On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded E...
On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded E... On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded E... OTHER ARTICLES The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth’s surface and encompasses many thousands of islands that are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe navigators, the atoll dwellers of Micronesia, the statue carvers of remote Easter Island, and the famed traders of Melanesia. Decades of archaeological excavations—combined with allied research in historical linguistics, biological anthropology, and comparative ethnography—have revealed much new information about the long-term history of these societies and cultures. On the Road of the Winds synthesizes the grand sweep of human history in the Pacific Islands, beginning with the ...