03763nam 2200601Ia 450 991048453180332120200520144314.03-319-01047-610.1007/978-3-319-01047-2(CKB)2670000000422316(EBL)1398628(OCoLC)857079594(SSID)ssj0000943702(PQKBManifestationID)11595710(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943702(PQKBWorkID)10977230(PQKB)10046638(MiAaPQ)EBC1398628(DE-He213)978-3-319-01047-2(PPN)258863609(PPN)172423449(EXLCZ)99267000000042231620130610d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFirst settlement of remote Oceania earliest sites in the Mariana Islands /Mike T. Carson1st ed. 2014.New York Springer20131 online resource (153 p.)SpringerBriefs in archaeologyDescription based upon print version of record.3-319-01046-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 accessible for broad readership. It covers three major topics: 1) situating the ancient sites in their original environmental contexts; 2) inventory of the early-period sites and their dating; and 3) the full range of pottery, stone tools, shell ornaments, and other artifacts.  The work concludes with discussing the impacts of their findings on Asia-Pacific archaeology and on human global migration studies.SpringerBriefs in Archaeology,1861-6623 ;11st settlement of remote OceaniaHuman settlementsMariana IslandsMariana IslandsAntiquitiesHuman settlements30115.38bclCarson Mike T715954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910484531803321First Settlement of Remote Oceania2852633UNINA