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On the road of the winds: an archaeological history of the Pacific Islands before European contact

Patrick Vinton Kirch·2000·Choice Reviews Online
DOI 10.5860/choice.38-2228
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"The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, which are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe navigators, the atoll dwellers of Micronesia, the statue carvers of remote Easter Island, and the famed traders of Melanesia. Decades of archaeological excavations, combined with allied research in historical linguistics, biological anthropology, and comparative ethnography, have revealed much new information about the long-term history of these Pacific Island societies and cultures. On the Road of the Winds synthesizes the grand sweep of human history in the Pacific Islands, beginning with the movement of early people out from Asia more than 40,000 years ago, and tracing the development of myriad indigenous cultures up to the time of European contact in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. This updated edition, enhanced with many new illustrations and an extensive bibliography, synthesizes the latest archaeological, linguistic, and biological discoveries that reveal the grand sweep of ancient history in the Pacific Islands"...Provided by publisher

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Authors
Kirch, P. V.
Corresponding author
Patrick Vinton Kirch
Venue
Choice Reviews Online
Publisher
American Library Association
Published
2000-12-01
Volume
38
Issue
04
Pages
38-2228-38-2228
ISSN
  • 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
  • 1523-8253
DOI
10.5860/choice.38-2228
OpenAlex
W1607715453
Cited by
767
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Type
book review
Language
en
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closed
Locations
  • Choice Reviews Online (publishedVersion)
  • University of Michigan Library Repository (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
  • Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
Keywords
Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Easter Island, Polynesian navigation, pre-European contact

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