Author: Anne Ford
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760466441
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
“This edited volume of invited chapters honours the four decades of fundamental research by archaeologist Glenn Summerhayes into the human prehistory of the islands of the western Pacific, especially New Guinea and its offshore islands. This area helped to shape and direct many ancient dispersal events associated with Homo sapiens, initially from Africa more than 50,000 years ago, through the lower latitudes of Asia, into Australia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and possibly the Solomon Islands. Around 3000 years ago, coastal regions of northern and eastern New Guinea, and the islands of Melanesia beyond, played a major role in the Oceanic migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples from southern China and Southeast Asia, migrations that have recently attained new levels of genetic complexity through the analysis of ancient DNA from human remains. For the first time, humans of both Southeast Asian and New Guinea/Bismarck genetic origin reached the islands of Remote Oceania, beyond the Solomons. Many of the chapters in this book deal with archaeological aspects of this Austronesian maritime expansion (which never seriously impacted the populations of the New Guinea Highlands), especially as revealed through the analysis of Lapita pottery and associated artefacts. Other chapters offer archaeological perspectives on trade and exchange, and on related topics that extend into the ethnographic era. The research of Glenn Summerhayes stands centrally amongst all these offerings, ranging from the discovery of some of the oldest traces of Pleistocene human settlement in Papua New Guinea to documentation of the remarkable phenomenon of Lapita expansion through Melanesia into western Polynesia around 3000 years ago. This volume is a fitting celebration of a remarkable career in western Pacific archaeology and population history.” — Emeritus Professor Peter Bellwood, The Australian National University
Forty Years in the South Seas
Author: Anne Ford
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760466441
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
“This edited volume of invited chapters honours the four decades of fundamental research by archaeologist Glenn Summerhayes into the human prehistory of the islands of the western Pacific, especially New Guinea and its offshore islands. This area helped to shape and direct many ancient dispersal events associated with Homo sapiens, initially from Africa more than 50,000 years ago, through the lower latitudes of Asia, into Australia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and possibly the Solomon Islands. Around 3000 years ago, coastal regions of northern and eastern New Guinea, and the islands of Melanesia beyond, played a major role in the Oceanic migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples from southern China and Southeast Asia, migrations that have recently attained new levels of genetic complexity through the analysis of ancient DNA from human remains. For the first time, humans of both Southeast Asian and New Guinea/Bismarck genetic origin reached the islands of Remote Oceania, beyond the Solomons. Many of the chapters in this book deal with archaeological aspects of this Austronesian maritime expansion (which never seriously impacted the populations of the New Guinea Highlands), especially as revealed through the analysis of Lapita pottery and associated artefacts. Other chapters offer archaeological perspectives on trade and exchange, and on related topics that extend into the ethnographic era. The research of Glenn Summerhayes stands centrally amongst all these offerings, ranging from the discovery of some of the oldest traces of Pleistocene human settlement in Papua New Guinea to documentation of the remarkable phenomenon of Lapita expansion through Melanesia into western Polynesia around 3000 years ago. This volume is a fitting celebration of a remarkable career in western Pacific archaeology and population history.” — Emeritus Professor Peter Bellwood, The Australian National University
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760466441
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
“This edited volume of invited chapters honours the four decades of fundamental research by archaeologist Glenn Summerhayes into the human prehistory of the islands of the western Pacific, especially New Guinea and its offshore islands. This area helped to shape and direct many ancient dispersal events associated with Homo sapiens, initially from Africa more than 50,000 years ago, through the lower latitudes of Asia, into Australia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and possibly the Solomon Islands. Around 3000 years ago, coastal regions of northern and eastern New Guinea, and the islands of Melanesia beyond, played a major role in the Oceanic migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples from southern China and Southeast Asia, migrations that have recently attained new levels of genetic complexity through the analysis of ancient DNA from human remains. For the first time, humans of both Southeast Asian and New Guinea/Bismarck genetic origin reached the islands of Remote Oceania, beyond the Solomons. Many of the chapters in this book deal with archaeological aspects of this Austronesian maritime expansion (which never seriously impacted the populations of the New Guinea Highlands), especially as revealed through the analysis of Lapita pottery and associated artefacts. Other chapters offer archaeological perspectives on trade and exchange, and on related topics that extend into the ethnographic era. The research of Glenn Summerhayes stands centrally amongst all these offerings, ranging from the discovery of some of the oldest traces of Pleistocene human settlement in Papua New Guinea to documentation of the remarkable phenomenon of Lapita expansion through Melanesia into western Polynesia around 3000 years ago. This volume is a fitting celebration of a remarkable career in western Pacific archaeology and population history.” — Emeritus Professor Peter Bellwood, The Australian National University
Life in the South Seas
Author: Edward C. Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whaling
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas
Author: Lloyd Osbourne
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732685713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732685713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne
The Forgotten One, and Other True Tales of the South Seas
Author: James Norman Hall
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Forgotten One, and Other True Tales of the South Seas" by James Norman Hall. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Forgotten One, and Other True Tales of the South Seas" by James Norman Hall. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Finding List of the Chicago Public Library
Author: Chicago Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Tales of the Seven Seas
Author: Dennis M. Powers
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589794486
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien sailed the seven seas for over sixty years, starting in the late 1860s in India and ending in the early 1930s on the U.S. West Coast. This book tells of sailing over the oceans when danger and adventure coexisted every day, tough times, and courageous men in distant places, from the Hawaiian Islands to the Bering Sea. Smell the salt in the air and hear the ocean's rush as the ship sails with hardened men, leaking seams, and shrieking winds.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589794486
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien sailed the seven seas for over sixty years, starting in the late 1860s in India and ending in the early 1930s on the U.S. West Coast. This book tells of sailing over the oceans when danger and adventure coexisted every day, tough times, and courageous men in distant places, from the Hawaiian Islands to the Bering Sea. Smell the salt in the air and hear the ocean's rush as the ship sails with hardened men, leaking seams, and shrieking winds.
The Social and Political Systems of Central Polynesia
Author: Robert W. Williamson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107625823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Originally published in 1924, this book forms part of a three-volume study on the socio-political systems of Polynesian islands near the equator.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107625823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Originally published in 1924, this book forms part of a three-volume study on the socio-political systems of Polynesian islands near the equator.
the social and politcal systems of central polynesia
Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
South sea tales
Author: Jack London
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas
Author: R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas" by R. M. Ballantyne. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas" by R. M. Ballantyne. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.