| Description |
xviii, 396 p. : ill., maps. |
| Series |
Blackwell studies in global archaeology ; 8 |
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Blackwell studies in global archaeology ; 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Archaeology in Oceania : themes and issues / Ian Lilley -- Revisiting the past : changing interpretations of Pleistocene settlement subsistence and demography in Northern Australia / Sue O'Connor and Peter Veth -- Archaeology and the dreaming : towards an archaeology of ontology / Bruno David -- Blunt and to the point : changing technological strategies in Holocene Australia / Peter Hiscock -- Rock art and social identity : a comparison of Holocene graphic systems in arid and fertile environments / Jo Mcdonald and Peter Veth -- Closing the distance : interpreting cross-cultural engagements through indigenous rock art / Anne Clarke and Ursula Frederick -- Archaeology in Melanesia : a case study from the Western Province of the Solomon Islands / Richard Walter and Peter Sheppard -- Envisaging early agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea / Tim Denham -- Late Pleistocene complexities in the Bismarck Archipelago / Matthew Leavesley -- Life before Lapita : new developments in Melanesia's long-term history / Christina Pavlides -- The first millennium BC in remote Oceania : an alternative perspective on Lapita / Jean-Christophe Galipaud -- Ethnoarchaeology in Polynesia / Eric Conte -- The formation of Hawaiian territories / Thegn Ladefoged and Michael Graves -- Ritual and domestic architecture, sacred places, and images : archaeology in the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia / Sidsel Millerstrom -- The archaeology of the conical clan in Micronesia / Paul Rainbird -- Politics -- What is archaeology for in the Pacific? history and politics in New Caledonia / Christophe Sand, Jacques Bole, and Andre Ouetcho -- Levuka, Fiji : a case study in Pacific Islands heritage management / Anita Smith -- Last words--a few words about archaeology in French Polynesia / Mickaelle-Hinanui Cauchois -- Shaking the pillars / Mark Dugay-Grist -- What is the future of our past? : Papua New Guineans and cultural heritage / Herman Mandui. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Oceania -- Antiquities.
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Australia -- Antiquities.
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Islands of the Pacific -- Antiquities.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lilley, Ian.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0631230823 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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0631230831 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780631230823 |
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9780631230830 |
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