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UNINA9910484531803321 |
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Autore |
Carson Mike T |
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First settlement of remote Oceania : earliest sites in the Mariana Islands / / Mike T. Carson |
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New York, : Springer, 2013 |
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[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Collana |
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SpringerBriefs in archaeology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human settlements - Mariana Islands |
Mariana Islands Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 1: Defining early-period Marianas settlement -- Chapter 2: Position of the Marianas in Oceanic prehistory -- Chapter 3: Ancient site contexts -- Chapter 4: Earliest site inventory -- Chapter 5: Early-period material culture -- Chapter 6: Defining earliest Marianas pottery -- Chapter 7: An epic adventure? -- Chapter 8: Long-term human-environment relations at Ritidian in Guam -- Chapter 9: Considering earliest site-dating at Unai Bapot in Saipan -- Chapter 10: Early-period material culture at House of Taga in Tinian -- Chapter 11: Conclusions and implications about earliest Marianas sites. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book offers the only synthesis of early-period Marianas archaeology, marking the first human settlement of Remote Oceania about 1500 B.C. In these remote islands of the northwest Pacific Ocean, archaeological discoveries now can define the oldest site contexts, dating, and artifacts of a Neolithic (late stone-age) people. This ancient settlement was accomplished by the world’s longest open-ocean voyage in human history at its time, more than 2000 km from any contemporary populated area. This work brings the isolated Mariana Islands into the forefront of scientific research of how people first settled Remote Oceania, further important for understanding long-distance human migration in general. Given this significance, the early Marianas sites deserve close attention that has been awkwardly missing until now. The author draws on his collective decades of intensive field research to define the earliest Marianas sites in scientific detail but |
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