The archaeology of island colonization : global approaches to initial human settlement / edited by Matthew F. Napolitano, Jessica H. Stone, and Robert J. DiNapoli ; foreword by Victor D. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Victor D., author of foreword.

Contributor:

Napolitano, Matthew F., editor.

Stone, Jessica H., editor.

DiNapoli, Robert J., editor.

Project Muse.

Series:

Society and ecology in island and coastal archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Island archaeology.

Island people--History.

Island people.

Social archaeology--History.

Social archaeology.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 377 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: The Archaeology of Island Colonization / Matthew F. Napolitano, Jessica H. Stone, and Robert J. DiNapoli

I. Theoretical Approaches

Using Ecology and Evolution to Explain Archaeological Migration Signatures in the Southwest Pacific / Ethan E. Cochrane

Temporal Systematics: The Colonization of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the Conceptualization of Time / Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt, Robert J. DiNapoli

The Paleolithic Exploration of the Greek Islands and Middle Pleistocene Hominin Dispersals: The Case for Behavioral Variability over Behavioral Modernity / Curtis Runnels

II. Methodological Approaches

Above and Below the Waves: Advances in the Search for a Late Pleistocene Colonization of California's Islands / Amy E. Gusick, Todd J. Braje, Jon M. Erlandson, Jillian Maloney, and David Ball

Multi-disciplinary Chronological Data from Iceland indicate a Viking Age Settlement Flood, rather than a Flow or Trickle / Magdalena M.E. Schmid, Andrew J. Dugmore, Anthony J. Newton, Orri V⁰́₍steinsson

Improving Dating Accuracy and Precision for Mid-Late Holocene Island Colonization / Timothy M. Rieth and Derek Hamilton

Stepping Stones and Genomes: Using Ancient DNA to Reconstruct Island Colonization / Jessica H. Stone and Maria A. Nieves-Col℗Øn

III. Regional Case Studies

What is the Most Parsimonious Explanation for Where Pre-Columbian Caribbean Peoples Originated? / Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Matthew F. Napolitano, and Jessica H. Stone

The Colonization and Early Prehistory of the Mediterranean Islands / Thomas P. Leppard, Alexander J. Smith, and John F. Cherry

Human Migration From Wallacea to Oceania and the Development of Maritime Networks During the Neolithic to Early Metal Age / Rintaro Ono, Harry Octavianus Sofian, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Sriwigati, and

Nasullah Aziz

The Strategic Location of the Maldives in Indian Ocean Maritime Trade and Colonization / Richard Callaghan

Conclusion / Jon M. Erlandson

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: The archaeology of island colonization

ISBN:

9780813057781

0813057787

Publisher Number:

40030526984

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.