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The global origins and development of seafaring
2010, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Distributed by Oxbow Books, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
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Table of Contents

pt. 1. Introduction
- The origins and development of seafaring : towards a global approach / Atholl Anderson
pt. 2. Inferences of early seafaring
Neptune's children : the evolution of human seafaring / Jon McVey Erlandson
Earliest coastal settlement, marine palaeoeconomies and human dispersal : the Africa-Arabia connection / Geoff Bailey
Pleistocene migration and colonization in the Indo-Pacific region / Sue O'Connor
Pleistocene Sahul and the origins of seafaring / James F. O'Connell, Jim Allen, Kristen Hawkes
Seafaring intensity and island-mainland interaction along the Pacific Coast of North America / Ben Fitzhugh, Dougles J. Kennett
The first Argonauts : towards the study of the earliest seafaring in the Mediterranean / Albert J. Ammerman
pt. 3. The development of boats and seafaring
The global origins of seagoing water transport / Seán McGrail
Aspects of the origin of Atlantic and Baltic seafaring / Ole Crumlin-Pedersen
pt. 4. Holocene circumstances and incentives of seafaring
Pacific voyaging and settlement : issues of biogeography and archaeology, canoe performance and computer simulation / Geoffrey Irwin
Prehistoric Pacific population movements / Robin G. Allaby [et.al.]
Seafaring and the development of cultural complexity in Northeast Asia : evidence from the Japanese archipelago / Junko Habu
Demographic imperatives for island colonists / William F. Keegan
Island colonization and trade in the Mediterranean / R. Helen Farr
The social and environmental context of Neolithic seafaring in the Persian Gulf / Robert A. Carter
A question of life and death? Seafaring and abandonment in the Mediterranean and Pacific Islands / Helen Dawson
Conceptual modelling of seafaring, climate and early European exploration and settlement of the North Atlantic islands / Andrew J. Dugmore [et.al.]
pt. 5. Sailing and society
The sea and the land : maritime connections in the chiefly landscape of Tonga / Geoffrey Clark
Evidence for the Austronesian voyages in the Indian Ocean / Roger Blench
"Ships a-sail from over the rim of the sea" : voyaging, sailing and the making of Mediterranean societies. c. 3500-800 BC / Cyprian Broodbank
Seafaring on the Atlantic seaboard / Barry Cunliffe
"Horses are strong at sea" : the liminal aspect of the maritime cultural landscape / Christer Westerdahl
Rounding up the usual suspects : causation and the Viking Age diaspora / James H. Barrett
pt. 6. Conclusion
Histories of global seafaring : a discussion / James H. Barrett, Atholl Anderson.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Cambridge, UK, Oakville, CT
Series
McDonald Institute monographs

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Library of Congress
D95 .G55 2010, VM16 .G56 2010

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Pagination
xiv, 330 p. :
Number of pages
330

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25088569M
ISBN 13
9781902937526
LCCN
2011381492
OCLC/WorldCat
491906301

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