Were Lapita potters ancestral to Polynesians?
Subtitle: a view from ethnomusicology
By: Mervyn McLean
Contributors: University of Auckland. Archive of Maori and Pacific Music
Series: Occasional papers in Pacific ethnomusicology -- no. 7
Publisher: Archive of Māori and Pacific Music, Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Auckland
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9780959800579
Subjects: Lapita culture; Music; Canoes and canoeing; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Were Lapita potters ancestral to Polynesia?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-59).
Table of contents: title: Evidence from music; title: Music areas; title: DIFFUSION IN ISLAND MELANESIA; title: Vocal Music areas; title: ISSUES ARISING FROM OTHER DISCIPLINES; title: The Lapita hypothesis; title: Linguistics; title: Physical anthropology; title: Genetics; title: CANOE TYPES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION; title: Micronesia; title: Melanesia; title: Western Polynesia; title: Eastern Polynesia; title: Paddling, rowing, and sculling; title: Slit gongs; title: Conclusions from canoe evidence; title: PATHS TO POLYNESIA; title: Where did the migrations start?; title: Where did Melanesians come from?; title: The route through Island Melanesia; title: The branch line through Micronesia; title: Chronology; title: Conclusions.