Australia & the Pacific
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Archaeology of the Solomon Islands [Paperback]
Richard Walters (Author); Peter Sheppard (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780947522537
Published by : Otago University Press
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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 field of Pacific archaeology. At the time of first European encounter... .... Learn More -
Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific, Volume I: The Southwest Pacific and Oceanian Regions [Hardback]
Maria Cruz Berrocal (Editor)
£95.95ISBN: 9780813054759
Published by : University Press of Florida
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In the volume The Southwest Pacific and Oceanian Regions, case studies from Alofi, Vanuatu, the Marianas, Hawai`i, Guam, and Taiwan compare the development of colonialism across different islands. Contributors discuss human settlement before the a... .... Learn More -
Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific, Volume II: The Asia-Pacific Region [Hardback]
Maria Cruz Berrocal (Editor)
£95.95ISBN: 9780813054766
Published by : University Press of Florida
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In the volume The Southwest Pacific and Oceanian Regions, case studies from Alofi, Vanuatu, the Marianas, Hawai`i, Guam, and Taiwan compare the development of colonialism across different islands. Contributors discuss human settlement before the a... .... Learn More -
On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded Edition [Paperback]
Patrick Vinton Kirch (Author)
£37.95ISBN: 9780520292819
Published by : University of California Press
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The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, which are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe n... .... Learn More -
Abundance and Resilience: Farming and Foraging in Ancient Kaua'i [Paperback]
Julie S. Field (Editor); Michael W. Graves (Editor)
£28.50ISBN: 9780824875145
Published by : University of Hawai'i Press
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At the base of a steep cliff towering some 500 feet above the coast of the remote Na Pali district on the island of Kaua'i, lies the spectacular historical and archaeological site at Nu'alolo Kai. First excavated by Bishop Museum archaeologists be... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of the Solomon Islands [Paperback]
Richard Walter (Author); Peter Sheppard (Author)
£42.50ISBN: 9780824875374
Published by : University of Hawai'i Press
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 field of Pacific archaeology.At the time of first European encounter,... .... Learn More -
Style and Meaning: Essays on the anthropology of art [Hardback]
Anthony Forge (Author); Alison Clark (Editor); Nicholas Thomas (Editor)
£135.00ISBN: 9789088904479
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Pacific Presences
Volume: 1
Anthropology's engagement with art has a complex and uneven history. While material culture, 'decorative art', and art styles were of major significance for founding figures such as Alfred Haddon and Franz Boas, art became marginal as the discipli... .... Learn More -
Style and Meaning: Essays on the anthropology of art [Paperback]
Anthony Forge (Author); Alison Clark (Editor); Nicholas Thomas (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9789088904462
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Pacific Presences
Volume: 1
Anthropology's engagement with art has a complex and uneven history. While material culture, 'decorative art', and art styles were of major significance for founding figures such as Alfred Haddon and Franz Boas, art became marginal as the discipli... .... Learn More -
Tangatatau Rockshelter: The Evolution of an Eastern Polynesian Socio-Ecosystem [Hardback]
Patrick Vinton Kirch (Editor)
£98.95ISBN: 9781938770104
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Tangatatau Rockshelter on Mangaia Island in the Southern Cook Islands, excavated by a multidisciplinary team in 1989-1991, produced one of the richest stratigraphic sequences of artifacts, faunal assemblages, and archaeobotanical materials in East... .... Learn More -
Hiri: Archaeology of Long-Distance Maritime Trade along the South Coast of Papua New Guinea [Hardback]
Robert John Skelly (Author); Bruno David (Author)
£85.95ISBN: 9780824853662
Published by : University of Hawai'i Press
In the late 1800s, missionaries and government officials stationed along the south coast of Papua New Guinea began to observe large fleets of indigenous Motu sailing ships coming and going out of present-day Port Moresby. Each year the women of ne... .... Learn More
