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Uncovering Pacific pasts: histories of archaeology in Oceania /

Objects have many stories to tell. The stories of their makers and their uses. Stories of exchange, acquisition, display and interpretation. This book is a collection of essays highlighting some of the collections, and their object biographies, that were displayed in the Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Howes, Hilary Susan, 1980- (Editor), Jones, Tristen (Editor), Spriggs, Matthew (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2022.
Series:Pacific series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Early European exploration in the Pacific, 1500s-1870s
  • Part 2: The first archaeological excavations, 1870s-1910s
  • Part 3: The burgeoning field of anthropology and archaeology, 1918-45
  • Part 4: Archaeology as a profession in the Pacific, 1945-present.