Lilley Archaeology of Oceania

Australia and the Pacific Islands
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5229-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology

This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to the archaeology ofOceania, covering both Australia and the Pacific Islands.
* * The first text to provide integrated treatment of thearchaeologies of Australia and the Pacific Islands
* * Enables readers to form a coherent overview of culturaldevelopments across the region as a whole
* * Brings together contributions from some of the region'sleading scholars
* * Focuses on new discoveries, conceptual innovations, andpostcolonial realpolitik
* * Challenges conventional thinking on major regional and globalissues in archaeology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lilley, Ian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Preface.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
1. Archaeology in Oceania: Themes and Issues. (Ian Lilley).
Part I: Australia.
2. Revisiting the Past: Changing Interpretations of PleistoceneSettlement Subsistence and Demography in Northern Australia. (SueO'Connor and Peter Veth).
3. Archaeology and the Dreaming: Towards an Archaeology ofOntology. (Bruno David).
4. Blunt and to the Point: Changing Technological Strategies inHolocene Australia. (Peter Hiscock).
5. Rock Art and Social Identity: A Comparison of HoloceneGraphic Systems in Arid and Fertile Environments. (Jo McDonald andPeter Veth).
6. Closing the Distance: Interpreting Cross-cultural Engagementsthrough Indigenous Rock Art. (Anne Clarke and UrsulaFrederick).
Part II: The Pacific.
7. Archaeology in Melanesia: A Case Study from the WesternProvince of the Solomon Islands. (Richard Walter and PeterSheppard).
8. Envisaging Early Agriculture in the Highlands of New Guinea.(Tim Denham).
9. Late Pleistocene Complexities in the Bismarck Archipelago.(Matthew Leavesley).
10. Life Before Lapita: New Developments in Melanesia'sLong-term History. (Christina Pavlides).
11. The First Millennium BC in Remote Oceania: An AlternativePerspective on Lapita. (Jean-Christophe Galipaud).
12. Ethnoarchaeology in Polynesia. (Eric Conte).
13. The Formation of Hawaiian Territories: (Thegn Ladefoged andMichael Graves).
14. Ritual and Domestic Architecture, Sacred Places, and Images:Archaeology in the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia. (SidselMillerstrom).
15. The Archaeology of the Conical Clan in Micronesia. (PaulRainbird).
Part III: Politics.
16. What is Archaeology for in the Pacific? History and Politicsin New Caledonia. (Christophe Sand, Jacques Bole and AndréOuetcho).
17. Levuka, Fiji: A Case Study in Pacific Islands HeritageManagement. (Anita Smith).
18. Last Words:.
A Few Words about Archaeology in French Polynesia.(Mickaelle-Hinanui Cauchois).
Shaking the Pillars. (Mark Dugay-Grist).
What is the Future of Our Past? Papua New Guineans and CulturalHeritage. (Herman Mandui).
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Lilley is Reader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at the University of Queensland. He is a past President of the Australian Archaeological Association. Lilley currently conducts field research in Torres Strait and New Caledonia, and his recent publications include Le Pacifique de 5000 à 2000 BP: Suppléments à l'histoire d'une colonisation (with Jean-Christophe Galipaud, 1999), Native Title and the Transformation of Archaeology in the Postcolonial World (2000), and Histories of Old Ages: Essays in Honour of Rhys Jones (with Atholl Anderson and Sue O'Connor, 2001).