Yap Archaeology
Author : William Hampton Adams
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN :
Author : William Hampton Adams
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN :
Author : Christophe Descantes
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 12,43 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN :
Combining archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence from the islands of Yap and Ulithi, two islands in the Western Caroline Islands, this study reveals a history of more than 1300 years of interaction between the island populations. Drawing on ceramic evidence in particular, Descantes traces the history of this extensive Micronesian exchange system, examining factors such as population pressure, resource limitations and history in the growth and intensification of exchange. Descantes also considers the impact of European contact, although the main focus is on the years prior to this, and sets the evidence within the context of wider Pacific island exchange models.
Author : Paul Rainbird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 20,63 MB
Release : 2004-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521656306
Table of contents
Author : Michiko Intoh
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Limited
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 34,32 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780860543534
(BAR S277, 1985)
Author : Robert Kiste
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 26,1 MB
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824861426
This text evaluates how anthropological research in the Trust Territory has affected the Micronesian people, the US colonial administration and the discipline of anthropology itself. It analyzes the interplay between anthropology and history, in particular how American colonialism affected anthropologists' use of history, and examines the research that has been conducted by American anthropologists in specific topical areas of sociocultural anthropology. The text concentrates on disciplinary concerns, but also considers the connections between work done in the era of applied anthropology and that completed later when anthropology was persued mainly for its own sake.
Author : Christophe Descantes
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Ethnohistory
ISBN : 9780013181392
Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 15,5 MB
Release : 2002-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0520234618
Providing a synthesis of archaeological and historical anthropological knowledge of the indigenous cultures of the Pacific islands, this text focuses on human ecology and island adaptations.
Author : William N. Morgan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 14,7 MB
Release : 2010-07-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0292786212
In the many centuries preceding Western contact, a richly diverse and innovative architectural tradition reached maturity in the western Pacific. Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia, the first modern study of this remarkable work, reveals that there is no such thing as primitive architecture but only primitive means. This study presents five distinctly different examples of Micronesia's ancient architecture. The sites include the extraordinary stone cities of Leluh and Nan Madol on the islands of Kosrae and Pohnpei, respectively. Other structures include the meeting houses and residences built on hexagonal stone platforms in the Yap Islands, the earth terraces and ornately decorated meeting houses of Palau, and the megalithic columns and capstones of prehistoric houses in the Mariana Islands. These structures are illustrated by photographs, maps, plans, and other drawings. Many of the basic data come from archaeological investigations of the specific sites. Summaries at the ends of chapters and in the concluding section compare the architectural characteristics of the island groups with each other and with monuments outside Micronesia. One of the most remarkable achievements of any ancient people, the prehistoric architecture of Micronesia is a source of continuing inspiration for persons who search for meaning in the built form of our present-day environment.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 38,7 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Archaeology
ISBN :
Author : Mike T. Carson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 23,66 MB
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351599992
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? A new synthesis of Pacific Oceanic archaeology addresses these questions, based largely on the author’s investigations throughout the diverse region.