Historical ecology in the Pacific Islands : prehistoric environmental and landscape change / edited...
Historical ecology in the Pacific Islands : prehistoric environmental and landscape change / edited...
Historical ecology in the Pacific Islands : prehistoric environmental and landscape change / edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Terry L. Hunt.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
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N304.20995/3
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English
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xv, 331 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: The Environmental History of Oceanic Islands / Patrick V. Kirch -- 2. The Impact of Pleistocene Hunters and Gatherers on the Ecosystems of Australia and Melanesia: In Tune with Nature? / Jim Allen -- 3. From Horticulture to Agriculture in the New Guinea Highlands: A Case Study of Pe...
9. Environmental Change and the Impact of Polynesian Colonization: Sedimentary Records from Central Polynesia / Annette Parkes -- 10. Human Occupation and Environmental Modifications in the Papeno'o Valley, Tahiti / M. Orliac -- 11. Pre-Contact Landscape Transformation and Cultural Change in Windwar...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1997.
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Full title
Historical ecology in the Pacific Islands : prehistoric environmental and landscape change / edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Terry L. Hunt.
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Based on papers presented at the XVIIth Pacific Science Congress held in Honolulu in 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-320) and index.
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c1997.
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N304.20995/3
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74Vvpkj4ExXg
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ISBN
0300066031 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300066036 (cloth : alk. paper)
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304.20995
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991005347159702626
