Archaeologies Of Island Melanesia
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Archaeologies Of Island Melanesia
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Author : Mathieu Leclerc
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2019-08-08
Archaeologies Of Island Melanesia written by Mathieu Leclerc and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-08 with Social Science categories.
‘The island world of Melanesia—ranging from New Guinea and the Bismarcks through the Solomons, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia—is characterised more than anything by its boundless diversity in geography, language and culture. The deep historical roots of this diversity are only beginning to be uncovered by archaeological investigations, but as the contributions to this volume demonstrate, the exciting discoveries being made across this region are opening windows to our understanding of the historical processes that contributed to such remarkably varied cultures. Archaeologies of Island Melanesia offers a sampling of some of the recent and ongoing research that spans such topics as landscape, exchange systems, culture contact and archaeological practice, authored by some of the leading scholars in Oceanic archaeology.’ — Professor Patrick Vinton Kirch Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i Island Melanesia is a remarkable region in many respects, from its great ecological and linguistic diversity, to the complex histories of settlement and interaction spanning from the Pleistocene to the present. Archaeological research in Island Melanesia is currently going through a vibrant phase of exciting new discoveries and challenging debates about questions that apply far beyond the region. This volume draws together a variety of current perspectives in regional archaeology for Island Melanesia, focusing on Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea. It features both high-level theoretical approaches and rigorous data-driven case studies covering recent research in landscape archaeology, exchange and material culture, and cultural practices.
Island Melanesians
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Author : Matthew Spriggs
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1997-07-14
Island Melanesians written by Matthew Spriggs and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07-14 with History categories.
The Island Melanesians is the first book to focus on the inhabitants of the chain of archipelagos stretching east and Southeast of the large island of New Guinea.
Archaeology Of The Solomon Islands
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Author : Richard Walters
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-11
Archaeology Of The Solomon Islands written by Richard Walters and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11 with Antiquities, Prehistoric categories.
Archaeology of the Solomon Islands presents the outcome of 20 years research in the Solomon Islands undertaken jointly by Richard Walter and Peter Sheppard, both leaders in the eld of Pacific archaeology. At the time of first European encounter, the peoples of Melanesia exhibited some of the greatest diversity in language, socio-political organisation and culture expression of any region on earth. This extraordinary diversity attracted scholars and resulted in coastal Melanesia becoming the birthplace of modern anthropology, and yet the area remains one of the least well-documented regions of the Pacific in archaeological terms. This synthesis of Solomon Island archaeology draws together all the research that has taken place in the field over the past 50 years. It takes a multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological approach and considers the work of archaeologists, environmental scientists, anthropologists and historians. At the same time this volume highlights the results of the authors own considerable field research. Until recently, much Pacific archaeological research focused primarily on colonisation events and cultural-ecological interactions. Walter and Sheppard are interested too in the long-term development of diversity in coastal Melanesia and in the evolution of traditional Melanesian societies. As a case study they focus on the Roviana Chiefdom, an aggressive but highly successful polity based around headhunting, slave raiding and ritual violence that dominated the political economy of the Western Province into the early twentieth century. They also integrate the Solomon Islands into ongoing models and debates around Pacific culture - history, including in such key areas as human expansion during the Pleistocene, the spread of Austronesians, Lapita colonisation, the development of food production, the role of exchange systems, the concept and meaning of culture areas, and human impact on landscapes and ecosystems. This fascinating and very readable book is written for an archaeological audience but is also designed to be accessible to all readers interested in Pacific archaeology, anthropology and history. Featuring more than a hundred maps and figures, Archaeology of the Solomon Islands represents a ground-breaking contribution to Pacific archaeology.
Oceania 800 1800ce
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Author : James L. Flexner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-12-23
Oceania 800 1800ce written by James L. Flexner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-23 with History categories.
Over a span of 1000 years beginning around 800CE, the people of the Pacific Islands undertook a remarkable period of voyaging, political evolution, and cross-cultural interactions. Polynesian navigators encountered previously uninhabited lands, as well as already inhabited islands and the coast of the Americas. Island societies saw epic sagas of political competition and intrigue, documented through oral traditions and the monuments and artefacts recovered through archaeology. European entry into the region added a new episode of interaction with strange people from over the horizon. These histories provide an important cross-cultural perspective for the concept of 'the Middle Ages' from outside of the usual Old World focus.
Prehistory In The Pacific Islands
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Author : John Terrell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986
Prehistory In The Pacific Islands written by John Terrell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
How, asks John Terrell in this richly illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, language, and custom? Traditionally scholars have recognized a simple racial division between Polynesians, Micronesians, Melanesians, Australians, and South-east Asians: peoples allegedly differing in physical appearance, temperament, achievements, and perhaps even intelligence. Terrell shows that such simple divisions do not fit the known facts and provide little more than a crude, static picture of human diversity.
Sahul In Review
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Author : M. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Sahul In Review written by M. A. Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Archaeology categories.
Review volume containing papers grouped within the themes of scale, resolution and explanation, broad scale patterns , New Guinea and Island Melanesia, Northern Australia, Murray-Darling Basin, Tasmania; papers by Horton, Frankel , Smith and Sharp, Bowdler, Rosenfeld, Pardoe, OConnor ... et al., Morse, Davidson ... et al., Morwood, Hope, Johnston, Furby ... et al., McNiven ... et al., McGowan .. . et al., Freslov, Pocock, Dunnett, Brown annotated separately.
On The Road Of The Winds
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Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-11-14
On The Road Of The Winds written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-14 with Social Science categories.
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
Archaeology Of Pacific Oceania
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Author : Mike T. Carson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-09
Archaeology Of Pacific Oceania written by Mike T. Carson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-09 with Social Science categories.
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.
Archaeology Of The Marquesas Islands
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Author : Ralph Linton
language : en
Publisher: Corinthian Press
Release Date : 1925
Archaeology Of The Marquesas Islands written by Ralph Linton and has been published by Corinthian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Social Science categories.
Oceanic Explorations
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Author : Stuart Bedford
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2007-11-01
Oceanic Explorations written by Stuart Bedford and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with History categories.
Lapita comprises an archaeological horizon that is fundamental to the understanding of human colonisation and settlement of the Pacific as it is associated with the arrival of the common ancestors of the Polynesians and many Austronesian-speaking Melanesians more than 3000 years ago. While Lapita archaeology has captured the imagination and sustained the focus of archaeologists for more than 50 years, more recent discoveries have inspired renewed interpretations and assessments. Oceanic Explorations reports on a number of these latest discoveries and includes papers which reassess the Lapita phenomenon in light of this new data. They reflect on a broad range of interrelated themes including Lapita chronology, patterns of settlement, migration, interaction and exchange, ritual behaviour, sampling strategies and ceramic analyses, all of which relate to aspects highlighting both advances and continuing impediments associated with Lapita research.