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Author Rainbird, Paul.

Title The archaeology of Micronesia / Paul Rainbird
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Cambridge world archaeology
Cambridge world archaeology.
Contents COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 MICRONESIAN/MACROFUSION; CHAPTER 2 MICRONESIANS: THE PEOPLE IN HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY; CHAPTER 3 FLUID BOUNDARIES: HORIZONS OF THE LOCAL, COLONIAL AND DISCIPLINARY; CHAPTER 4 SETTLING THE SEASCAPE: FUSING ISLANDS AND PEOPLE; CHAPTER 5 IDENTIFYING DIFFERENCE: THE MARIANA ISLANDS; CHAPTER 6 A SEA OF ISLANDS: PALAU, YAP AND THE CAROLINIAN ATOLLS; CHAPTER 7 'HOW THE PAST SPEAKS HERE!' -- THE EASTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS
Summary In the first book-length archaeological study of Micronesia, Paul Rainbird surveys the development of the islands beginning with the earliest process of human colonisation and places this development within the broader context of Pacific Island studies. The book draws on a wide range of archaeological, anthropological and historical sources
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-292) and index
Notes English
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Subject Anthropology -- Micronesia
Material culture -- Micronesia
HISTORY.
Anthropology
Antiquities
Civilization
Material culture
SUBJECT Micronesia -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89005008
Micronesia -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2021004118
Micronesia -- History
Subject Micronesia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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