She has already published a volume on the adolescent of Samoa. Here she is concerned with the childhood and youth of the Manus, a sea-dwelling people of the Admiralty Islands.

The Su Nuraxi area features a wide village of primitive huts and is a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site. Su Nuraxi dwellings are made of basalt and volcanic stone from the nearby Giara park.

Semper’s pursuit of the origin resulted in a primitive dwelling that was comprised of four basic qualities – earthwork, hearth, framework/roof, and enclosing membrane.