The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania presents the archaeology, linguistics, environment and human biology of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. First colonized 50,000 years ago, Oceania witnessed the independent invention of agriculture, the construction of Easter Island's statues, and the development of the word's last archaic states.
The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania presents the archaeology, linguistics, environment and human biology of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. First colonized 50,000 years ago, Oceania witnessed the independent invention of agriculture, the construction of Easter Island's statues, and the development of the word's last archaic states.
Ethan E. Cochrane is Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Auckland. Terry L. Hunt is Professor in the School of Anthropology and Dean of the Honors College at the University of Arizona.
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* Chapter 1: The Archaeology of Prehistoric Oceania, Ethan E. Cochrane and Terry L. Hunt * Chapter 2: The Peopling of Sahul and Near Oceania, Sue O'Connor and Peter Hiscock * Chapter 3: The "Austronesian" Dispersal in Island Southeast Asia: Steps toward an Integrated Archaeological Perspective, Tim Denham * Chapter 4: New Guinea, Peter White * Chapter 5: Research Issues in the Circum-New Guinea Islands, J. Specht * Chapter 6: Understanding Lapita as History, John Edward Terrell * Chapter 7: The Chronology of Colonization in Remote Oceania, Timothy Rieth and Ethan E Cochrane * Chapter 8: The Archaeology of Vanuatu: 3,000 Year of History across Islands of Ash and Coral, Stuart Bedford and Matthew Spriggs * Chapter 9: Archaeology of a Piece of Gondwanaland: The Past of New Caledonia, Christophe Sand * Chapter 10: Fiji: Ancient Melting Pot of the Pacific, Ethan E. Cochrane * Chapter 11: Tonga and S?moa in Pacific Prehistory: Contemporary Debates and Personal Perspectives, David B. Burley and David J. Addison * Chapter 12: The Archaeology of Western Micronesia, Scott M. Fitzpatrick * Chapter 13: Archaeology of the Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia, J. Stephen Athens * Chapter 14: Linguistic Evidence as a Window in the Prehistory of Oceania, Andrew Pawley * Chapter 15: Coastal Landforms on Islands of Pacific Oceania, William R. Dickinson * Chapter 16: Colonization, Settlement, and Process in Central Eastern Polynesia, Jennifer G. Kahn * Chapter 17: The Prehistory of Hawai'i, Patrick V. Kirch * Chapter 18: The Prehistory of South Polynesia, Atholl Anderson * Chapter 20: The Archaeology of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Terry L. Hunt and Carl Lipo * Chapter 21: Settlement Pattern Studies in Polynesia: Past Projects, Current Progress, and Future Prospects, Alexander E. Morrison and John T. O'Connor * Chapter 22: Seafaring in Remote Oceania: Traditionalism and Beyond in Maritime Technology and Migration, Atholl Anderson
* Chapter 1: The Archaeology of Prehistoric Oceania, Ethan E. Cochrane and Terry L. Hunt * Chapter 2: The Peopling of Sahul and Near Oceania, Sue O'Connor and Peter Hiscock * Chapter 3: The "Austronesian" Dispersal in Island Southeast Asia: Steps toward an Integrated Archaeological Perspective, Tim Denham * Chapter 4: New Guinea, Peter White * Chapter 5: Research Issues in the Circum-New Guinea Islands, J. Specht * Chapter 6: Understanding Lapita as History, John Edward Terrell * Chapter 7: The Chronology of Colonization in Remote Oceania, Timothy Rieth and Ethan E Cochrane * Chapter 8: The Archaeology of Vanuatu: 3,000 Year of History across Islands of Ash and Coral, Stuart Bedford and Matthew Spriggs * Chapter 9: Archaeology of a Piece of Gondwanaland: The Past of New Caledonia, Christophe Sand * Chapter 10: Fiji: Ancient Melting Pot of the Pacific, Ethan E. Cochrane * Chapter 11: Tonga and S?moa in Pacific Prehistory: Contemporary Debates and Personal Perspectives, David B. Burley and David J. Addison * Chapter 12: The Archaeology of Western Micronesia, Scott M. Fitzpatrick * Chapter 13: Archaeology of the Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia, J. Stephen Athens * Chapter 14: Linguistic Evidence as a Window in the Prehistory of Oceania, Andrew Pawley * Chapter 15: Coastal Landforms on Islands of Pacific Oceania, William R. Dickinson * Chapter 16: Colonization, Settlement, and Process in Central Eastern Polynesia, Jennifer G. Kahn * Chapter 17: The Prehistory of Hawai'i, Patrick V. Kirch * Chapter 18: The Prehistory of South Polynesia, Atholl Anderson * Chapter 20: The Archaeology of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Terry L. Hunt and Carl Lipo * Chapter 21: Settlement Pattern Studies in Polynesia: Past Projects, Current Progress, and Future Prospects, Alexander E. Morrison and John T. O'Connor * Chapter 22: Seafaring in Remote Oceania: Traditionalism and Beyond in Maritime Technology and Migration, Atholl Anderson
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