First Settlement of Remote Oceania Earliest Sites in the Mariana Islands /

First Settlement of Remote Oceania Earliest Sites in the Mariana Islands /

This book offers the only synthesis of early-period Marianas archaeology, marking the first human settlement of Remote Oceania about 1500 B.C.  In these remote islands of the northwest Pacific Ocean, archaeological discoveries now can define the oldest site contexts, dating, and artifacts of a Neoli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carson, Mike T. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Archaeology, 1
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Anthropology.
Archaeology.
Social Sciences.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Defining early-period Marianas settlement
  • Chapter 2: Position of the Marianas in Oceanic prehistory
  • Chapter 3: Ancient site contexts
  • Chapter 4: Earliest site inventory
  • Chapter 5: Early-period material culture
  • Chapter 6: Defining earliest Marianas pottery
  • Chapter 7: An epic adventure?
  • Chapter 8: Long-term human-environment relations at Ritidian in Guam
  • Chapter 9: Considering earliest site-dating at Unai Bapot in Saipan
  • Chapter 10: Early-period material culture at House of Taga in Tinian
  • Chapter 11: Conclusions and implications about earliest Marianas sites.

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