Uncovering Pacific pasts histories of archaeology in Oceania

Objects have many stories to tell. The stories of their makers and their uses. Stories of exchange, acquisition, display and interpretation. This book is a collection of essays highlighting some of the collections, and their object biographies, that were displayed in the Uncovering Pacific Pasts (UP...

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Other Authors: Howes, Hilary Susan, 1980- editor (editor), Jones, Tristen, editor, Spriggs, Matthew, editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, ACT : ANU Press [2022]
Edition:First edition
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009672622306719
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Early European exploration in the Pacific, 1500s - 1870s
  • Part 2: The first archaeological excavations, 1870s - 1910s
  • Part 3: The burgeoning field of anthropology and archaeology, 1918-45
  • Part 4: Archaeology as a profession in the Pacific, 1945 - present.