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The Lapita Peoples: Ancestors of the Oceanic World
- P. Kirch
- Geography
- 1997
Plates. Figures. Maps. Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. Old Melanesia. 3. The Lapita Dispersal. 4. Lapita in Linguistics and Biological Perspective. 5. Lapita Pottery and the… Expand
On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact
- P. Kirch
- History, Geography
- 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… Expand
The evolution of the Polynesian chiefdoms
- P. Kirch
- Geography
- 1 September 1985
Preface 1. Introduction Part I. Foundation: 2. Polynesian societies and ecosystems 3. Ancestral Polynesia Part II. Process: 4. Dispersal, colonization, and adaptation 5. The demographic factor 6.… Expand
The wet and the dry: irrigation and agricultural intensification in Polynesia.
- P. Kirch
- Geography, History
- 1994
List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1: Introduction 2: Ethnographic Orientations 3: The Agricultural Landscape 4: Crops 5: The Dry: Shifting Cultivation 6: The Wet: Taro Irrigation 7: Nuku: An… Expand
Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: An Introduction to Hawaiian Archaeology and Prehistory
- P. Kirch
- History, Geography
- 1 April 1987
This text aims to combine all the evidence for Hawaiian prehistory into a coherent pattern. It presents a balanced cultural history of the Hawaiian group of islands, from the first Polynesian… Expand
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical Anthropology
Prologue: on historical anthropology Part I. The Phylogenetic Model: Theory and Method: 1. The phylogenetic model in historical anthropology 2. Methodologies: implementing the phylogenetic model 3.… Expand
Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania
- G. Larson, T. Cucchi, +29 authors K. Dobney
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 20 March 2007
Human settlement of Oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left Africa at least 90,000 years ago. The precise origins and dispersal routes of the… Expand
Peopling of the Pacific: A Holistic Anthropological Perspective
- P. Kirch
- History
- 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… Expand
Investigating the Global Dispersal of Chickens in Prehistory Using Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Signatures
- A. Storey, J. Athens, +16 authors Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 25 July 2012
Data from morphology, linguistics, history, and archaeology have all been used to trace the dispersal of chickens from Asian domestication centers to their current global distribution. Each provides… Expand