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TheArchaeologyofMicronesia Thisisthefirstbook-lengtharchaeologicalstudyofMicronesia,anislandgroupin thewesternPacificOcean.Drawingonawiderangeofarchaeological,anthropolog- icalandhistoricalsources,theauthorexploresthevariouswaysthatthesocietiesof theseislandshavebeeninterpretedsinceEuropeannavigatorsfirstarrivedtherein thesixteenthcentury.Consideringtheprocessofinitialcolonizationontheisland groupsofMarianas,Carolines,MarshallsandKiribati,heexaminesthehistoriesof theseislandsandexploreshowtheneighbouringareasaredrawntogetherthrough notionsoffusion,fluidityandflux.Theauthorplacesthisregionwithinthebroader arenaofPacificislandstudiesandaddressescontemporarydebatessuchasorigins, processesofcolonization,socialorganization,environmentalchangeandtheinter- pretation of material culture. This book will be essential reading for any scholar withaninterestinthearchaeologyofthePacific. paul rainbird is a Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wales, Lampeter. He has conducted archaeological fieldwork in the Pacific islands, Australia and Europe. He co-editedInterrogating Pedagogies:ArchaeologyinHigherEducation(2001). cambridge world archaeology Serieseditor norman yoffee,UniversityofMichigan Editorialboard susan alcock,UniversityofMichigan tom dillehay,UniversityofKentucky stephen shennan,UniversityCollege,London carla sinopoli,UniversityofMichigan TheCambridgeWorldArchaeologyseriesisaddressedtostudentsandprofessional archaeologists,andtoacademicsinrelateddisciplines.Mostvolumespresentasur- veyofthearchaeologyofaregionoftheworld,providinganup-to-dateaccount ofresearchandintegratingrecentfindingswithnewconcernsofinterpretation. 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Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2004 isbn-13 978-0-511-21626-8 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-10 0-511-21626-2 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-13 978-0-521-65188-2 hardback isbn-10 0-521-65188-3 hardback isbn-13 978-0-521-65630-6 paperback isbn-10 0-521-65630-3 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Dedicated to the memory of my father, Ronald Gregory Rainbird (1931–2003), always a seafarer at heart CONTENTS Listoffigures page ix Prefaceandacknowledgements xi 1 Micronesian/macrofusion 1 2 Micronesians:thepeopleinhistoryandanthropology 13 3 Fluidboundaries:horizonsofthelocal,colonialand disciplinary 37 4 Settlingtheseascape:fusingislandsandpeople 70 5 Identifyingdifference:theMarianaIslands 101 6 Aseaofislands:Palau,YapandtheCarolinianatolls 134 7 ‘Howthepastspeakshere!’–theeasternCaroline Islands 168 8 Islandsandbeaches:theatollgroupsandoutliers 225 9 Thetropicalnorth-westPacificincontext 245 References 255 Index 293 FIGURES 1.1 MapofMicronesia. 3 1.2 Thegeographicrangeandhigh-ordersub-groupsof theAustronesianlanguagegroup. 10 2.1 AChuukesechieffromapaintingmadeduringthe Su¨dsee-Expedition. 24 3.1 Pohnpeifromthesea. 38 3.2 AntAtollfromthesea. 39 3.3 Representationoftheetakmethod. 54 3.4 Paintingofa‘flyingproa’. 55 3.5 ViewofAganac.1991. 60 4.1 MichikoIntoh’sfour-partmodelofthecolonizationof Micronesia. 77 4.2 EarlyceramictypesfromtheMarianaIslands. 84 4.3 TheSapotasite,Fefen(Fefan)Island,ChuukLagoon. 90 4.4 ArtefactsfromSapota,FefenIsland,ChuukLagoon. 91 5.1 MapoftheMarianaIslands. 102 5.2 MapofsouthernMarianaIslandswithsitelocations. 105 5.3 IntermediatePeriodDecoratedceramicsfromChalan Piao,Saipan. 108 5.4 LattestonesatLatteStoneParkinAgana,Guam. 111 5.5 PlanofSite5,Aguiguan. 114 5.6 PlanofthelattegroupatTachogn˜a,Tinian. 115 5.7 AsNieveslattestonequarry,Rota. 117 6.1 MapoftheCarolineIslands. 135 6.2 MapofthePalauArchipelago. 139 6.3 ThemonumentalterracesofImelikonBabeldaob Island. 140 6.4 ThebaiinthevillageofIrrai,BabeldaobIsland. 144 6.5 MapofYap. 154 6.6 AYapesefaluwormen’shouse,Balabat,YapProper. 156 6.7 Mapofparticipantsinthesaweisystem. 158 7.1 MapofChuukLagoon. 169 7.2 CoastaltransgressiononPolle,ChuukLagoon. 171 7.3 MountTonaachaw,MoenIsland,ChuukLagoon. 174
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