Talepakemalai : Lapita and its transformations in the Mussau Islands of near Oceania / edited by Patrick Vinton Kirch ; with contributions by Melinda S. Allen, Nick Araho, Virginia L. Butler, Carla P. Catterall, Scarlett Chiu, William R. Dickinson, Patrick Vinton Kirch, I.R. Poiner, Callan Ross-Sheppard, and Marshall I. Weisler.

"The Lapita Cultural Complex - first uncovered in the mid-20th century as a widespread archaeological complex spanning both Melanesia and Western Polynesia - has subsequently become recognized as of fundamental importance to Oceanic prehistory. Notable for its highly distinctive, elaborate, dentate-...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Monumenta archaeologica (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; 47.
Other Authors: Kirch, Patrick Vinton (Editor, Contributor)
Allen, Melinda S. (Contributor)
Araho, Nick (Contributor)
Butler, Virginia (Virginia L.) (Contributor)
Catterall Carla P. (Contributor)
Chiu, Scarlett (Contributor)
Dickinson, William R. (Contributor)
Poiner, I. R. (Contributor)
Ross-Sheppard, Callan (Contributor)
Weisler, Marshall I. (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, [2021]
Series:Monumenta archaeologica (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; 47.
Subjects:
Lapita culture.
Prehistoric peoples > Oceania.
Pottery, Prehistoric > Oceania.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Oceania.
Oceania > Antiquities.
Complexe culturel lapita.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Océanie.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Pottery, Prehistoric.
Prehistoric peoples.
Oceania.
Physical Description:xxxi, 558 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Format: Book

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