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global approaches to initial human settlement
xv, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
This volume details how new theories and methods have recently advanced the archaeological study of initial human colonization of islands around the world, including in the southwest Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and southeast Asia.
Introduction: The Archaeology of Island Colonization / Matthew F. Napolitano, Jessica H. Stone, and Robert J. DiNapoli -- I. Theoretical Approaches -- Using Ecology and Evolution to Explain Archaeological Migration Signatures in the Southwest Pacific / Ethan E. Cochrane -- Temporal Systematics: The Colonization of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the Conceptualization of Time / Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt, Robert J. DiNapoli -- The Paleolithic Exploration of the Greek Islands and Middle Pleistocene Hominin Dispersals: The Case for Behavioral Variability over Behavioral Modernity / Curtis Runnels -- II. Methodological Approaches -- Above and Below the Waves: Advances in the Search for a Late Pleistocene Colonization of California's Islands / Amy E. Gusick, Todd J. Braje, Jon M. Erlandson, Jillian Maloney, and David Ball -- Multi-disciplinary Chronological Data from Iceland indicate a Viking Age Settlement Flood, rather than a Flow or Trickle / Magdalena M.E. Schmid, Andrew J. Dugmore, Anthony J. Newton, Orri V⁰́₍steinsson -- Improving Dating Accuracy and Precision for Mid-Late Holocene Island Colonization / Timothy M. Rieth and Derek Hamilton -- Stepping Stones and Genomes: Using Ancient DNA to Reconstruct Island Colonization / Jessica H. Stone and Maria A. Nieves-Col℗Øn -- III. Regional Case Studies -- What is the Most Parsimonious Explanation for Where Pre-Columbian Caribbean Peoples Originated? / Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Matthew F. Napolitano, and Jessica H. Stone -- The Colonization and Early Prehistory of the Mediterranean Islands / Thomas P. Leppard, Alexander J. Smith, and John F. Cherry -- Human Migration From Wallacea to Oceania and the Development of Maritime Networks During the Neolithic to Early Metal Age / Rintaro Ono, Harry Octavianus Sofian, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Sriwigati, and -- Nasullah Aziz -- The Strategic Location of the Maldives in Indian Ocean Maritime Trade and Colonization / Richard Callaghan -- Conclusion / Jon M. Erlandson
edited by Matthew F. Napolitano, Jessica H. Stone, and Robert J. DiNapoli ; foreword by Victor D. Thompson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Society and ecology in island and coastal archaeology