Roger Green (archaeologist)

Roger Green (archaeologist)

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==Academic career==
==Academic career==
Green had to delay submitting his dissertation due to becoming seriously ill with peritonitis in 1960, and went on to replaced [[Jack Golson]] as a senior lecturer of anthropology at [[University of Auckland]] in 1961.{{rp|839}} During this time lecturing in 1961, Green was able to submit his dissertation ''The Prehistoric Sequence of the Auckland Province,'' which was accepted''.'' In 1966, he was promoted to [[associate professor]], and worked for the next three years at the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]]. From 1970 to 1973, he worked on an extensive research project with [[Douglas Yen]] in the [[Solomon Islands]] funded by a [[Captain James Cook Fellowship]], after which he returned to [[Auckland]] for the remainder of his teaching career. He retired from teaching in 1992, at which time he was made [[professor emeritus]].
Green had to delay submitting his dissertation due to becoming seriously ill with peritonitis in 1960, and the following year replaced [[Jack Golson]] as a senior lecturer of anthropology at [[University of Auckland]].{{rp|839}} During this time lecturing in 1961, Green was able to submit his dissertation ''The Prehistoric Sequence of the Auckland Province,'' which was accepted''.'' In 1966, he was promoted to [[associate professor]], and worked for the next three years at the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]]. From 1970 to 1973, he worked on an extensive research project with [[Douglas Yen]] in the [[Solomon Islands]] funded by a [[Captain James Cook Fellowship]], after which he returned to [[Auckland]] for the remainder of his teaching career. He retired from teaching in 1992, at which time he was made [[professor emeritus]].


In addition to teaching at Auckland and Hawaii, Green periodically held active teaching and research positions at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in New York, the [[Bernice P. Bishop Museum]] in [[Honolulu]], and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in [[Whakatāne]], New Zealand. He also oversaw the funding of numerous research projects through the Green Foundation for Polynesian Research.For example, Allen, M.S. 2006. Periodicity, duration, and function of occupation at Tauroa Point, Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 27:19–62.
In addition to teaching at Auckland and Hawaii, Green periodically held active teaching and research positions at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in New York, the [[Bernice P. Bishop Museum]] in [[Honolulu]], and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in [[Whakatāne]], New Zealand. He also oversaw the funding of numerous research projects through the Green Foundation for Polynesian Research.For example, Allen, M.S. 2006. Periodicity, duration, and function of occupation at Tauroa Point, Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 27:19–62.