson, J.M. Some hafted shell adzes in the Auckland Museum. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11: 1–8.

 

1974  Davidson, J.M. Cultural replacement on small islands: new evidence from Polynesian outliers. Mankind 9: 273–277.

 

1972  Davidson, J.M. Archaeological investigations on Motutapu Island, New Zealand. Introduction to recent fieldwork and further results. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 9: 1–14.

 

1970  Davidson, J.M. Survey of archaeological sites on Motutapu Island, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 7: 1–12.

 

1970  Davidson, J.M. Excavation of an "undefended site", N38/37, on Motutapu Island, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 7: 31–60.

 

1970  Davidson, J.M. Salvage excavations at Hamlins Hill, N42/137, Auckland, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 7: 105–122.

 

1969  Davidson, J.M. Settlement patterns in Samoa before 1840. Journal of the Polynesian Society 78: 44–82.

 

1969  Davidson, J.M. Archaeological excavations in two burial mounds at 'Atele, Tongatapu. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 6: 251–286.

 

1968  Davidson, J.M. A wooden image from Nukuoro in the Auckland Museum. Journal of the Polynesian Society 77: 77–79.

 

1967  Davidson, J.M. Midden analysis and the economic approach in New Zealand archaeology. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 6 (3): 203–228.

 

1967  Davidson, J.M. An archaeological assemblage of simple fish‑hooks from Nukuoro. Journal of the Polynesian Society 76: 177–196.

 

1967  Davidson, J.M. Preliminary archaeological investigations on Ponape and other Eastern Caroline Islands. Micronesica 3: 81–95.

 

1967  Davidson, J.M., Green, R.C.,  Buist, A.G. and Peters, K.M. Additional radiocarbon dates for Western Polynesia. Journal of the Polynesian Society 76: 223–230.

 

1965  Green, R.C. and Davidson, J.M. Radiocarbon dates for Western Samoa. Journal of the Polynesian Society 74: 63–69.

 

Papers in Non‑refereed Publications

 

1991  Davidson, J.M. Pacific collections : the National Museum of New Zealand/Te Whare Taonga o Aotearoa. Pacific Arts Newsletter 3: 9–13.

 

1987  Davidson, J.M. Fourteen years of site recording on Motutapu Island: a cautionary tale. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 30 (4): 227–238.

                                                                                        

1986  Davidson, J.M. The poor man's rei puta: a shell pendant from Sarah's Gully. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 29 (4): 224–227.

 

1977  Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. Fishing methods and seasonality at Paremata. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 20: 166–175.

 

1976  Davidson, J.M. Survey and excavations at Te Ika‑a‑maru Bay, Wellington, 1962–63. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 19: 4–26.

 

1976  Davidson, J.M. The prehistory of Western Polynesia. La Prιhistoire Ocιaniθnne, pp. 27–51. Prιtirage, Colloque XXII, U.I.S.P.P. IXe Congrθs. Paris C.N.R.S.

 

1976  Davidson, J.M. The significance of East Micronesia in the settlement of Oceania. Far Eastern Prehistory Association Newsletter 6: 35–39.

 

1974  Davidson, J.M. Whither the site recording scheme? New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 17: 2–26.

 

1974  Davidson, J.M. A radiocarbon date from Skippers Ridge (N40/7), Opito, Coromandel Peninsula. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 17: 50–52.

 

1974  Davidson, J.M. Radiocarbon date for Rahopara Pa (N38/20) at Castor Bay, Auckland. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 17: 144–145.

 

1971  Davidson, J.M. Fieldwork on Motutapu Island, Hauraki Gulf. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 14: 80–81.

 

1969  Davidson, J.M. The prehistory of the Pacific Islands. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 12: 60–81.

 

1967  Green, R.C., Davidson, J.M.  and Peters, K.M. Archaeology in Western Samoa 1965–1967. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 10: 26–34.

