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On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact
- P. Kirch
- History
- 7 November 2017
The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, the home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the…
Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania
- G. Larson, T. Cucchi, K. Dobney
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 20 March 2007
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Peopling of the Pacific: A Holistic Anthropological Perspective
- P. Kirch
- Political Science
- 23 September 2010
The human colonization of the Pacific is an enduring problem in historical anthropology. Recent advances in archaeology, historical linguistics, and bioanthropology have coalesced to form a set of…
The Impact of the Prehistoric Polynesians on the Hawaiian Ecosystem
- P. Kirch
- Environmental Science
- 1982
Evidence obtained from archaeological and ancillary studies of paleoenvironment suggests that the prehistoric Polynesians had a far greater impact on the Hawaiian ecosystem than has heretofore been…
Investigating the Global Dispersal of Chickens in Prehistory Using Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Signatures
- A. Storey, J. S. Athens, E. Matisoo-Smith
- BiologyPloS one
- 25 July 2012
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Microcosmic histories : Island perspectives on global change
- P. Kirch
- Geology
- 1 March 1997
The Pacific Islands, particularly the Polynesian islands, provide excellent model systems for understanding the human dimensions of global change. This is due to their uniquely microcosmic aspect.…
ARCHAEOLOGY AND GLOBAL CHANGE: The Holocene Record
- P. Kirch
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 25 October 2005
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Late Holocene human-induced modifications to a central Polynesian island ecosystem.
- P. Kirch
- Environmental Science, GeographyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 28 May 1996
A 7000-year-long sequence of environmental change during the Holocene has been reconstructed for a central Pacific island (Mangaia, Cook Islands). The research design used geomorphological and…
How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i
- P. Kirch
- History
- 2 December 2010
In "How Chiefs Became Kings", Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch…
Prehistory and human ecology in Eastern Polynesia: Excavations at Tangatatau Rockshelter, Mangaia, Cook Islands
- P. Kirch, D. Steadman, V. Butler, J. Hather, M. Weisler
- Geology
- 1 July 1995
The Tangatatau Rockshelter (site MAN-44, Mangaia, Cook Islands) has produced one of Eastern Polynesia's most comprehensive chrono-stratigraphic sequences of artifacts, vertebrate and invertebrate…
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