Archaeological Landscape Evolution: The Mariana Islands in the Asia-Pacific Region

Part one: Parameters ofstudy

Chapter 1: Landscapeevolution as natural-cultural history

Evolution of an inhabitedlandscape

The Marianas landscape as amodel system

Structure and content ofthis book

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Chapter 2: Globalapplicability of landscape evolution

Coastal China

California

Hawaiian Islands

Mariana Islands

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Chapter 3: Environmentalsetting and dynamics

Geological structure

Sea-level history

Coastal geomorphology

Slope erosion-depositionpatterns

Soil formation

Plant and animal communities

Climate and weather

Water sources

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Chapter 4: Marianasarchaeology in local and regional perspectives

Marianas settlement inAsia-Pacific context

Foundations of Chamorroheritage

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Chapter 5: Coordinating perspectivesof the past

Historical perspectives

Linguistics

Human biology and genetics

Faunal records

Botanical records

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Chapter 6: Range ofarchaeological material culture

Artefacts

Midden

Structural features

Rock art

Caves

Landscapes

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Part Two: Chronologicalsequence

Chapter 7: Building anarchaeological chronology

Use of radiocarbon dating

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Chapter 8: 1500-1100 B.C.,initial settlement

Site inventory and dating

Landforms

Resource zones

Material culture

Regional context

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Chapter 9: 1100-700 B.C.,changing coastlines

Site inventory and dating

Landforms

Resource zones

Regional context

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Chapter 10: 700 B.C.-A.D. 1,broadened horizons

Site inventory and dating

Landforms

Resource zones

Material culture

Regional context

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Chapter 11: A.D. 1-500,temporary stability

Site inventory and dating

Landforms

Resource zones

Regional context

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Chapter 12: A.D. 500-1000,sustained use of coastal and inland zones

Site inventory and dating

Landforms

Resource zones

Material culture

Regional context

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Chapter 13: A.D. 1000-1700,a sea of islands and monuments

Site inventory and dating

Landforms

Resource zones

Material culture

Regional context

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Chapter 14: A.D.1700-Present, living with colonialism and globalisation

Site inventory and dating

Landforms

Resource zones

Material culture

Regional context

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Part Three: Pursuingresearch questions

Chapter 15: First inhabitingof a landscape

Human migration into a newlandscape

Initial inhabiting of alandscape

Origins of landscapeevolution

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Chapter 16: Long-termhuman-environment relations

Geology and landforms

Climate

Sea level and coastalecology

Water sources

Plant and animal populations

Patterns of residence andresource use

Material culture

Continuity and change

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Chapter 17: Futuredirections