Joanne Eakin is an archaeologist and osteologist. She has participated in the recovery and analysis of WWII remains on Tarawa and the Northern Mariana Islands and the excavation and analysis of multiple prehistoric human skeletal assemblages in the Pacific region and US Southwest. She currently investigates human migration patterns in the Pacific via ancient DNA analysis.

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Europe

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• The Vikings: what do their skeletons tell us about disease, injuries, and lifestyle
• The Viking expansion: looters, traders, colonists, and mercenaries
• Viking settlements from Britain to Newfoundland
• Bronze age settlements in Scotland from Skara Brae to Cairnpapple
• Tracing ancient populations across Scandinavia, UK, and northern Europe
• Ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean Basin

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General Human History

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• Homo floresiensis: the ‘Hobbits’ of Flores, Indonesia, and other archaic humans in southeast Asia
• Love among the hominids—100,000 years of interbreeding in ancient human species
• Our evolutionary trellis from early hominids to modern humans

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Pacific Region/Southeast Asia

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• Out of Island Southeast Asia and into the remote Pacific-the final frontier of human colonization
• The Sea Nomads of Indonesia
• Gold and Shipwrecks: the Manilla Galleon trade from New Spain to the Philippines, featuring the Concepcion and Santa Margarita shipwrecks
• Monolithic structures of Yap, Palau, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands: Nan Madol, house platforms, latte structures, and stone money.
• Prehistory of the Mariana Islands: the archaeological and osteological record
• Prehistory of Yap and Palau: the archaeology of early settlements and the stone money connection
• Prehistory of Hawaiian Islands: archaeology and traditional culture
• French Polynesia: Archaeology and Lifeways
• Rapa Nui: cultural adaptations to environmental changes and colonizers
• The Battle of Tarawa and the US invasion of Saipan: Recovery of US and Japanese WWII Remains
• Chicken scratch: tracing the human presence across the Pacific via chicken DNA, rats, and wine palms
• Prehistoric New Zealand :The Archaic Moa-Hunter Culture and the development of the Classic Māori Culture
• Prehistoric Australia: an Overview in Two Parts: Part I: the ancient populating of Sahul and over 50,000 years of human presence in Australia.
• Prehistoric Australia: an Overview in Two Parts: Part II: Aboriginal lifeways in Australia through archaeological sites and rock art.
• What Ancient Skeletal Remains from the Pacific Islands Can Tell Us
• Before the Great Kingdoms: Prehistoric Indonesia
• Indonesian Burial Practices: Living with the Dead: the Funeral Rituals in Toraja Culture of Sulawesi

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North and South America

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• The age of exploration and colonization: the impacts of New and Old-world diseases
• The earliest travelers to North and South America: is the Beringia Land Bridge how it happened?
• Prehistory of Alaska and the northwest coast: archaeology and traditional cultures
• Prehistory of the Northwest Coast: archaeology and traditional cultures
• Distinctive art of the Tlingit and Haida and other Northwest Coast native cultures
• Traditional knowledge and subsistence practices of Alaska and Northwest Coast natives
• Spain in the New World: from Mexico to Arizona, California, and New Mexico
• The Chinchorro Culture: settlements, rituals, and mummification in Chile
• Exploring Machu Pichu, Chavin, and Nasca in Peru
• Ancient Patagonia: old traditions and movements across the landscape

During my first cruise experience on the Viking World Cruise 2021-2022, the guests were so warm and receptive. I'm excited about developing new presentations and sharing topics from around the world.

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