An archaeology of West Polynesian prehistory
By: Anita Smith.
Contributors: Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
Series: Terra Australis,; 18
Publisher: Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples -- Oceania.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Oceania.; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Oceania.; Oceania -- Colonization.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.