Archaeology of Pacific Oceania : inhabiting a sea of islands / Mike T. Carson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carson, Mike T., author.

Series:

Routledge world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oceania--Antiquities.

Oceania.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Oceania.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Human settlements--Oceania.

Human settlements.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xx, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Inhabiting a sea of islands

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2023.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

"Now in its second edition, this book integrates a region-wide chronological narrative of the archaeology of Pacific Oceania. How and why did this vast sea of islands, covering nearly one-third of the world's surface, come to be inhabited over the last several millennia, transcending significant change in ecology, demography, and society? What can any or all of the thousands of islands offer as ideal model systems toward comprehending globally significant issues of human-environment relations and coping with changing circumstances of natural and cultural history? The new second edition delivers the most updated and comprehensive information for addressing the core fundamental questions about Pacific Oceanic archaeology, based largely on the author's investigations throughout the diverse region"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Research themes in Pacific Oceanic archaeology

Regional context and perspectives

Substance and scope of Pacific Oceanic archaeology

Hunter-gatherer traditions in the western Asia-Pacific region

Following the Asia-Pacific pottery trail, 4000 through 800 B.C.

First contact with the Remote Oceanic environment

A siege of ecological imperialism

The end of an era

A broad-spectrum revolution? 500 B.C. through A.D. 100

The atoll highway of Micronesia, A.D. 100 through 500

Ethnogenesis and polygenesis, A.D. 500 through 1000

An A.D. 1000 event? Formalization of cultural expressions

Expansion and intensification, A.D. 1000 through 1800

Living with the past.

Notes:

"First edition published by Routledge 2018."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Carson, Mike T. Archaeology of Pacific Oceania.

ISBN:

9781032486406

1032486406

9781032486376

1032486376

OCLC:

1388566124

Publisher Number:

99995465024