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Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes

Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes

Clark, Geoffrey
Leach, Foss
O'Connor, Sue

Paperback

Series: Terra Australis, Book 29

Australia & OceaniaArchaeology

ISBN10: 1921313897
ISBN13: 9781921313899
Publisher: Australian Natl Univ Pr
Published: Jul 1 2008
Pages: 524
Weight: 3.69
Height: 1.42 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English
This collection makes a substantial contribution to several highly topical areas of archaeological inquiry. Many of the papers present new and innovative research into the processes of maritime colonisation, processes that affect archaeological contexts from islands to continents. Others shift focus from process to the archaeology of maritime places from the Bering to the Torres Straits, providing highly detailed discussions of how living by and with the sea is woven into all elements of human life from subsistence to trade and to ritual. Of equal importance are more abstract discussions of islands as natural places refashioned by human occupation, either through the introduction of new organisms or new systems of production and consumption. These transformation stories gain further texture (and variety) through close examinations of some of the more significant consequences of colonisation and migration, particularly the creation of new cultural identities. A final set of papers explores the ways in which the techniques of archaeological science have provided insights into the fauna of islands and the human history of such places. Islands of Inquiry highlights the importance of an archaeologically informed history of landmasses in the oceans and seas of the world.

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