First Settlement of Remote Oceania Earliest Sites in the Mariana Isl
This book offers the only synthesis of early-period Marianas archaeology, marking the first human settlement of Remote Oceania about 1500 B.C. In these remote islands of the northwest Pacific Ocean, archaeological discoveries now can define the olde
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Mike T. Carson
First Settlement of Remote Oceania Earliest Sites in the Mariana Islands
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology
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Mike T. Carson
First Settlement of Remote Oceania Earliest Sites in the Mariana Islands
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Mike T. Carson Micronesian Area Research Center University of Guam Mangilao Guam
ISSN 1861-6623 ISBN 978-3-319-01046-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-01047-2
ISSN 2192-4910 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-01047-2 (eBook)
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This book is dedicated to Alexander Spoehr, Richard Shutler Jr., and Roger C. Green whose work made this book possible, although they did not live to see it
Acknowledgments
Hsiao-chun Hung contributed significantly in the research at House of Taga in Tinian, for which a separate report currently is in preparation. She deserves thanks and respect for her role in bringing early-period Marianas research into its current successful form. This book was possible with the exemplary scholarship and support of Hiro Kurashina. Much of the research achieved its best outcome with thanks to input and encouragement from Rosanna Bar
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