Abstract
Dogs have been integral to human communities for thousands of years, including in Oceanic cultures where their relationships with people have varied widely. On some islands, human-dog interactions date back millennia, while on others, they are more recent. Archaeology provides insights into these relationships through the study of the material remains of dogs, including unmodified skeletal material, deliberate burials, and items made from their bones and teeth. This chapter explores how archaeological interpretations of dogs in Oceania have contributed to documenting and understanding the diversity of these past relationships in the region and proposes that these remains can be seen as representations of human-canine interspecies cultures, rather than simply as artifacts of human behavior.