Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific, Volume I: The Southwest Pacific and Oceanian Regions, Maria Cruz Berrocal, Cheng-hwa Tsang

Автор: Baumer Christoph
Название: History of Central Asia
ISBN: 1788310497 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788310499
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: For more than a hundred years, Central Asia was the heartland of the mightiest military power on the planet.

Автор: Patrick Vinton Kirch, Clive Ruggles
Название: Heiau, ‘Aina, Lani: The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupo, Maui
ISBN: 0824878272 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824878276
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani is a collaborative study of 78 temple sites in the ancient moku of Kahikinui and Kaupō in southeastern Maui, undertaken using a novel approach that combines archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Although temple sites (heiau) were the primary focus of Hawaiian archaeologists in the earlier part of the twentieth century, they were later neglected as attention turned to the excavation of artifact-rich habitation sites and theoretical and methodological approaches focused more upon entire cultural landscapes. This book restores heiau to center stage. Its title, meaning “Temples, Land, and Sky,” reflects the integrated approach taken by Patrick Vinton Kirch and Clive Ruggles, based upon detailed mapping of the structures, precise determination of their orientations, and accurate dating. Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani is the outcome of a joint fieldwork project by the two authors, spanning more than fifteen years, in a remarkably well-preserved archaeological landscape containing precontact house sites, walls, and terraces for dryland cultivation, and including scores of heiau ranging from simple upright stones dedicated to Kāne, to massive platforms where the priests performed rites of human sacrifice to the war god Kū. Many of these heiau are newly discovered and reported for the first time in the book. The authors offer a fresh narrative based upon some provocative interpretations of the complex relationships between the Hawaiian temple system, the landscape, and the heavens (the “skyscape”). They demonstrate that renewed attention to heiau in the context of contemporary methodological and theoretical perspectives offers important new insights into ancient Hawaiian cosmology, ritual practices, ethnogeography, political organization, and the habitus of everyday life. Clearly, Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani repositions the study of heiau at the forefront of Hawaiian archaeology.

Автор: Maria Cruz Berrocal, Cheng-hwa Tsang
Название: Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific, Volume II: The Asia-Pacific Region
ISBN: 0813054761 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813054766
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: In the volume The Southwest Pacific and Oceanian Regions, case studies from Alofi, Vanuatu, the Marianas, Hawai‘i, Guam, and Taiwan compare the development of colonialism across different islands. Contributors discuss human settlement before the arrival of Dutch, French, British, and Spanish explorers, tracing major exchange routes that were active as early as the tenth century. They highlight rarely examined sixteenth- and seventeenth-century encounters between indigenous populations and Europeans and draw attention to how cross-cultural interaction impacted the local peoples of Oceania.The volume The Asia-Pacific Region looks at colonialism in the Philippines, China, Japan, and Vietnam, emphasizing the robust trans-regional networks that existed before European contact. Southeast Asia had long been influenced by Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim traders in ways that helped build the region’s ethnic and political divisions. Essays show the complexity and significance of maritime trade during European colonization by investigating galleon wrecks in Manila, Japan’s porcelain exports, and Spanish coins discovered off China’s coast. Packed with archaeological and historical evidence from both land and underwater sites, impressive in geographical scope, and featuring perspectives of scholars from many different countries and traditions, these volumes illuminate the often misunderstood nature of early colonialism in Asia-Pacific.

Автор: Julie S. Field, Michael W. Graves
Название: Abundance and Resilience: Farming and Foraging in Ancient Kaua`i
ISBN: 0824875141 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824875145
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Описание: At the base of a steep cliff towering some 500 feet above the coast of the remote Na Pali district on the island of Kaua`i, lies the spectacular historical and archaeological site at Nu`alolo Kai. The essays in this volume detail the work of archaeologists who have been compiling and studying the animal remains recovered from excavations at the site.