 

1965  Davidson, J.M. Samoa and Tonga. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 8: 59–71.

 

1964  Davidson, J.M. Concentrated shell middens. New Zealand Archaeological Newsletter 7: 70–78.

 

1964  Davidson, J.M. Processing and analysing midden samples. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 7: 152–163.

 

1963  Davidson, J.M. Site survey ‑ Ponui Island. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 6: 36–46.

 

1962  Davidson, J.M. Excavations on Moorea, French Polynesia. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 5: 98–99.

 

1961  Davidson, J.M. A guide to the description of  adzes. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 4: 6–10.

 

 

General and Popular Publications

 

2004 Contributions on Caroline Islands (pp. 907–908), Moriori (p. 948), Nukuoro (pp. 955–956), New Zealand (pp. 957–959), Polynesian Outliers (pp. 967–968), in Part Two (Oceania) of   Enciclopedia Archeologica, Americha Oceania. Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome.

 

2000  Davidson, J.M. First difficult footsteps on New Zealand soil. New Zealand 1000 years ago. The Press Millennium Review, 1 January 2000, p. 43. Christchurch.

 

2000 Davidson, J. and Leach F. Rescuing Knowledge. Historic Places 79: 34–36.

 

1997  Davidson, J.M. and Irwin, G.J. Plate 10. Voyaging and Colonisation. The spread of settlement in the Pacific. In M. McKinnon (ed.), New Zealand Historical Atlas. Bateman, Auckland.

 

1993  Davidson, J.M. Traditional Arts of Pacific Island Women. (Exhibition catalogue) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

 

1990  Davidson, J.M. Maori oral traditions and archaeology. (Prepared for Crown Law Office, Wellington). Wai-38, H6, 19pp.

 

1989  Davidson, J.M. Maori Art. Craft Arts International 17: 38–42.

 

1989  Davidson, J.M. Cultural Heritage Workshop, Port Moresby, 12–17 June, 1989. AGMANZ Journal 20 (3): 5, 28–29.

 

1989  Davidson, J.M. (scientific editor). Taonga Maori: Treasures of the New Zealand Maori People. Australian Museum, Sydney. 101 pp. (Text by Wiremu Cooper, Janet Davidson, Arapata Hakiwai, Betty McFadgen, Shane Pasene and Erenora Puketapu-Hetet).

 

1988  Davidson, J.M. Chapter 2. The Coming of the Maori. In Olive Baldwin (comp.), The Celebration History of the Kapiti District, pp.31–36. Kapiti Borough Council.

 

1988  Davidson, J.M. Maori Origins. AGMANZ Journal 19 (2): 41–42.

 

1986  Davidson, J.M. An archaeologist's view of history. Journal of the New Zealand Federation of Historical Societies 2 (4): 2–5.

 

1986  Davidson, J.M. Before the Pakeha. New Zealand Book of Events, pp. 14–19. Reed Methuen.

 

1979  Davidson, J.M. The Percy Smith Medal. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter 22 (3): 90–91.

 

1978  Davidson, J.M. An archaeologist abroad. AGMANZ News 9 (1): 12–13.

 

1976  Davidson, J.M. From Hawaiki to Te Ika‑a‑Maui. Australian Natural History 18: 354–357.

 

1976  Davidson, J.M. Discovery. New Zealand Atlas, pp. 51–52. Government Printer, Wellington.

 

1975  Davidson, J.M. History of Maungarei. Maungarei (Mount Wellington), booklet prepared by Mount Wellington Borough Council, pp. 6–14.

 

1973  Searle, E.J. and Davidson, J.M. A picture guide to the volcanic cones of Auckland, showing geological and archaeological features. Auckland Museum Handbook.

 

1973  Davidson, J.M. An introduction to New Zealand prehistory. In G.D. Mansergh (ed.), The New Zealand Quaternary, an Introduction. Handbook prepared for INQUA IX International Congress.

