Lapita and its transformations in near Oceania
Subtitle: archaeological investigations in the Mussau Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1985-88
By: Patrick Vinton Kirch, editor ; with contributions by Nick Araho ... [et al.].
Series: Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility ;; no. 59; Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility ;; no. 59, etc.
Publisher: Archaeological Research Facility, University of California
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Lapita culture.; Prehistoric peoples -- Papua New Guinea -- Bismarck Archipelago.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Papua New Guinea -- Bismarck Archipelago.; Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea) -- Antiquities.; Papua New Guinea -- Antiquities.
Other titles: Archaeological investigations in the Mussau Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1985-88
Notes: Vols. 2-3 wanting.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Introduction, excavations, chronology; title: v. 2. Lapita in its environmental and ecological context; title: v. 3. The record of material culture; conclusions.