The growth and collapse of Pacific island societies [electronic resource] : archaeological and demographic perspectives / Patrick V. Kirch and Jean-Louis Rallu, editors.
Contributor(s): Kirch, Patrick Vinton | Rallu, Jean-Louis | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, c2007Description: xvi, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Ethnology -- Oceania | Ethnology -- Hawaii | First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Oceania | First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Hawaii | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Oceania | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Hawaii | Oceania -- Population -- History | Hawaii -- Population -- History | Oceania -- Antiquities | Hawaii -- AntiquitiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.0995 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-373) and index.
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