Australia & the Pacific
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The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania [Hardback]
Terry L. Hunt (Editor); Ethan E. Cochrane (Editor)
£97.00ISBN: 9780199925070
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Oceania was the last region on earth to be permanently inhabited, with the final settlers reaching Aotearoa/New Zealand approximately AD 1300. This is about the same time that related Polynesian populations began erecting Easter Island's gigantic ... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of Portable Art: Southeast Asian, Pacific, and Australian Perspectives [Hardback]
Michelle Langley (Editor); Duncan Wright (Editor); Mirani Litster (Editor); Sally K. May (Editor)
£115.00ISBN: 9781138237766
Published by : Routledge
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The development of complex cultural behaviour in our own species is perhaps the most significant research issue in modern archaeology. Until recently, it was believed that our capacity for language and art only developed after some of our ancestor... .... Learn More -
Archaeology of Pacific Oceania: Inhabiting a Sea of Islands [Hardback]
Mike Carson (Author)
£110.00ISBN: 9781138097131
Published by : Routledge
Series: Routledge World Archaeology
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, tra... .... Learn More -
Archaeology of Pacific Oceania: Inhabiting a Sea of Islands [Paperback]
Mike Carson (Author)
£32.99ISBN: 9781138097179
Published by : Routledge
Series: Routledge World Archaeology
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, tra... .... 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
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 -
Archaeology of the Solomon Islands [Paperback]
Richard Walters (Author); Peter Sheppard (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780947522537
Published by : Otago University 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 -
Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific, Volume I: The Southwest Pacific and Oceanian Regions [Hardback]
Maria Cruz Berrocal (Editor)
£91.95ISBN: 9780813054759
Published by : University Press of Florida
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)
£91.95ISBN: 9780813054766
Published by : University Press of Florida
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 -
Abundance and Resilience: Farming and Foraging in Ancient Kaua'i [Paperback]
Julie S. Field (Editor); Michael W. Graves (Editor)
£27.50ISBN: 9780824875145
Published by : University of Hawai'i Press
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)
£40.95ISBN: 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
