Irwin geoffrey (22 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. pages 335-492. articles: Female pollution in Polynesia. by F. A. Hanson, p 335-382; Written on the ground: spatial symbolism, cultural categories and historical process in New Caledonia, by B. Douglas, p 383-416; Samo initiation: its context and meaning, by R. D. Shaw, p 417-434; William Charles Lunalilo's ''Alekoki' as an example of cultural synthesis in 19th century Hawaiian literature, by J. Charlot, p 435-444; Fused glyphs in the Easter Island script, by J. B. M. Guy, p 445-448; A short note on the mythology of Yali, by N. McDowell, p 449-452. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. pages 181-328, iillustrations. articles: Tongan exchange structures: beyond descent and alliance, by A. Biersack, p 181-212; Growth and development of folk botanical life-forms in Polynesian languages, by C. H. Brown, p 213-244; A revision of the Anuta sequence, by P. V. Kirch, p 245-254; Correspondence: women's roles in Tikopia, by R. Firth, p 255-256.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1992. South Pacific, Oceania. Cambridge University Pres. Very good - ner fine green boards, good+ dust jacket 240p. 10/25.

Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. pages 181-328, iillustrations. articles: Tongan exchange structures: beyond descent and alliance, by A. Biersack, p 181-212; Growth and development of folk botanical life-forms in Polynesian languages, by C. H. Brown, p 213-244; A revision of the Anuta sequence, by P. V. Kirch, p 245-254; Correspondence: women's roles in Tikopia, by R. Firth, p 255-256.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [modest wear to extremities, some soiling to edges of text block, spine slightly turned; binding solid, internally quite clean]. (pen and ink drawings, one map) Something of an adventure-novelization of incidents presented by Stefansson in his 1913 book "My Life with the Eskimo." Stefansson, a U.S.-based, Canadian-born anthropologist of Icelandic extraction, eventually became a somewhat controversial figure, but in earlier times (in particular between 1906 and 1912) was responsible for leading important explorations of the Canadian Arctic region, and gained a lot of attention for his observations and writings about the life and culture of the Copper Inuit, the so-called "blond Eskimos". Illustrated by Geoffrey Grier (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp.xx+262. 29.5cm. Black and white photographic illustrations. Numerous figures and tables. Location map. Bibliography. Soft covers with edge wear. Please NOTE: This volume is 'perfect bound', the glue has failed and the pages are loose. However all pages are present.…

vii+240pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations and maps. First edition.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Cover worn.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Cover worn.

Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 260 S. kaum Gebrauchsspuren, innen sauber und ordentlich Q110 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 700.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. A very clean copy. This detailed archaeological study examines Kohika, a Maori lake village occupied around the late seventeenth century on the Rangitaiki Plains in the Bay of Plenty. Remarkably preserved in wetland conditions after the settlement was abandoned following flooding, excavations revealed houses, carved wood, fibrework, tools, food remains and other artefacts. Contributions from specialists reconstruct the inhabitants' diet, domestic life, hunting, trade, craftsmanship and social organisation. The discoveries, including evidence of a chiefly household and an exceptionally early carved house, provide an unusually detailed picture of Maori community life before European contact.…

Zustand: New. A reassessment of the settlement of the Pacific, one of the most remarkable episodes in human prehistory. Num Pages: 260 pages, 83 b/w illus. 22 tables. BIC Classification: HBJQ; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 247 x 14. Weight in Grams: 486. . 2008. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. An Ex-Library Hardback with dust jacket, officially withdrawn, usual library stamps and markings. Published 1992 by Cambridge University Press. DJ very lightly sunned and a little shelf wear to bottom edge of boards otherwise a good, very clean, sound copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 34A*.…

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996. VII+240 pages. Orig. soft cover. Name on halftitle page. Very good+.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The exploration and colonisation of the Pacific is a remarkable episode of human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no prior knowledge of Pacific geography, no documents to record their route, no metal, no instruments for measuring time and none for exploration. Forty years of modern archaeology, experimental voyages in rafts, and computer simulations of voyages have produced an enormous range of literature on this controversial and mysterious subject. This book represents a major advance in knowledge of the settlement of the Pacific by suggesting that exploration was rapid and purposeful, undertaken systematically, and that navigation methods progressively improved. Using an innovative model to establish a detailed theory of navigation, Geoffrey Irwin claims that rather than sailing randomly downwind in search of the unknown, Pacific Islanders expanded settlement by the cautious strategy of exploring upwind, so as to ease their safe return. The author has tested this hypothesis against the chronological data from archaeological investigation, with a computer simulation of demographic and exploration patterns and by sailing throughout the region himself.…

262 pages, illustrated in black & white. Very good used condition with clean pages. Paperback 30 x 21cms. ISBN: 9780867847574. Comprehensive study of Mailu culture based on archaeological material from the National Musem and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, with a focus on pottery and ceramics. Text in English.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Canberra, Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1985. Quarto, xx, 262 pages with a map, 8 pages of illustrations, 68 tables and 136 figures and diagrams. Pictorial card covers; extremities slightly sunned and rubbed; an excellent copy. Number 10 in the Terra Australis series.…

4to Paperback. Condition vg. B/W photos & illus. Part of the Terra Australis series No. 10. A monograph study of a large community of specialist potters, makers of shell valuables, & sea-going traders on Mailu Island. xx, 262pp. ISBN 0867847573. 70682.