Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Archaeology of Prehistoric Oceania, Ethan E. Cochrane and Terry L. Hunt
Chapter 2: The Peopling of Sahul and Near Oceania, Sue O'Connor and Peter Hiscock
Chapter 3: The "Austronesian" Dispersal in Island Southeast Asia: Steps toward an Integrated Archaeological Perspective, Tim Denham
Chapter 4: New Guinea, Peter White
Chapter 5: Research Issues in the Circum-New Guinea Islands, J. Specht
Chapter 6: Understanding Lapita as History, John Edward Terrell
Chapter 7: The Chronology of Colonization in Remote Oceania, Timothy Rieth and Ethan E Cochrane
Chapter 8: The Archaeology of Vanuatu: 3,000 Year of History across Islands of Ash and Coral, Stuart Bedford and Matthew Spriggs
Chapter 9: Archaeology of a Piece of Gondwanaland: The Past of New Caledonia, Christophe Sand
Chapter 10: Fiji: Ancient Melting Pot of the Pacific, Ethan E. Cochrane
Chapter 11: Tonga and S?moa in Pacific Prehistory: Contemporary Debates and Personal Perspectives, David B. Burley and David J. Addison
Chapter 12: The Archaeology of Western Micronesia, Scott M. Fitzpatrick
Chapter 13: Archaeology of the Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia, J. Stephen Athens
Chapter 14: Linguistic Evidence as a Window in the Prehistory of Oceania, Andrew Pawley
Chapter 15: Coastal Landforms on Islands of Pacific Oceania, William R. Dickinson
Chapter 16: Colonization, Settlement, and Process in Central Eastern Polynesia, Jennifer G. Kahn
Chapter 17: The Prehistory of Hawai'i, Patrick V. Kirch
Chapter 18: The Prehistory of South Polynesia, Atholl Anderson
Chapter 20: The Archaeology of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Terry L. Hunt and Carl Lipo
Chapter 21: Settlement Pattern Studies in Polynesia: Past Projects, Current Progress, and Future Prospects, Alexander E. Morrison and John T. O'Connor
Chapter 22: Seafaring in Remote Oceania: Traditionalism and Beyond in Maritime Technology and Migration, Atholl Anderson

About the Author

Ethan Cochrane: Ethan Cochrane has conducted archaeological research in Oceania for the last twenty years including fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Micronesia, Fiji, and Samoa. He was previously Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. His research focuses on questions of colonization, ancient technology, and cultural evolution.

Terry Hunt: Terry Hunt is an archaeologist whose research and teaching focus on historical environmental change and life on the islands of the Pacific Ocean. He has conducted archaeological research in the Pacific Islands for more than thirty years, including the Hawaiian Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, and Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Over the past sixteen years, his research on Rapa Nui has addressed questions concerning the trajectory of cultural and ecological changes,
including the role of the colossal statues and monuments in ancient society.

Reviews

A brief review cannot do justice to the wealth of topics and local archaeological sequences detailed in this handbook, but all the essays are first-rate ... Recommended. -- CHOICE