{"product_id":"archaeology-of-pacific-oceania-9781032486376","title":"Archaeology of Pacific Oceania","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchaeology of Pacific Oceania\u003c\/em\u003e, now in its second edition, offers a state-of-the-art and fully detailed chronological narrative of how Pacific Oceania came to be inhabited over a long time scale, posing fundamental questions both for Pacific Oceania and for global archaeology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pacific Ocean covers 165 million sq. km, nearly one-third of the world's total surface area, yet its thousands of islands and their diverse cultural histories are scarcely known to the other two-thirds of the world. This book asks how and why did this vast sea of islands come to be inhabited over the last several millennia, transcending significant change in ecology, demography, and society? What were the roles of overseas contacts in the development of social networks, economic trade, and population dynamics? What can any or all of the thousands of islands offer as ideal model systems for comprehending globally significant issues of human-environment relations and coping with changing circu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Research themes in Pacific Oceanic archaeology \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Regional context and perspectives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Substance and scope of Pacific Oceanic archaeology \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Hunter-gatherer traditions in the western Asia-Pacific region \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Following the Asia-Pacific pottery trail, 4000 through 800 B.C. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 First contact with the Remote Oceanic environment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 A siege of ecological imperialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 The end of an era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 A broad-spectrum revolution? 500 B.C. through A.D. 100 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The atoll highway of Micronesia, A.D. 100 through 500 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Ethnogenesis and polygenesis, A.D. 500 through 1000 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12 An A.D. 1000 event? Formalization of cultural expressions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Expansion and intensification, A.D. 1000 through 1800 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Living with the past\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019081843031,"sku":"9781032486376","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032486376.jpg?v=1750779244","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/archaeology-of-pacific-oceania-9781032486376","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}