Australia & the Pacific

ISBN: 9780861591589
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 158
This paper is a considerably revised version of the 1992 British Museum Occasional Paper No. 73 by the same author. The book describes how, when and by whom Hoa Hakanai'a was collected. It also reconstructs the underlying Rapanui aesthetic and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781861892454
Published by : REAKTION BOOKS
A comprehensive but not glossy history of Easter Island. Largely devoid of illustrations, Island at the End of the World tells the history of the island called by its inhabitants Rapanui, beginning with its origins, its first inghabitants and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841716909
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Combining archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence from the islands of Yap and Ulithi, two islands in the Western Caroline Islands, this study reveals a history of more than 1300 years of interaction between the island populations. Drawing o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841718088
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This work documents two seasons of archaeological fieldwork (1999, 2001) at the site of Safonfok, a prehistoric monumental site on the southwest coast of Kosrae Island, Kosrae State, Federated States of Micronesia. Here, for the first time in t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841718361
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph represents a new step in Australian archaeology. It presents a detailed quantitative, technological analysis of flaked stone artefacts, of a kind not published previously in Australia. The detailed nature of the analysis reflects... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841718514
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph takes a new look at various aspects of stone artifact analysis that reveal important and exciting new information about the past, and in particular Australian perspectives on lithics. The ten papers making up this volume tackle ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521651882
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Micronesia comprises an island group in the west Pacific Ocean which was first visited by Europeans in the 16th century. This, the first detailed study of the archaeology of Micronesia, combines archaeological, anthropological and historical i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521656306
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Micronesia comprises an island group in the west Pacific Ocean which was first visited by Europeans in the 16th century. This, the first detailed study of the archaeology of Micronesia, combines archaeological, anthropological and historical i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841716381
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This detailed study, based on the analyis of environmental data, cave occupation deposits and stone tools, examines the ways in which hunter-gatherers reacted to environmental change in the forests of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Region in south-wes... .... Learn More