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Voyages of Discovery: The Archaeology of Islands

Autor Scott M. Fitzpatrick
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 apr 2004 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Voyages of Discovery is the first major synthesis of island archaeological research worldwide. The work brings together experts in the field who are concerned with analyzing islands and island societies from a variety of different archaeological and anthropological perspectives. Major topics include interaction spheres, exchange, human impacts, and theoretical models.Over the past few decades there has been an increased interest in the archaeology of islands. Archaeological approaches to studying islands and island societies have often mirrored those of biologists because islands are relatively isolated, contain unique species or remnant populations, have an impoverished terrestrial ecology, provide opportunities to investigate the effects of animals (e.g., humans) on ecosystems, lend themselves to manipulative experiments, and have implications for helping us understand environmental and social changes on a global level from a microcosmic view. Although islands can be considered somewhat unique compared to mainland environments, environmental and cultural factors played important roles in how islands and islanders developed over time.The field of island archaeology contributes to understanding the fluid boundaries (both physical and mental) that existed for islanders prehistorically and how they adapted to their island world. This book explores a wide range of issues including the impacts humans have had on island ecosystems, the intentional movement of goods, resources, and animals across vast distances, and ways in which archaeologists analyze islands and island societies methodologically and theoretically.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275979478
ISBN-10: 0275979474
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

SCOTT M. FITZPATRICK received his Ph.D in Anthropology from the University of Oregon. He has conducted fieldwork and research in the Pacific (Palau, Pohnpei, American Samoa, Easter Island), Caribbean (Barbados, Carriacou) and East Asia (Okinawa). His primary interests include archaeology, colonization and migration, maritime adaptations, trade and exchange systems, culture contact, and the evolution of complex societies. Dr. Fitzpatrick has published articles in Antiquity, Archaeology in Oceania, Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Ethnobiology, and Radiocarbon.

Cuprins

PrefaceList of ContributorsIntroductionSynthesizing Island Archaeology by Scott M. FitzpatrickHumans and Their Island EnvironmentsFlexible Strategies for Resource Defense on the Northern Channel Islands of California: An Agent Based Model by Douglas J. Kennett and Robert A. CliffordHuman Impacts on Ancient Environments: A Case Study from California's Northern Channel Islands by Jon M. Erlandson, Torben C. Rick, and Rene VellanowethPrehistoric Resource Depletion in the Northern West Indies by Lisbeth A. Carlson and William F. KeeganIsland Interregional InteractionPopulation Dynamics in the Prehistory of Okinawa by Hiroto TakamiyaInter-Island Exchange in Micronesia: A Case of Monumental Proportions Scott M. Fitzpatrick and Brian DiveleyWhere the Wild Things Are: Prehistoric Animal Translocation in the Circum New Guinea Archipelago by J. Peter WhiteIsland Societies Aren't Always Insular: Tlingit Territories in the Alexander Archipelago and the Adjacent Alaska Mainland by Madonna MossMethodological, Theoretical, and Historical Approaches to Island ArchaeologyIsland Archaeology and Units of Analysis in the Study of Ancient Caribbean Societies by L. Antonio CuretIsland Models of Reticulate Evolution: The "Ancient Lagoons" Hypothesis by John Edward TerrellInsularity in the Crossroads of Island Southeast Asia by Peter LapeMediterranean Island Prehistory: What's Different and What's New? by John CherryThe Study of Islands and Island SocietiesIslands of Ambivalence by Atholl AndersonIslands Out of Time? Toward an Analytical Framework by Colin Renfrew