| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 386 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge world archaeology |
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Routledge world archaeology.
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| Contents |
Research themes in Pacific Oceanic archaeology -- Regional context and perspectives -- Substance and scope of Pacific Oceanic archaeology -- Hunter-gatherer traditions in the western Asia-Pacific region -- Following the Asia-Pacific pottery trail, 4000 through 800 B.C. -- First contact with the Remote Oceanic environment: the Mariana Islands at 1500 B.C. -- A siege of ecological imperialism: Lapita invasions, 1100 through 800 B.C. -- The end of an era: adjusting to changing coastlines, 1100 through 500 B.C. -- A broad-spectrum revolution? 500 B.C. through A.D. 100 -- The atoll highway of Micronesia, A.D. 100 through 500 -- Ethnogenesis and polygenesis, A.D. 500 through 1000 -- An A.D. 1000 event? Formalization of cultural expressions -- Expansion and intensification: A.D. 1000 through 1800 -- Living with the past: life, lore, and landscape in Pacific Oceania |
| Summary |
"This book integrates a region-wide chronological narrative of the archaeology of Pacific Oceania. How and why did this vast sea of islands, covering nearly one-third of the world's surface, come to be inhabited over the last several millennia, transcending significant change in ecology, demography, and society? What can any or all of the thousands of islands offer as ideal model systems toward comprehending globally significant issues of human-environment relations and coping with changing circumstances of natural and cultural history? A new synthesis of Pacific Oceanic archaeology addresses these questions, based largely on the author's investigations throughout the diverse region."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 15, 2019) |
| Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Oceania
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Human settlements -- Oceania
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HISTORY -- Oceania.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Human settlements
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| SUBJECT |
Oceania -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Oceania
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017037922 |
| ISBN |
9781351599993 |
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1351599992 |
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9781351602587 |
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1351602586 |
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9781315105062 |
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1315105063 |
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