Archaeology on Nukuoro Atoll

Archaeology on Nukuoro Atoll
Title Archaeology on Nukuoro Atoll PDF eBook
Author Janet M. Davidson
Publisher
Pages 124
Release 1971
Genre Social Science
ISBN

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The Archaeology of Micronesia

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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The Archaeology of Niue Island, West Polynesia

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

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On the Road of the Winds

On the Road of the Winds
Title On the Road of the Winds PDF eBook
Author Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 408
Release 2017-11-14
Genre History
ISBN 0520292812

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Introduction : defining Oceania -- Discovering the Oceanic past -- The Pacific islands as a human environment -- Sahul and the prehistory of "old" Melanesia -- Lapita and the Austronesian expansion -- The prehistory of "new" Melanesia -- Micronesia : in the "sea of little islands"--Polynesia : origins and dispersals -- Polynesian chiefdoms and archaic states -- Big structures and large processes in Oceanic prehistory

Marshall Islands Archaeology

Marshall Islands Archaeology
Title Marshall Islands Archaeology PDF eBook
Author Tom Dye
Publisher
Pages 428
Release 1987
Genre Social Science
ISBN

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The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific

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

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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.

Preliminary Archaeological Investigations on the Island of Tol in Truk

Preliminary Archaeological Investigations on the Island of Tol in Truk
Title Preliminary Archaeological Investigations on the Island of Tol in Truk PDF eBook
Author Jun Takayama
Publisher
Pages 70
Release 1973
Genre Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN

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