On the Road of the Winds

Description

"On the Road of the Winds synthesizes the grand sweep of history in the Pacific Islands, beginning with the movement of early people out from Asia more than 40,000 years ago, and tracing the development of myriad indigenous cultures up to the time of European contact in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.". "In particular Kirch focuses on human ecology and island adaptations, on the complexities of island trading and exchange systems, own voyaging technology and skills, and on the development of intensive economic systems linked to the growth of large populations. He also draws on his own original field research conducted on many islands ranging from the Solomons to Hawai'i as he takes us on an intellectual voyage into the Oceanic past."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Pacific islanders have always promulgated their own indigenous forms of history, encoded in oral traditions passed from generation to generation.

Excerpt

Pacific islanders have always promulgated their own indigenous forms of history, encoded in oral traditions passed from generation to generation.

Subjects

Other Editions

• On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European ContactHardcoverUniversity of California Press2000-05-24
• On the Road of the WindsPaperbackUniversity of California Press2002-03-15