The Lapita Peoples: Basis in Mathematics and Physics

by Patrick Vinton Kirch

This is the first account of the Lapita peoples, the common ancestor of the Polynesians, Micronesians, and Austronesian-speaking Melanesians who over the last 4000 years colonized the islands of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577180364
• ISBN13: 9781577180364
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

comprehensive and scholarly

I found this book to be of great interest although it was a bit more scholarly than I expected. Given how little is known about that part of the world and the Oceanic peoples I found it to be full of interesting information.