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Petrography of sand tempers in Pacific islands potsherds

1979; Geological Society of America; Volume: 90; Issue: 11_Part_II Linguagem: Inglês

10.1130/gsab-p2-90-1644

1943-2674

William R. Dickinson, Richard Shutler,

Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Research Article| November 01, 1979 Petrography of sand tempers in Pacific islands potsherds William R. Dickinson; William R. Dickinson 1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Richard Shutler, Jr. Richard Shutler, Jr. 2Anthropology Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information William R. Dickinson 1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Richard Shutler, Jr. 2Anthropology Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 20 Apr 1979 Revision Received: 20 Jun 1979 Accepted: 27 Jun 1979 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 © 1979 The Geological Society of America, Inc. GSA Bulletin (1979) 90 (11_Part_II): 1644–1701. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-P2-90-1644 Article history Received: 20 Apr 1979 Revision Received: 20 Jun 1979 Accepted: 27 Jun 1979 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation William R. Dickinson, Richard Shutler; Petrography of sand tempers in Pacific islands potsherds. GSA Bulletin 1979;; 90 (11_Part_II): 1644–1701. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-P2-90-1644 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract The story of the peopling of the Pacific islands is one of the grand themes of human history (Suggs, 1960; Shutler and Shutler, 1975). The voyagers who first settled them lacked chronometers with which to reckon longitude, and they were ignorant of metalworking or the various companion technologies that supported the efforts of European explorers during the past few centuries. Yet those courageous islanders made their way somehow to a myriad of tiny flecks of land strewn across a vast ocean covering nearly half the surface of the Earth. By 25,000 yr ago, some of them had occupied New Guinea, the most distant of the large Indonesian islands that reach out like stepping stones from the mainland of southeast Asia toward the heart of the Pacific. Nearby Melanesia, adjacent parts of western Polynesia, and segments of Micronesia closest to the Philippines were evidently settled by 3,000 to 4,000 yr ago. Eastern Polynesia, including Hawaii and New Zealand, and the remainder of Micronesia were mostly settled from 2,000 to 1,000 yr ago, although some isolated bits of rock and coral may not have been occupied until even later.The actual courses of human migration into and through the various island groups are still poorly known. There are no wagon roads upon the sea, which retains no record of the passage of a boat from launch point to landfall. Consequently, all knowledge of the movements of prehistoric voyagers is inferential. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.