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Were Lapita potters ancestral to Polynesians? : a view from ethnomusicology / Mervyn McLean.

Title
Were Lapita potters ancestral to Polynesians? : a view from ethnomusicology / Mervyn McLean.
Author
McLean, Mervyn.
Publication
Auckland, N.Z. : Archive of Māori and Pacific Music, Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Auckland, 2008.

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University of Auckland. Archive of Maori and Pacific Music.
Description
59 p. : 1 map; 21 cm.
Series Statement
Occasional papers in Pacific ethnomusicology, 1170-7941 ; no. 7
Uniform Title
Occasional papers in Pacific ethnomusicology ; no. 7.
Alternative Title
Were Lapita potters ancestral to Polynesia?
Subject
  • Lapita culture > Oceania
  • Music > Oceania
  • Canoes and canoeing > Oceania
  • Oceania > Discovery and exploration
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-59).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Evidence from music -- Music areas -- DIFFUSION IN ISLAND MELANESIA -- Vocal Music areas -- ISSUES ARISING FROM OTHER DISCIPLINES -- The Lapita hypothesis -- Linguistics -- Physical anthropology -- Genetics -- CANOE TYPES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION -- Micronesia -- Melanesia -- Western Polynesia -- Eastern Polynesia -- Paddling, rowing, and sculling -- Slit gongs -- Conclusions from canoe evidence -- PATHS TO POLYNESIA -- Where did the migrations start? -- Where did Melanesians come from? -- The route through Island Melanesia -- The branch line through Micronesia -- Chronology -- Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0959800573 (pbk.)
  • 9780959800579 (pbk.)
OCLC
300458862
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library