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'This volume is the most comprehensive review of Lapita research to date, tackling many of the lingering questions regarding origin and dispersal. Multidisciplinary in nature with a focus on summarising new findings, but also identifying important gaps that can help direct future research.' -- Professor Scott Fitzpatrick, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon 'This substantial volume offers a welcome update on the definition of the Lapita culture. It significantly refreshes the knowledge on this foundational archaeological culture of the Pacific Islands in providing new data on sites and assemblages, and new discussions of hypotheses previously proposed.' -- Dr Frédérique Valentin, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris This volume comprises 23 chapters that focus on the archaeology of Lapita, a cultural horizon associated with the founding populations who first colonised much of the south west Pacific some 3000 years ago. The Lapita culture has been most clearly defined by its distinctive dentate-stamped decorated pottery and the design system represented on it and on further incised pots. Modern research now encompasses a whole range of aspects asso

Who reads Debating Lapita : Distribution, Chronology, Society and Subsistence?

Author

Stuart Bedford; Matthew Spriggs; Australian National University Press; Lapita Conference

Publisher

Australian National University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781760463311

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Science, Anthropology