Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford handbook of prehistoric Oceania / edited by Ethan E. Cochrane and Terry L. Hunt.

Publication

• New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
• ©2018

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cochrane, Ethan E.
• Hunt, Terry L.

Description

viii, 513 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Summary

"The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania presents the archaeology, linguistics, environment and human biology of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. First colonized 50,000 years ago, Oceania witnessed the independent invention of agriculture, the construction of Easter Island's statues, and the development of the word's last archaic states."--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Oxford handbooks

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Subjects

• Prehistoric peoples
• Oceania
• Prehistoric peoples > Oceania
• Archaeology > Oceania
• Antiquities
• Oceania > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Archaeology of prehistoric Oceania / Ethan E. Cochrane and Terry L. Hunt -- The peopling of Sahul and Near Oceania / Sue O'Connor and Peter Hiscock -- The "Austronesian" dispersal in Island Southeast Asia: Steps toward an integrated archaeological perspective / Tim Denham -- New Guinea / Peter White -- Research issues in the Circum-New Guinea Islands / J. Specht -- Understanding Lapita as history / John Edward Terrell -- The chronology of colonization in remote Oceania, Timothy Rieth and Ethan E Cochrane -- The Archaeology of Vanuatu: 3,000 Year of History across islands of ash and coral / Stuart Bedford and Matthew Spriggs -- Archaeology of a piece of Gondwanaland: The past of New Caledonia / Christophe Sand -- Fiji: Ancient melting pot of the Pacific / Ethan E. Cochrane -- Tonga and Samoa in Pacific prehistory: Contemporary debates and personal perspectives / David B. Burley and David J. Addison -- The archaeology of Western Micronesia / Scott M. Fitzpatrick -- Archaeology of the Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia / J. Stephen Athens -- Linguistic evidence as a window in the prehistory of Oceania, Andrew Pawley -- Coastal landforms on islands of Pacific Oceania / William R. Dickinson -- colonization, settlement, and process in Central Eastern Polynesia / Jennifer G. Kahn -- The prehistory of Hawai'i / Patrick V. Kirch -- The prehistory of South Polynesia / Atholl Anderson -- The archaeology of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) / Terry L. Hunt and Carl Lipo -- Settlement pattern studies in Polynesia: Past projects, current progress, and future prospects / Alexander E. Morrison and John T. O'Connor -- Seafaring in remote Oceania: Traditionalism and beyond in maritime technology and migration / Atholl Anderson.

Call Number

JFF 18-1157

ISBN

• 9780199925070
• 0199925070

LCCN

2017053294

OCLC

1020867793

Title

The Oxford handbook of prehistoric Oceania / edited by Ethan E. Cochrane and Terry L. Hunt.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford handbooks

Oxford handbooks.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Cochrane, Ethan E., editor.

Hunt, Terry L., editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Oxford handbook of prehistoric Oceania. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780199925087 (DLC) 2018007237

Research Call Number

JFF 18-1157