The human colonization of the Pacific is an enduring problem in historical anthropology.
Recent advances in archaeology, historical linguistics, and bioanthropology have coalesced …

Pacific populations have long been observed to suffer a high burden of metabolic disease,
including obesity, type 2 diabetes and gout. The 'Thrifty Genotype'hypothesis has frequently …

Human Evolutionary Genetics is a groundbreaking text which for the first time brings
together molecular genetics and genomics to the study of the origins and movements of …

" With unparalleled knowledge of Polynesia's history, ecology, languages, and archaeology,
Patrick V. Kirch shows us how, when, and why Hawaiian society crossed the gulf from …

Winner of the Modern Language Association's Prize for Studies in Native American
Literatures, Cultures, and Languages Winner of the American Historical Association's Albert …

Polynesia was settled in a series of extraordinary voyages across an ocean spanning one
third of the Earth, but the sequences of islands settled remain unknown and their timings …

Maritime archaeology deals with shipwrecks and is carried out by divers rather than diggers.
It embraces maritime history and analyses changes in shipbuilding, navigation and …

In this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination,
without which we would not have become a global species. He sets out to determine the …

В книге изложены основы геоархеологии–междисциплинарного направления на стыке
археологии и естественных наук. Представлены базовые знания по геоморфологии …

Abstract The Soutwest (SW) Pacific is an expansive oceanic region with many of its islands
difficult to access and relatively unexplored in a geoheritage context. Here we provide a …