Format:
Online-Ressource (XI, 149 p. 76 illus, online resource)
ISBN:
9783319010472
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology 1
Content:
This book offers the only synthesis of early-period Marianas archaeology, marking the first human settlement of Remote Oceania about 1500 B.C. In these remote islands of the northwest Pacific Ocean, archaeological discoveries now can define the oldest site contexts, dating, and artifacts of a Neolithic (late stone-age) people. This ancient settlement was accomplished by the world’s longest open-ocean voyage in human history at its time, more than 2000 km from any contemporary populated area. This work brings the isolated Mariana Islands into the forefront of scientific research of how people first settled Remote Oceania, further important for understanding long-distance human migration in general. Given this significance, the early Marianas sites deserve close attention that has been awkwardly missing until now. The author draws on his collective decades of intensive field research to define the earliest Marianas sites in scientific detail but accessible for broad readership. It covers three major topics: 1) situating the ancient sites in their original environmental contexts; 2) inventory of the early-period sites and their dating; and 3) the full range of pottery, stone tools, shell ornaments, and other artifacts. The work concludes with discussing the impacts of their findings on Asia-Pacific archaeology and on human global migration studies
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Description based upon print version of record
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Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Defining Early-Period Marianas Settlement; References; 2 Position of the Marianas in Oceanic Prehistory; References; 3 Ancient Site Contexts; References; 4 Earliest Site Inventory; Nomna; Mangilao; Hagatna; Tumon; Ritidian; Tarague; House of Taga; Unai Chulu; Chalan Piao; Laulau Rockshelter; Unai Bapot; Achugao; 5 Early-Period Material Culture; Pottery; Stone and Shell Artifacts; Faunal Records; Structural Features; Possible Missing Items; References; 6 Defining Earliest Marianas Pottery; Material Composition; Primary and Secondary Forming Techniques
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Finishing TechniquesDecoration; Firing; Final Vessel Forms; References; 7 An Epic Adventure?; Untangling Voyages of Discovery and Settlement; The Adventure Continues; Making a New Life; A Transforming World; Continuing Our Quest; References; 8 Long-Term Human-Environment Relations at Ritidian in Guam; Ritidian Research Program; Unearthing the Ancient Landscape; Palaeoterrain Model; Resource Zones; First Settlement Landscapes; First Inhabitants; First Contact Between Humanity and Remote Oceania; Landscape Ecology and Evolution; Ancestral Landscapes; References
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9 Considering Earliest Site-Dating at Unai Bapot in SaipanProject History at Unai Bapot; Early-Dating Context at Unai Bapot; Possibilities of Other Early Dating; References; 10 Early-Period Material Culture at House of Taga in Tinian; Project Development; Framing the Excavation Findings; Stratigraphy and Dating; Individual Findings; Pottery; Cutting and Slicing Tools; Fishing Gear; Shell Ornaments; Cross-Regional Comparisons; References; 11 Conclusions and Implications of Earliest Marianas Sites; Site Settings; Early Dating; Defining Early-Period Material Culture; Tracing Origins
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Long-Distance MigrationFirst Contact Between Humanity and the Remote Oceanic Environment; Future Considerations; References; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319010465
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Carson, Mike T. First settlement of remote oceania Cham : Springer, 2014 ISBN 9783319010465
Language:
English
Keywords:
Marianen
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Archäologie
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Siedlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-01047-2
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