Barker's clear, engaging, and often self-reflexive writing style provides students with a readable and interesting ethnography. - Pacific Affairs "Ancestral Lines is a vivid portrait of how the Maisin draw upon their past to shape the modern present which, like tapa designs, they continue to recreate anew. It is a rich, ambiguous depiction of rural PNG which should appeal to multiple audiences. Because of the way it is written, theoretical simplicity, and first-person narratives of fieldwork experience, the book is eminently suitable for entry-level undergraduates encountering cultural anthropology for the first time. It would also be useful in courses on material culture in society and, of course, on sociocultural change. In addition, Ancestral Lines is a welcome entry into the emerging literature on rural conservation in the Pacific." - David Lipset, Anthropos
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