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Book Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific  Easter Island and the East Pacific  miscellaneous papers

Download or read book Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific Easter Island and the East Pacific miscellaneous papers written by Edwin N. Ferdon and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Taking the High Ground

Download or read book Taking the High Ground written by Atholl Anderson and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings the remote and little known island of Rapa firmly to the forefront of Polynesian archaeology. Thirteen authors contribute 14 chapters, covering not only the basic archaeology of coastal sites, rock shelters, and fortifications, but faunal remains, agricultural development, and marine exploitation. The results, presented within a chronology framed by Bayesian analysis, are set against a background of ethnohistory and ethnology. Highly unusual in tropical Polynesian archaeology are descriptions of artefacts of perishable material. Taking the High Ground provides important insights into how a group of Polynesian settlers adapted to an isolated and in some ways restrictive environment.

Book Reports

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  • Author : Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific, 1955-1956
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1961
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Reports written by Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific, 1955-1956 and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Advances in Andean Archaeology

Download or read book Advances in Andean Archaeology written by David L. Browman and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975

Download or read book The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975 written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chile

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  • Author : Tim Burford
  • Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9781841620763
  • Pages : 700 pages

Download or read book Chile written by Tim Burford and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2005 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to Chile refreshingly focuses on the country's natural history and culture. It encompasses every aspect of this geographically diverse country, from the immense deserts and peaks in the north, via the fertile central valleys, to the dense rainforests and glaciers of the south. There is opportunity to discover the culture of Chile, including mummies from the 5th century BC found in the Atacama Desert and Inca ruins. Travellers can hike the Andes, savour fine and affordable wine, and venture off shore to sail and kayak. This guide details every aspect of travel, from accommodation and eating out to national parks and sailing, in this most easy of Latin American countries for independent travellers.

Book Sources of the History of North Africa  Asia and Oceania in Finland  Norway  Sweden

Download or read book Sources of the History of North Africa Asia and Oceania in Finland Norway Sweden written by National Archives of Finland and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum  A Characterization

Download or read book World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum A Characterization written by Dan Hicks and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: a characterization introduces the range, history and significance of the archaeological collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.

Book General Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania written by Ethan E. Cochrane and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania presents the archaeology, linguistics, environment and human biology of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. First colonized 50,000 years ago, Oceania witnessed the independent invention of agriculture, the construction of Easter Island's statues, and the development of the word's last archaic states."--Provided by publisher.

Book Polynesian Warfare and Fortifications

Download or read book Polynesian Warfare and Fortifications written by James Stanley Daugherty and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fortifications are found on many of the scattered Polynesian islands. In no place are they known to have occurred until at least 200 years after the initial settlement, and each island group that built them initiated their own particular style. It is my contention that the building of fortifications is not a rote cultural activity divorced from any cultural context, but that their construction reflects individual responses to a complex of military needs. Different types of fortifications served different functions. A garrison camp built to hold siege against a fortified village serves a different purpose than the walls of the village it is besieging, and both are different from a walled fastness in some desolate area serving to protect fugitives when all else has failed. Societies have specific concepts of social structure and military procedure, and if they built fortifications, these defences will reflect the specific criteria of their builders. It is my intention to correlate the available data on political organization, military organization, weapons, and patterns of warfare to the advent of fortifications. The massive amounts of labour involved in the construction of some of the Polynesian forts did not require, as some might think, a highly structured system of government. But the manner in which the society was organized, their level of factions, does influence the construction of their forts by influencing the size and organization of the armies that could be fielded, the reliability of allies, the probable results of the conflict, and the reasons for which the war was being fought. When this is understood, along with a knowledge of their available military tools, we should then be able to grasp the functional aspects of the Polynesian fortifications and correlate similar input with a similar constructural response.