{"product_id":"the-prehistoric-exploration-and-colonisation-of-the-pacific-paperback-9780521476515","title":"The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific (Paperback) 9780521476515","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA reassessment of the settlement of the Pacific, one of the most remarkable episodes in human prehistory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeoffrey Irwin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521476515, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 June 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages, 83 b\/w illus.  22 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 18.9 x 1.4 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… one of the most innovative and interesting works on Polynesian prehistory in many years … this work will fundamentally change Pacific archaeology, redirecting our questions and reshaping our ideas about the past.' Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe exploration and colonisation of the Pacific is a remarkable episode of human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no prior knowledge of Pacific geography, no documents to record their route, no metal, no instruments for measuring time and none for exploration. Forty years of modern archaeology, experimental voyages in rafts, and computer simulations of voyages have produced an enormous range of literature on this controversial and mysterious subject. This book represents a major advance in knowledge of the settlement of the Pacific by suggesting that exploration was rapid and purposeful, undertaken systematically, and that navigation methods progressively improved. Using an innovative model to establish a detailed theory of navigation, Geoffrey Irwin claims that rather than sailing randomly downwind in search of the unknown, Pacific Islanders expanded settlement by the cautious strategy of exploring upwind, so as to ease their safe return. The author has tested this hypothesis against the chronological data from archaeological investigation, with a computer simulation of demographic and exploration patterns and by sailing throughout the region himself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. An introduction to the Pacific and the theory of its settlement\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pleistocene voyaging and the settlement of Greater Australia and its Near Oceanic neighbours\u003cbr\u003e 3. Issues in Lapita studies and the background to Oceanic colonisation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Against, across and down the wind: a case for the systematic exploration of the remote Pacific\u003cbr\u003e 5. The colonisation of Eastern Melanesia, West Polynesia and Central East Polynesia\u003cbr\u003e 6. The colonisation of Hawaii, New Zealand and their neighbours\u003cbr\u003e 7. Issues in the colonisation of Micronesia\u003cbr\u003e 8. Voyaging by computer: experiments in the exploration of the remote Pacific Ocean\u003cbr\u003e 9. Voyaging after colonisation and the study of culture change\u003cbr\u003e 10. The rediscovery of Pacific exploration\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Prehistoric archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Prehistoric archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Prehistoric%20archaeology%20%5BHDDA%5D%22\"\u003eHDDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001495179544,"sku":"9780521476515","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521476515i_b31df2a0-c638-4b4a-a59a-080b5b548926.jpg?v=1691382845","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-prehistoric-exploration-and-colonisation-of-the-pacific-paperback-9780521476515","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}