Archaeology Of Pacific Oceania: Inhabiting A Sea Of Islands

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, transcending significant change in ecology, demography, and society?

What can any or all of the thousands of islands offer as ideal model systems toward comprehending globally significant issues of human-environment relations and coping with changing circumstances of natural and cultural history? A new synthesis of Pacific Oceanic archaeology addresses these questions, based largely on the author’s investigations throughout the diverse region.

Chapter 1: Research Themes In Pacific Oceanic Archaeology
Chapter 2 Regional Context And Perspectives
Chapter 3: Substance And Scope Of Pacific Oceanic Archaeology
Chapter 4: Hunter-Gatherer Traditions In The Western Asia-Pacific Region
Chapter 5: Following The Asia-Pacific Pottery Trail, 4000 Through 800 B.C.
Chapter 6: First Contact With The Remote Oceanic Environment: The Mariana Islands At 1500 B.C.
Chapter 7: A Siege Of Ecological Imperialism: Lapita Invasions, 1100 Through 800 B.C.
Chapter 8: The End Of An Era: Adjusting To Changing Coastlines, 1100 Through 500 B.C.
Chapter 9: A Broad-Spectrum Revolution? 500 B.C. Through A.D. 100
Chapter 10: The Atoll Highway Of Micronesia, A.D. 100 Through 500
Chapter 11: Ethnogenesis And Polygenesis, A.D. 500 Through 1000
Chapter 12: An A.D. 1000 Event? Formalization Of Cultural Expressions
Chapter 13: Expansion And Intensification, A.D. 1000 Through 1800
Chapter 14: Living With The Past: Life, Lore, And Landscape In Pacific Oceania