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The archaeology of islands / Paul Rainbird.

The archaeology of islands / Paul Rainbird.
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ISBN 0521853745 (hbk.)
9780521853743 (hbk.)
0521619610 (pbk.)
9780521619615 (pbk.)
Author Rainbird, Paul
Title The archaeology of islands / Paul Rainbird.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description xvi, 200 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series Topics in contemporary archaeology
Topics in contemporary archaeology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-192) and index.
Contents 1. A Consciousness of the Earth and Ocean: The Creation of Islands -- 'Full fathom five': islands in Western history -- Suffering a seachange: islands in popular literature -- Imaginary islands -- Islands of the dead -- Prison and plantation islands -- Insiders and outsiders -- Shores and lines on a map - boundaries and scale -- Islands in a world of perceptions -- 2. Seas of Islands: Anthropology, Biogeography, Archaeology and Postcolonialism -- Islands and anthropology -- Islands and biogeography -- Archaeology and island biogeography -- Islands and the postcolonial critique -- Small worlds and big issues - microcosms -- 3. An Archaeology of the Sea -- Maritime cultural landscapes -- Mariners and maritime communities -- Being on the seas -- The sea(s) and phenomenology -- Material culture, gender and practical experience -- Intimate relations -- Archaeologies of the sea(s) -- Facing the sea -- 4. The Mediterranean: Malta -- Malta -- Seas within seas -- Back to Malta -- 5. Oceania: Pohnpei and the Eastern Carolines -- Island histories in Oceania -- Micronesia -- Polynesia -- Fusion -- 6. The Baltic: Gotland -- Gotland -- Mesolithic Gotland -- Pigs on Gotland -- Pitted Ware period -- Bronze Age Gotland -- Ship-settings -- Iron Age Gotland -- The Baltic Sea -- 7. Atlantic Archipelago: The Western Seaways of Europe -- Western seaways -- Mesolithic prelude? -- Arrivals (and departures?) -- 'Attention all shipping'- Bronze Age boats -- Iron Age seasiders -- Irish Sea/Mediterranean Sea -- 8. Conclusion-Islands and Histories of the Sea -- Communities in the field -- The archaeology of islands -- The archaeologies of the seas.
Subjects Islands
Island archaeology
Maritime anthropology
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