Australia & the Pacific
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Unearthing Prehistory: The Archaeology of Northeastern Luzon, Philippine Islands [Paperback]
Armand Salvador B Mijares (Author)
£43.00ISBN: 9781407300559
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study attempts to synthesise past and current archaeological research in the northern Luzon, as well as to present new findings from archaeological investigations in the Penablanca caves. Overall the book proposes a general cultural histo... .... Learn More -
The Monumental Earthworks of Palau, Micronesia: A Landscape Perspective [Paperback]
Sarah Phear (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781407300603
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The specific landscape perspective employed in this study of the monumental earthworks of Badeldaob considers both cultural and environmental concerns of landscape theory, embracing the view that "landscape encompasses both the conceptual and t... .... Learn More -
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Another Tasmanian Paradox: Clothing and Thermal Adaptations in Aboriginal Australia [Paperback]
Ian Gilligan (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9781407301549
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This work explores the nature and extent of the use of clothing in the pre-colonial Australian Aboriginal population. Anthropological reviews have indicated that while a total absence of clothing was the usually the case, garments were sometime... .... Learn More -
Organization of Production Among Sedentary Foragers of the Southern Pacific Northwest Coast [Paperback]
Cameron McPherson Smith (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9781407301839
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This report investigates the relationship between the organization of labour and usewear and artefact distributions from the floor areas of three aboriginal plank houses excavated in the Greater Lower Columbia River region. These houses date to... .... Learn More -
Place as Occupational Histories [Paperback]
Justin Shiner (Author)
£31.00ISBN: 9781407302522
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph presents a theoretical and methodological approach to the investigation of deflated surface stone artefact scatters beyond those that emphasise synchronic behavioural interpretations. The study is undertaken on Pine Point an... .... Learn More -
Canoes of the Grand Ocean [Paperback]
Anna Di Piazza (Editor)
£37.00ISBN: 9781407302898
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This collection of essays examines the canoes of the Pacific islands. The first section reflects the strangeness of the canoes to early European explorers, looking at their accounts, and at exchanges between islanders and Europeans. There is al... .... Learn More