Title The prehistoric exploration and colonisation of the Pacific / Geoffrey Irwin

Published Oakleigh, Vic.:Cambridge University Press , 1992, [publisher not identified], 1992 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description vii, 240 pages; illustrations, maps Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. An introduction to the Pacific and the theory of its settlement -- 2. Pleistocene voyaging and the settlement of Greater Australia and its Near Oceanic neighbours -- 3. Issues in Lapita studies and the background to Oceanic colonisation -- 4. Against, across and down the wind: a case for the systematic exploration of the remote Pacific -- 5. The colonisation of Eastern Melanesia, West Polynesia and Central East Polynesia -- 6. The colonisation of Hawaii, New Zealand and their neighbours -- 7. Issues in the colonisation of Micronesia -- 8. Voyaging by computer: experiments in the exploration of the remote Pacific Ocean -- 9. Voyaging after colonisation and the study of culture change -- 10. The rediscovery of Pacific exploration -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Reviews theories of Pacific voyaging, navigation and settlement; mention of origins of settlement in Sahul Analysis Exploration History Pacific region Notes Bibliography; p.[223]-231; Includes tables and index Bibliography Bibliography: page <223>-231 Notes Also available online English Subject Anthropology -- Pacific Area. Navigation, Prehistoric -- Pacific Area -- Computer simulation. Navigation, Prehistoric -- Pacific Area. Trade routes -- Pacific Area -- Computer simulation. Trade routes -- Pacific Area. SUBJECT Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002344 Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Colonization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 LC no. 91023105 ISBN 0521403715 (paperback)

ABBREV TI Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific Other Titles The Prehistoric Exploration & Colonisation of the Pacific Prehistoric exploration and colonization of the Pacific

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