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Unearthing the Polynesian Past: Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist
Kirch
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Description for Unearthing the Polynesian Past: Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKP; BM; HDD; HDW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 804.
Perhaps no scholar has done more to reveal the ancient history of Polynesia than noted archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch. For close to fifty years he explored the Pacific, as his work took him to more than two dozen islands spread across the ocean, from Mussau to Hawai'i to Easter Island. In this lively memoir, rich with personal—and often amusing—anecdotes, Kirch relates his many adventures while doing fieldwork on remote islands.
At the age of thirteen, Kirch was accepted as a summer intern by the eccentric Bishop Museum zoologist Yoshio Kondo and was soon participating in archaeological digs on ... Read more
Perhaps no scholar has done more to reveal the ancient history of Polynesia than noted archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch. For close to fifty years he explored the Pacific, as his work took him to more than two dozen islands spread across the ocean, from Mussau to Hawai'i to Easter Island. In this lively memoir, rich with personal—and often amusing—anecdotes, Kirch relates his many adventures while doing fieldwork on remote islands.
At the age of thirteen, Kirch was accepted as a summer intern by the eccentric Bishop Museum zoologist Yoshio Kondo and was soon participating in archaeological digs on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824853457
SKU
V9780824853457
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About Kirch
Patrick Vinton Kirch is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
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