Taking the high ground : the archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia / edited by Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, Atholl, editor.

Kennett, Douglas J., editor.

Series:

Terra Australis ; 37.

Terra australis ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Research.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations, maps, charts

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australia : Australian National University, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Text file

Summary:

"This volume brings the remote and little known island of Rapa firmly to the forefront of Polynesian archaeology. Thirteen authors contribute 14 chapters, covering not only the basic archaeology of coastal sites, rock shelters, and fortifications, but faunal remains, agricultural development, and marine exploitation. The results, presented within a chronology framed by Bayesian analysis, are set against a background.

Contents:

Preliminary

1. Archaeological research on Rapa Island, French Polynesia

2. 'Dwelling carelessly, quiet and secure' A brief ethnohistory of Rapa Island, French Polynesia, AD 1791-1840

3. Archaeology of the coastal siteson Rapa Island

4. The archaeobotany of Rapan rockshelter deposits

5. Cordage from Rapan archaeological sites

6. Bird, reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island

7. Prehistoric fishing on Rapa Island

8. The Tangarutu invertebrate fauna

9. Marine resource exploitation on Rapa Island

10. Palaeobotany and the early development of agriculture on Rapa Island

11. A Bayesian AMS 14C chronology for the colonisation and fortification of Rapa Island

12. The archaeology of Rapan fortifications

13. Rapan agroecology and population estimates

14. The prehistory of Rapa Island

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on online resouce; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 27, 2016).

ISBN:

9781922144256

1922144258

9781922144249

192214424X

OCLC:

812692526

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459880