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Taking the High Ground
The Archaeology of Rapa, a Fortified Island in Remote East Polynesia
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- English
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eBook - PDF
Taking the High Ground
The Archaeology of Rapa, a Fortified Island in Remote East Polynesia
About this book
This volume brings the remote and little known island of Rapa firmly to the forefront of Polynesian archaeology. Thirteen authors contribute 14 chapters, covering not only the basic archaeology of coastal sites, rock shelters, and fortifications, but faunal remains, agricultural development, and marine exploitation. The results, pre
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Table of contents
- Preliminary
- 1. Archaeological research on Rapa Island, French Polynesia
- 2. ‘Dwelling carelessly, quiet and secure’ A brief ethnohistory of Rapa Island, French Polynesia, AD 1791–1840
- 3. Archaeology of the coastal siteson Rapa Island
- 4. The archaeobotany of Rapan rockshelter deposits
- 5. Cordage from Rapan archaeological sites
- 6. Bird, reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island
- 7. Prehistoric fishing on Rapa Island
- 8. The Tangarutu invertebrate fauna
- 9. Marine resource exploitation on Rapa Island
- 10. Palaeobotany and the early development of agriculture on Rapa Island
- 11. A Bayesian AMS 14C chronology for the colonisation and fortification of Rapa Island
- 12. The archaeology of Rapan fortifications
- 13. Rapan agroecology and population estimates
- 14. The prehistory of Rapa Island
- Appendices
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