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Title Taking the high ground : the archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia / edited by Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett.

Publication Info. Canberra : ANU E Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, map.
Series Terra Australis ; 37
Terra Australis ; 37.
Note Online resource; title from online PDF (viewed on Jan. 7, 2013).
Contents Preliminary; 1. Archaeological research on Rapa Island, French Polynesia; 2. 'Dwelling carelessly, quiet and secure' A brief ethnohistory of Rapa Island, French Polynesia, AD 1791-1840; 3. Archaeology of the coastal siteson Rapa Island; 4. The archaeobotany of Rapan rockshelter deposits; 5. Cordage from Rapan archaeological sites; 6. Bird, reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island; 7. Prehistoric fishing on Rapa Island; 8. The Tangarutu invertebrate fauna; 9. Marine resource exploitation on Rapa Island.
10. Palaeobotany and the early development of agriculture on Rapa Island11. A Bayesian AMS 14C chronology for the colonisation and fortification of Rapa Island; 12. The archaeology of Rapan fortifications; 13. Rapan agroecology and population estimates; 14. The prehistory of Rapa Island; Appendices.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Archaeology -- French Polynesia -- Rapa.
Rapa (French Polynesia) -- Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
Archaeology. (OCoLC)fst00812938
French Polynesia -- Rapa. (OCoLC)fst01265741
Added Author Anderson, Atholl, editor.
Kennett, Douglas J., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Taking the high ground. Canberra : ANU E Press, ©2012 9781922144249 (OCoLC)812699353
ISBN 9781922144256 (electronic bk.)
1922144258 (electronic bk.)
9781922144249
192214424X
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