Prehistoric Settlement of the Pacific: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 86, Part 5)

By Ward H. Goodenough

Book Overview

This is a print on demand publication. Thse papers are from two symposia at the APS, and the Univ. of PA Museum. Contents: "Intro.," by Ward Goodenough; "The Pre-Austronesian Settlement of Island Melanesia: Implications for Lapita Archaeology," by Jim Allen; "Austronesian Culture History: The Windows of Language," by Robert Blust; "Archaeology of SE China and Its Bearing on the Austronesian Homeland," by Kwang-chih Chang and Ward Goodenough; "Lapita and Its Aftermath: The Austronesian Settlement of Oceania," by Patrick Kirch; "Colonizing an Island World," by Ben Finney; and "Beyond the Austronesian Homeland: The Austric Hypothesis and Its Implications for Archaeology," by Robert Blust. Illustrations. Second Printing, 1998

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087169865X
• ISBN13: 9780871698650
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"