Archaeology on Nukuoro Atoll
Title | Archaeology on Nukuoro Atoll PDF eBook |
Author | Janet M. Davidson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Social Science |
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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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 |
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 |
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
Title | Marshall Islands Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Dye |
Publisher | |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
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.
Archaeological Survey of Ulithi Atoll, Western Caroline Islands
Title | Archaeological Survey of Ulithi Atoll, Western Caroline Islands PDF eBook |
Author | John L. Craib |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Archaeological surveying |
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