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University of Otago

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Dr. Charles J. T. Radclyffe is a Lecturer in the Archaeology programme at the University of Otago, where he serves as the first Pacific lecturer in the discipline. Born in the Solomon Islands of I-Kiribati and British descent, he earned his PhD in Archaeology from the University of Otago in 2020, with a thesis entitled 'Prehistoric settlement and networks of interaction in the Western Solomon Islands: A survey of Manning Strait.' He previously completed a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours at the same university in 2015, focusing his honours research on 'Archaeology and Shell Adzes in Prehistoric Oceania.' Over the past decade, Radclyffe has participated in and directed cultural research programs in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. One of the Solomon Islands' first archaeologists to hold a PhD, he specializes in archaeological and anthropological research in Oceania, including modelling human settlement patterns, investigating historical exchange systems, the development of pottery-making in the Solomon Islands, notions of land and identity, and indigeneity as an early career Pasifika researcher.