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oapen-20.500.12657-336132021-11-09T09:24:18Z TA31: The Early Prehistory of Fiji Clark, Geoffrey Anderson, Atholl archaeology history prehistory fiji Lapita culture Terra Australis Viti Levu bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDD Archaeology by period / region::HDDA Prehistoric archaeology I enjoyed reading this volume. It is rare to see such a comprehensive report on hard data published these days, especially one so insightfully contextualised by the editors’ introductory and concluding chapters. These scholars and the others involved in the work really know their stuff, and it shows. The editors connect the preoccupations of Pacific archaeologists with those of their colleagues working in other island regions and on “big questions” of colonisation, migration, interaction and patterns and processes of cultural change in hitherto-uninhabited environments. These sorts of outward-looking, big-picture contextual studies are invaluable, but all too often are missing from locally- and regionally-oriented writing, very much to its detriment. In sum, the work strongly advances our understanding of the early prehistory of Fiji through its well-integrated combination of original research and the reinterpretation of existing knowledge in the context of wider theoretical and historical concerns. In doing so The Early Prehistory of Fiji makes a truly substantial contribution to Pacific and archaeological scholarship. 2013-11-18 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:52:08Z 2020-04-01T14:52:08Z 2009 book 459737 OCN: 1166428245 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33613 eng Terra Australis application/pdf n/a 459737.pdf http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/terra-australis/ta31_citation ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_459737 10.26530/OAPEN_459737 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 31 Canberra open access
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I enjoyed reading this volume. It is rare to see such a comprehensive report on hard data published these days, especially one so insightfully contextualised by the editors’ introductory and concluding chapters. These scholars and the others involved in the work really know their stuff, and it shows. The editors connect the preoccupations of Pacific archaeologists with those of their colleagues working in other island regions and on “big questions” of colonisation, migration, interaction and patterns and processes of cultural change in hitherto-uninhabited environments. These sorts of outward-looking, big-picture contextual studies are invaluable, but all too often are missing from locally- and regionally-oriented writing, very much to its detriment. In sum, the work strongly advances our understanding of the early prehistory of Fiji through its well-integrated combination of original research and the reinterpretation of existing knowledge in the context of wider theoretical and historical concerns. In doing so The Early Prehistory of Fiji makes a truly substantial contribution to Pacific and archaeological scholarship.
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