An archaeology of West Polynesian prehistory /
Smith, Anita 1957-
An archaeology of West Polynesian prehistory / Anita Smith - Canberra : Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2002 - xvi, 229 p. : maps ; 30 cm. - Terra Australis, 18 0725-9018 ; .
Includes bibliographical references
There can be little doubt on linguistic evidence that East Polynesia was first settled from West Polynesia. The author argues, however, that the related archaeological record has been made to fit with this dominant interpretative paradigm. Her objective assessment of the material evidence contradicts the popularly held view.
1740760190 RM249.04
Prehistoric peoples--Oceania
Excavations (Archaeology)--Oceania
Antiquities, Prehistoric--Oceania
Oceania--Colonization.
An archaeology of West Polynesian prehistory / Anita Smith - Canberra : Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2002 - xvi, 229 p. : maps ; 30 cm. - Terra Australis, 18 0725-9018 ; .
Includes bibliographical references
There can be little doubt on linguistic evidence that East Polynesia was first settled from West Polynesia. The author argues, however, that the related archaeological record has been made to fit with this dominant interpretative paradigm. Her objective assessment of the material evidence contradicts the popularly held view.
1740760190 RM249.04
Prehistoric peoples--Oceania
Excavations (Archaeology)--Oceania
Antiquities, Prehistoric--Oceania
Oceania--Colonization.