 The Lapita Peoples: Ancestors of the Oceanic World
ISBN: 978-1-57718-036-4
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384 pages
February 1997, Wiley-Blackwell
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Plates.
Figures.
Maps.
Tables.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
2. Old Melanesia.
3. The Lapita Dispersal.
4. Lapita in Linguistics and Biological Perspective.
5. Lapita Pottery and the "Community of Culture".
6. Between Land and Sea: Houses, Settlements, and Society.
7. Lapita Economy and the Ecology of Islands.
8. Systems of Exchange.
9. Epilogue: The Lapita Legacy.
Appendix: Gazetteer of Major Lapital Sites.
Notes.
References.
Index.
