Davidson and Roger Green carried out archaeological field work in Samoa in the 1960s. They co-authored Archaeology in Western Samoa and laid the foundation for archaeology in Samoa. Part of Davidson's field work was studying settlement patterns in Samoa before 1840.[4] In 1969 Davidson participated in the Cook Bicentenary Expedition undertaking archaeological research at the Vava'u Group,Tonga.[5]
Davidson has published widely on the prehistory of New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. She edited the New Zealand Journal of Archaeology from 1985 to 2008.[6] She was also a major contributor to the Journal of the Polynesian Society.
The book Vastly Ingenious:The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture –in honour of Janet M. Davidson was published in 2007. It presented essays of new research by leading international scholars with an introduction by Roger Green. Published by Otago University Press,the book was edited by three Pacific prehistorians:Atholl Anderson,Kaye C. Green,and Foss Leach.
In 2017,Davidson was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words",celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[8]
Works
The Prehistory of New Zealand. Longman Paul. 1984.
↑Fraser, Ronald. "A Narrative of the Cook Bicentenary Expedition". The Royal Society of New Zealand bulletin. 8: 21–28. ISSN1176-1865. WikidataQ125502663.
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