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On the road of the winds : an archaeological history of the Pacific islands before European contact /
"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 navigators, the atoll dwellers of Micronesi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2017]
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| Edición: | Revised and expanded edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.