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
Archeological and genetic evidence shows these pigs were certainly introduced to islands east of the Wallace Line, including New Guinea, and that so-called “wild” pigs within this region are most likely feral descendants of domestic pigs introduced by early agriculturalists.
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…
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
The results from the ancient DNA analyses of forty-eight archaeologically derived chicken bones provide support for archaeological hypotheses about the prehistoric human transport of chickens and lead to the proposal of four hypotheses which will require further scrutiny and rigorous future testing.
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…
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…
ARCHAEOLOGY AND GLOBAL CHANGE: The Holocene Record
- P. Kirch
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 25 October 2005
This review concludes that in some areas and time periods, environmental change led to long-term negative consequences for regional human populations, whereas in otland, such changes have a much longer history.
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.…
Hawaii as a Model System for Human Ecodynamics
- P. Kirch
- Environmental Science
- 1 March 2007
The human ecodynamics approach in archaeology privileges landscape as a core concept, asserting that there can be no environment or ecosystem detached from humans and their behavior. Drawing on…
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