Archaeology of Pacific Oceania

7 A siege of ecological imperialism: Lapita invasions, 1100 through 800 B.C. -- Meaning of Lapita? -- Linguistic perspective -- Human biology and genetics -- Transported landscapes -- Lapita contemporaries -- References -- 8 The end of an era: adjusting to changing coastlines, 1100 through 500 B.C. -- Coastal morphologies and ecologies -- Shifting contexts in nature and society -- References -- 9 A broad-spectrum revolution? 500 B.C. through A.D. 100 -- Ecological zones in large and small islands -- Roles of fishing, foraging, and farming -- Sustainability, resilience, and collapse -- References -- 10 The atoll highway of Micronesia, A.D. 100 through 500 -- Early site contexts -- Inter-island connectivity -- Contributions of Micronesia in Pacific-wide voyaging -- References -- 11 Ethnogenesis and polygenesis, A.D. 500 through 1000 -- The dying art of pottery and other cultural transformations -- Changing house forms and settlement systems -- References -- 12 An A.D. 1000 event? Formalization of cultural expressions -- Monuments and monumental traditions -- Indexing and profiling monumentality -- Stonework villages -- Everlasting burials -- Religious complexes and components -- Linking lands and lineages -- Climate stability and instability -- References -- 13 Expansion and intensification, A.D. 1000 through 1800 -- Processes of expansion and intensification -- Expanding to the margins of Pacific Oceania -- Field systems -- Animal foods -- Interaction and exchange networks -- Population growth and climate change -- Making and re-making chiefdoms -- Warfare -- Inside and outside a globalized economy -- References -- 14 Living with the past: life, lore, and landscape in Pacific Oceania -- Overview of trends and patterns -- Long-term continuity and transformation -- Future directions of enhancing archaeological values -- References -- Index