The Hiri in history : further aspects of long distance Motu trade in Central Papua - Dutton, T. E. (Thomas Edward); Australian National University. Development Studies Centre (Canberra : [Development Studies Centre], Australian National University, 1982)
Pots for sago / Nigel Oram -- Some religious aspects of the hiri / John Gwilliam -- Towards a history of the hiri / Tom Dutton -- The importance of being earnest in archaeological investigations of prehistoric trade in Papua / Jim Allen and Owen Rye -- West of Bootless Inlet : archaeological evidence for prehistoric trade in the Port Moresby area and the origins of the hiri / Susan Bulmer -- Prehistoric Papuan exchange systems / James W. Rhoads.
Includes bibliographies.
In English with some Toaripi, Orokolo, Purari, and Hiri Motu
Keywords: New Guinean peoples: Motu. Social life. Papua New Guinea; Papua New Guinea. Seaborne foreign trade, ca 1700-ca 1960. Study regions: Gulf of Papua; Motu (New Guinean people) -- Congresses; Commerce, Prehistoric -- Papua New Guinea; Motu (Papua New Guinean people) -- Commerce; Orokolo language -- Texts; Purari language -- Texts; Toaripi language -- Texts; Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs -- Congresses; Papua New Guinea -- Commerce -- History -- Congresses; Papua, Gulf of -- Congresses