03328nam 22005055 450 991104671470332120190920094934.09780520968899052096889110.1525/9780520968899(CKB)4100000001038083(MiAaPQ)EBC4811736(DE-B1597)520433(OCoLC)1100453068(DE-B1597)9780520968899(Perlego)552266(iGPub)UCPB0001705(EXLCZ)99410000000103808320190920d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierOn the Road of the Winds An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded Edition /Patrick Vinton KirchRevised and expanded edition.Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]©20171 online resource (409 pages) illustrations, maps, tables9780520292819 0520292812 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. DISCOVERING THE OCEANIC PAST -- 2. THE PACIFIC ISLANDS AS A HUMAN ENVIRONMENT -- 3. SAHUL AND THE PREHISTORY OF "OLD" MELANESIA -- 4. LAPITA AND THE AUSTRONESIAN EXPANSION -- 5. THE PREHISTORY OF "NEW" MELANESIA -- 6. MICRONESIA: IN THE "SEA OF LITTLE LANDS" -- 7. POLYNESIA: ORIGINS AND DISPERSALS -- 8. POLYNESIAN CHIEFDOMS AND ARCHAIC STATES -- 9. BIG STRUCTURES AND LARGE PROCESSES IN OCEANIC PREHISTORY -- Notes -- References -- IndexThe Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands that are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe navigators, the atoll dwellers of Micronesia, the statue carvers of remote Easter Island, and the famed traders of Melanesia. Decades of archaeological excavations-combined with allied research in historical linguistics, biological anthropology, and comparative ethnography-have revealed much new information about the long-term history of these societies and cultures. On the Road of the Winds synthesizes the grand sweep of human history in the Pacific Islands, beginning with the movement of early people out from Asia more than 40,000 years ago and tracing the development of myriad indigenous cultures up to the time of European contact in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. This updated edition, enhanced with many new illustrations and an extensive bibliography, synthesizes the latest archaeological, linguistic, and biological discoveries that reveal the vastness of ancient history in the Pacific Islands.Prehistoric peoplesOceaniaOceaniaAntiquitiesPrehistoric peoples995Kirch Patrick Vinton, 678780DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9911046714703321On the road of the winds2780190UNINA