Tangatatau Rockshelter: The Evolution of an Eastern Polynesian Socio-ecosystem - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1938770102 ISBN 13 : 9781938770104

Editeur : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, 2017

Synopsis

Tangatatau Rockshelter on Mangaia Island in the Southern Cook Islands, excavated by a multidisciplinary team in 1989-1991, produced one of the richest stratigraphic sequences of artifacts, faunal assemblages, and archaeobotanical materials in Eastern Polynesia. More than seventy radiocarbon dates provide a tight chronology from AD 1000 to European contact in about 1800. The faunal assemblage provides compelling evidence for dramatic reductions in indigenous bird life following Polynesian colonization, one of the best documented cases for human-induced impacts on island biota. Tangatatau is unique among Polynesian archaeological sites in the extent to which fishing was dominated by freshwater fishes and eels. The site also yielded an extensive suite of carbonized plant materials, including sweet potato tubers, demonstrating that this South American domesticate had reached Eastern Polynesia by AD 1400. Mangaia illustrates the often far-reaching consequences of human land use and resource exploitation on small and vulnerable islands.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick Vinton Kirch is a Chancellor's Professor Emeritus and the Class of 1954 Professor of Anthropology and Integrative Biology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Curator of Oceanic Archaeology in the P. A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1938770102
• ISBN 13: 9781938770104
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Éditeur: Kirch Patrick Vinton
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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