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This volume details how new theories and methods have recently advanced the archaeological study of initial human colonization of islands around the world, including in the southwest Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. This global perspective brings into comparison the wide variety of approaches used to study these early migrations and illuminates current debates in island archaeology.Evidence of island colonization is often difficult to find, especially in areas impacted by sea level rise, and these essays demonstrate how researchers have tackled this and other issues. Contributors show the potential of computer simulations of voyaging in determining the range of timing and origin points that were possible in the past. They discuss how Bayesian modeling helps address uncertainties and controversies surrounding radiocarbon dating. Additionally, advances in biomolecular techniques such as ancient DNA (aDNA), paleoproteomics, analysis of human microbiota, and improved resolution in isotopic analyses are providing more refined information on the homelands of initial settlers, on individual life courses, and on population-level migrations.
Islands offer rich opportunities to examine the exploratory nature of the human species, providing insights into the evolution of watercraft technologies and wayfinding, the impact of humans on their new environments, and the motivations for their journeys. The Archaeology of Island Colonization represents the innovative ways today's archaeologists are reconstructing these unique paleolandscapes.
Contents
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
1. Introduction: The Archaeology of Island Colonization
Matthew F. Napolitano, Jessica H. Stone, and Robert J. DiNapoli
I. Theoretical Approaches
2. Using Ecology and Evolution to Explain Archaeological Migration Signatures in the Southwest Pacific
Ethan E. Cochrane
3. Temporal Systematics: The Colonization of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the Conceptualization of Time
Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt, Robert J. DiNapoli
4. The Paleolithic Exploration of the Greek Islands and Middle Pleistocene Hominin Dispersals: The Case for Behavioral Variability over Behavioral Modernity
Curtis Runnels
II. Methodological Approaches
5. Above and Below the Waves: Advances in the Search for a Late Pleistocene Colonization of California's Islands
Amy E. Gusick, Todd J. Braje, Jon M. Erlandson, Jillian Maloney, and David Ball
6. Multi-disciplinary Chronological Data from Iceland indicate a Viking Age Settlement Flood, rather than a Flow or Trickle
Magdalena M.E. Schmid, Andrew J. Dugmore, Anthony J. Newton, Orri Vésteinsson
7. Improving Dating Accuracy and Precision for Mid-Late Holocene Island Colonization
Timothy M. Rieth and Derek Hamilton
8. Stepping Stones and Genomes: Using Ancient DNA to Reconstruct Island Colonization
Jessica H. Stone and Maria A. Nieves-Colón
III. Regional Case Studies
9. What is the Most Parsimonious Explanation for Where Pre-Columbian Caribbean Peoples Originated?
Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Matthew F. Napolitano, and Jessica H. Stone
10. The Colonization and Early Prehistory of the Mediterranean Islands
Thomas P. Leppard, Alexander J. Smith, and John F. Cherry
11. Human Migration From Wallacea to Oceania and the Development of Maritime Networks During the Neolithic to Early Metal Age
Rintaro Ono, Harry Octavianus Sofian, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Sriwigati, and Nasullah Aziz
12. The Strategic Location of the Maldives in Indian Ocean Maritime Trade and Colonization
Richard Callaghan
13. Conclusion
Jon M. Erlandson
List of Contributors
Index
