{"product_id":"9783319810317","title":"Archaeological Landscape Evolution : The Mariana Islands in the Asia-Pacific Region","description":"\u003cp\u003eLandscapes have been fundamentalto the human experience world-wide and throughout time, yet how did we as humanbeings evolve or co-evolve with our landscapes? By answering this question, we can understand our place in the complex,ever-changing world that we inhabit.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThisbook guides readers on a journey through the concurrent processes of change inan integrated natural-cultural history of a landscape.  While outlining the general principles forglobal application, a richly illustrated case is offered through the MarianaIslands in the northwest tropical Pacific and furthermore situated in a largerAsia-Pacific context for a full comprehension of landscape evolution atvariable scales.  The author examines whathappened during the first time when human beings encountered the world's RemoteOceanic environment in the Mariana Islands about 3500 years ago, followed by acontinuous sequence of changing sea level, climate, water resources, forestcomposition, human population growth, and social dynamics.  This book provides a high-resolution andlong-term view of the complexities of landscape evolution that affect all of ustoday.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart one: Parameters ofstudy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Landscapeevolution as natural-cultural history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvolution of an inhabitedlandscape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marianas landscape as amodel system\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructure and content ofthis book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Globalapplicability of landscape evolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoastal China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawaiian Islands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMariana Islands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Environmentalsetting and dynamics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeological structure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSea-level history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoastal geomorphology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlope erosion-depositionpatterns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoil formation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant and animal communities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate and weather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Marianasarchaeology in local and regional perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarianas settlement inAsia-Pacific context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoundations of Chamorroheritage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Coordinating perspectivesof the past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorical perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinguistics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman biology and genetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaunal records\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBotanical records\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Range ofarchaeological material culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtefacts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMidden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructural features\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRock art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandscapes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Chronologicalsequence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Building anarchaeological chronology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse of radiocarbon dating\u003c\/p\u003eMarianas chronologicaloutline\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: 1500-1100 B.C.,initial settlement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite inventory and dating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResource zones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaterial culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: 1100-700 B.C.,changing coastlines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite inventory and dating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResource zones\u003c\/p\u003eMaterial culture\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: 700 B.C.-A.D. 1,broadened horizons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite inventory and dating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResource zones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaterial culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: A.D. 1-500,temporary stability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite inventory and dating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResource zones\u003c\/p\u003eMaterial culture\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: A.D. 500-1000,sustained use of coastal and inland zones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite inventory and dating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResource zones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaterial culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: A.D. 1000-1700,a sea of islands and monuments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite inventory and dating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResource zones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaterial culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: A.D.1700-Present, living with colonialism and globalisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite inventory and dating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResource zones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaterial culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Pursuingresearch questions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: First inhabitingof a landscape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman migration into a newlandscape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitial inhabiting of alandscape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrigins of landscapeevolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Long-termhuman-environment relations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeology and landforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSea level and coastalecology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant and animal populations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatterns of residence andresource use\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaterial culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuity and change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Futuredirections\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMike T. Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D. inAnthropology, University of Hawaii, 2002) investigates archaeological andpalaeo-landscapes throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He currently is Associate Professor ofArchaeology at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC),University of Guam, and he is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAsianPerspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e,published by University of Hawaii Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45543776256079,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1925.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9783319810317","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}