Taking the High Ground

by Douglas J. Kennett and Atholl Anderson

This volume brings the remote and little known island of Rapa firmly to the forefront of Polynesian archaeology. Thirteen authors contribute 14 chapters, covering not only the basic archaeology of coastal sites, rock shelters, and fortifications, but faunal remains, agricultural development, and marine exploitation. The results, presented within a chronology framed by Bayesian analysis, are set against a background of ethnohistory and ethnology. Highly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 192214424X
• ISBN13: 9781922144249
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.7"