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

Contributor:

DiNapoli, Robert J., editor.

Stone, Jessica H., editor.

Napolitano, Matthew F., editor.

Thompson, Victor D., writer of foreword.

Series:

Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Island people--History.

Island people.

Island archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages)

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

"This volume details how new theories and methods have recently advanced the archaeological study of initial human colonization of islands around the world, including in the southwest Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: The archaeology of island colonization

ISBN:

0-8130-6685-9

OCLC:

1202733106