This book uses comparative island archaeology to reinterpret a vital phase in early Aegean
history. Cyprian Broodbank presents the first modern analysis of Cycladic culture, tracing the …

The power of an anthropological approach to long-term history lies in its unique ability to
combine diverse evidence, from archaeological artifacts to ethnographic texts and …

This is the first book-length archaeological study of Micronesia, an island group in the
Western Pacific Ocean. Drawing on a wide range of archaeological, anthropological and …

Archaeological research in the Kingdom of Tonga has documented a continuous sequence
of human settlement, adaptation, and change for the period 2850–150 BP Tongan culture …

Ambrose (this issue, above) and Sand (this issue, above) reported on Lapita in the specific,
without being parochial in their concerns. This paper looks at the largest Lapita picture, but …

Abstract The South-eastern Aegean is considered, in this thesis, as an ideal region for
addressing questions related to island archaeology, perceptions of the landscape, burial …

The abandonment of ceramic manufacture at early periods in the history of many Pacific
Island societies has long been recognized by archaeologists. Explanation of this …

1980s, dissatisfaction with the under-playing of the potential role of social factors and human
agency led to a greater emphasis on what Stark (1986) described as 'pull'models: foragers …

The colonization of the Pacific, Caribbean, and Mediterranean by food-producing
communities in prehistory has rarely been considered in an explicitly comparative …

It is widely accepted that a major historic pathway to agriculture in the tropics has been via
the management of forest and reliance on tree resources. Using ethnographic and …