 

1973  Davidson, J.M. Preserving New Zealand's prehistoric heritage. New Zealand Parks and Reserves 4: 46–49.

 

1971  Davidson, J.M. Early man in New Zealand. New Zealand's Heritage 1: 29–32.

 

1971 Davidson, J.M. Preserving history in the Far North. Landscape 45: 16–19.

 

1969  Davidson, J.M. The Auckland Isthmus ‑ 200 years ago. Auckland Museum Information Leaflet.

 

1967  Davidson, J.M. The first settlement of New Zealand. Auckland Museum Information Leaflet.

 

 

Technical Reports and Reports to Agencies

 

2009 Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Miller, K.J., Greig, K. and Wallace, R. Salvage excavation and analysis of faunal material from an archaeological site (R27/24) at Pauatahanui Inlet near Wellington. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 40.

 

2006 Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. Analysis of faunal material from an archaeological site complex at Mangilao, Guam. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 38.

 

2006 Leach, B.F. and Davidson, J.M. Analysis of archaeological material from an archaeological site at Ylig, Guam. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 29.

2003 Davidson, J.M.   Wāhi Tapu and Portable Taonga of Ngāti Hinewaka: Desecration and loss; protection and management. A report prepared for the Ngāti Hinewaka Claims Committee.

 

2000  Leach, B.F., Budec-Piric, A., Davidson, J.M. and Robertshawe, M. Analysis of faunal material from an archaeological site at Raumati Beach near Wellington. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 35.

 

2000  Leach, B.F., Budec-Piric, A. and Davidson, J.M. Analysis of faunal material from two archaeological sites at Tiouande, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 36.

 

1999    Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. Analysis of faunal remains from the Lapita Site 13A, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 33.

 

1998  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. Analysis of faunal material from an archaeological site on Cikobia, Fiji. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 28. 10 pp.

 

1998  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K. and Burnside, G. Analysis of faunal material from the Pwekina archaeological site, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 29. 13 pp.

 

1998  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. Identification of archaeological fish bones from the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 30. 56 pp.

 

1998  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Fraser, K. Analysis of fish bone from archaeological sites in Vanuatu. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 32.

 

1997  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K. and Burnside, G. Analysis of faunal material from the Vatcha archaeological site on Isle de Pines, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 23.

         

1997  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Horwood, L.M. and Fraser, K. Analysis of faunal material from the Tiwi archaeological site on New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 24.

 

1997  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Fraser, K., Quinn, C. and Morrison, J. Isotope analysis and dietary reconstruction of two individuals from an archaeological site at Tina, New Caledonia. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 25.

 

1994  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. Analysis of faunal material from Ngaaitutaki, Tepaopao and Erua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 1.

 

1994    Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. Identification of archaeological fish bones from Matakana Island. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 2.

 

1994  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. Identification of archaeological fish bones from Panau, Banks Peninsular. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 3.

 

1994  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Horwood, L.M. Analysis of archaeological fish bone from Yelar, Faligochol‑1, Faligochol‑2, Powag‑1 and Powag‑2, Fais, Caroline Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 4.

 

1988  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M., Smith, I.W.G., Horwood, L.M., McGovern‑Wilson, R. and Roy, K. Prehistoric fishing on Kosrae: Analysis of fishbones and other fauna from excavations at Leluh and Wiya, Kosrae. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 6.

 

1987  Leach, B.F., Davidson, J.M. and Athens, J.S. Prehistoric fishing at Nan Madol Pohnpei, Caroline Islands. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Technical Report 5.

 

1975  Davidson, J.M. Far North archaeological survey reports. Comprising Te Paki archaeological survey and supplement; North Cape, Ohao and Murimotu archaeological survey; Mokaikai archaeological survey; Index to archaeological sites. Lands and Survey Department, Auckland.

 

1975  Davidson, J.M. Archaeological Sites in the Auckland Region. Auckland Regional Authority Planning Division, 25p.

 

1971  Davidson, J.M. Te Paki archaeological survey. Mimeographed, Lands and Survey Department, Auckland (44 p.).