Recently added articles from Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific:
Settlement patterns at Saqacengalj, a slate house settlement in Southern Taiwan.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION SETTLEMENT PATTERNS, at both the regional and site level, are not only the result of the strategies a group uses to be able to adapt to the environment (e.g., topographic features and natural resources), but are also shaped by the human relationships of social ...
Pre-contact arboriculture and vegetation in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia: charcoal identification and radiocarbon dates from Hatiheu Valley, Nuku Hiva.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION STUDIES INVESTIGATING HUMAN-INDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS on tropical islands have a long scientific history, with significant early momentum created by publication of Raymond Fosberg's (1965) conference volume entitled Man's Place in the Island Ecosystem. The ...
Flexibility and creativity in microblade core manufacture in southern Primorye, Far East Russia.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... IT IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MICROBLADE TECHNOLOGY appeared after the LGM (around 18,000-16,000 B.P.) and dispersed across most of East and Central Asia (including Mongolia, northeast China, Korea, Japan, and Far East Russia) and then into northwest America during the late Pleistocene ...
Editors' corner.(Editorial)
Mar 22, 2008 ... AS A FORUM FOR COMMUNICATION about research in Asia and the Pacific, Asian Perspectives serves a diverse and dynamic community of scholars. We aim to use this section of the journal for announcements of interest to the community, including upcoming conferences, job openings, information ...
Indo-Pacific migration and colonization--introduction.(Report)
Mar 22, 2008; ... ABSTRACT In this Introduction we comment on issues raised by the present collection of papers as they appear relevant in thinking about the settlement of the Indo-Pacific from the Pleistocene to the late Holocene. Successful maritime migration across this vast region was ...