Archaeology on Kapingamarangi Atoll
Title | Archaeology on Kapingamarangi Atoll PDF eBook |
Author | Foss Leach |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Antiquities, Prehistoric |
ISBN |
The Archaeology of Micronesia
Title | The Archaeology of Micronesia PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Rainbird |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2004-06-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521656306 |
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Archaeological Excavations at Site MLMI-3, Kapen Islet, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands
Title | Archaeological Excavations at Site MLMI-3, Kapen Islet, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands PDF eBook |
Author | Marshall I. Weisler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Excavations (Archaeology) |
ISBN |
The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia
Title | The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia PDF eBook |
Author | Richard K. Walter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Antiquities, Prehistoric |
ISBN |
The Archaeology of Pouerua
Title | The Archaeology of Pouerua PDF eBook |
Author | Doug G. Sutton |
Publisher | Auckland University Press |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781869402921 |
The third book to emerge from the Pouerua Project focuses on the pa itself, and explores the innovative attempt to use archaeological techniques to explore and understand socio-political processes. This book should be of interest to scholars, students and amateur archaeologists and historians.
The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific
Title | The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Irwin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521476515 |
The exploration and colonisation of the Pacific is a remarkable episode of human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no prior knowledge of Pacific geography, no documents to record their route, no metal, no instruments for measuring time and none for exploration. Forty years of modern archaeology, experimental voyages in rafts, and computer simulations of voyages have produced an enormous range of literature on this controversial and mysterious subject. This book represents a major advance in knowledge of the settlement of the Pacific by suggesting that exploration was rapid and purposeful, undertaken systematically, and that navigation methods progressively improved. Using an innovative model to establish a detailed theory of navigation, Geoffrey Irwin claims that rather than sailing randomly downwind in search of the unknown, Pacific Islanders expanded settlement by the cautious strategy of exploring upwind, so as to ease their safe return. The author has tested this hypothesis against the chronological data from archaeological investigation, with a computer simulation of demographic and exploration patterns and by sailing throughout the region himself.
Colonisation, Migration, and Marginal Areas
Title | Colonisation, Migration, and Marginal Areas PDF eBook |
Author | Mariana Mondini |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2017-01-23 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1785705180 |
Human migration tends to involve more than the odd suitcase or two - we often carry other organisms on our travels, some are deliberately transported, others move by accident. This volume of 12 papers offers a zooarchaeological approach to questions surrounding the nature and extent of human colonization and migration, and the adaptation of humans to new and sometimes extreme or challenging environments. The volume is divided into two parts: Part 1 takes up the theme of Human and Animal Migration and Colonisation. Contributors consider the relationship between human movements and the movements of animals and animal products; case studies look at Neolithic population movements in Oceania, the Norse colonization of Greenland, and the European settlement of Virginia. Part 2 focuses on the topic of Behavioural Variability in the So-Called Marginal Areas. Contributors offer various interpretations of the concept of 'marginality', from climatic extremes of the Arctic cold, and the heat and aridity of western North America, to the geographical remoteness of Patagonia, and the cultural circumstances surrounding the beginnings of transhumant pastoralism in prehistoric southeastern Europe.