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The Lapita Peoples: Ancestors of the Oceanic World

ISBN: 978-1-57718-036-4
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376 pages
January 1997, Wiley-Blackwell
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Plates.

Figures.

Maps.

Tables.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1. Introduction.

2. Old Melanesia.

3. The Lapita Dispersal.

4. Lapita in Linguistics and Biological Perspective.

5. Lapita Pottery and the "Community of Culture".

6. Between Land and Sea: Houses, Settlements, and Society.

7. Lapita Economy and the Ecology of Islands.

8. Systems of Exchange.

9. Epilogue: The Lapita Legacy.

Appendix: Gazetteer of Major Lapital Sites.

Notes.

References.

Index.

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