The latest research on the Fiji/West Polynesia region. Chapters include: Archaeology in the Polynesian Homeland: The State of Play at the Beginning of the 21st Century by C. Sand & D. Addison; A Retrospective View of the Early Years by J. Davidson; Natural and Cultural Deposits in Tatuba Cave, Fiji Islands by J.S. Field; An Early First Millenium AD Burial from the Naselala Site, Cikobia-i-Ra Island (North-East Fiji) by F. Valentin, C. Sand, I. Le Goff, & H. Bocherens; Evidence for Culturally Modified Human Bone from Tongan Skeletal Assemblages by A.A. Storey; Conjectures on Indigenous Technology Transfer in Early Historic Samoa by S.S. Barnes & R.C. Green; Radiocarbon Dating Marine Shell in Samoa by F. Petchey & D. Addison; The Samoan Dark Ages, ~1500-1000 BP by T. Rieth & D. Addison; Samoan Plain Ware Ceramics of Tutuila Island, American Samoa by D. Addison, J. Toloa, T. Tago, & S. Vaueli