Paul Rainbird - The Archeology of Micronesia (2004).pdf - Historia(2) - bogg

This page intentionally left blank

The Archaeology of Micronesia

This is the first book-length archaeological study of Micronesia, an island group in

the western Pacific Ocean. Drawing on a wide range of archaeological, anthropolog-

ical and historical sources, the author explores the various ways that the societies of

these islands have been interpreted since European navigators first arrived there in

the sixteenth century. Considering the process of initial colonization on the island

groups of Marianas, Carolines, Marshalls and Kiribati, he examines the histories of

these islands and explores how the neighbouring areas are drawn together through

notions of fusion, fluidity and flux. The author places this region within the broader

arena of Pacific island studies and addresses contemporary debates such as origins,

processes of colonization, social organization, environmental change and the inter-

pretation of material culture. This book will be essential reading for any scholar

with an interest in the archaeology of the Pacific.

PAUL RAINBIRD is a Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and

Anthropology, University of Wales, Lampeter. He has conducted archaeological

fieldwork in the Pacific islands, Australia and Europe. He co-edited Interrogating

Pedagogies: Archaeology in Higher Education (2001).

CAMBRIDGE WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY

Series editor

NORMAN YOFFEE, University of Michigan

Editorial board

SUSAN ALCOCK, University of Michigan

TOM DILLEHAY, University of Kentucky

STEPHEN SHENNAN, University College, London

CARLA SINOPOLI, University of Michigan

The Cambridge World Archaeology series is addressed to students and professional

archaeologists, and to academics in related disciplines. Most volumes present a sur-

vey of the archaeology of a region of the world, providing an up-to-date account

of research and integrating recent findings with new concerns of interpretation.

While the focus is on a specific region, broader cultural trends are discussed and

the implications of regional findings for cross-cultural interpretations considered.

The authors also bring anthropological and historical expertise to bear on archaeo-

logical problems and show how both new data and changing intellectual trends in

archaeology shape inferences about the past. More recently, the series has expanded

to include thematic volumes.

Books in the series

A.F. HARDING, European Societies in the Bronze Age

RAYMOND ALLCHIN AND BRIDGET ALLCHIN, The Rise of Civilization

in India and Pakistan

CLIVE GAMBLE, The Palaeolithic Settlement of Europe

CHARLES HIGHAM, Archaeology of Mainland South East Asia

SARAH MILLEDGE NELSON, The Archaeology of Korea

DAVID PHILLIPSON, African Archaeology (second revised edition)

OLIVER DICKINSON, The Aegean Bronze Age

KAREN OLSEN BRUHNS, Ancient South America

ALASDAIR WHITTLE, Europe in the Neolithic

CHARLES HIGHAM, The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia

CLIVE GAMBLE, The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe

DAN POTTS, The Archaeology of Elam

NICHOLAS DAVID AND CAROL KRAMER, Ethnoarchaeology in Action

CATHERINE PERL ES, The Early Neolithic in Greece

JAMES WHITLEY, The Archaeology of Ancient Greece

PETER MITCHELL, The Archaeology of Southern Africa

HIMANSHU PRABHA RAY, The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia

TIMOTHY INSOLL, The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

M.M.G. AKKERMANS AND GLENN M. SCHWARTZ, The Archaeology of Syria

PAUL RAINBIRD, The Archaeology of Micronesia

CAMBRIDGE WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY

THE ARCHAEOLOGY

OF MICRONESIA

PAUL RAINBIRD

Department of Archaeology and Anthropology

University of Wales, Lampeter

Paul Rainbird - The Archeology of Micronesia (2004).pdf

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: