Oceania, 800-1800CE : a millennium of interactions in a sea of islands / James L. Flexner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flexner, James L., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the global Middle Ages 2632-3427

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oceania--History.

Oceania.

Oceania--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Over a span of 1000 years beginning around 800CE, the people of the Pacific Islands undertook a remarkable period of voyaging, political evolution, and cross-cultural interactions. Polynesian navigators encountered previously uninhabited lands, as well as already inhabited islands and the coast of the Americas. Island societies saw epic sagas of political competition and intrigue, documented through oral traditions and the monuments and artefacts recovered through archaeology. European entry into the region added a new episode of interaction with strange people from over the horizon. These histories provide an important cross-cultural perspective for the concept of 'the Middle Ages' from outside of the usual Old World focus.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Nov 2021).

ISBN:

9781108911481

110891148X

9781108912129

1108912125

9781108913782

1108913784

OCLC:

1287950850