Web Directory

» Ancient Seafarers
   From Archaeology, Southeast Asia and Australia give archaeologists some of the best evidence for ancient sea crossings.
   http://www.he.net/~archaeol/9703/etc/specialreport.html

» Eastern Polynesia
   Asian Perspectives 41(2). An introduction to the regions archaeology. [subscription required]
   http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.2kirch.pdf

» Melanesian Tribes vs. Polynesian Chiefdoms: Recent Archaeological Assessment of a Classic Model of Sociopolitical Types in Oceania
   Asian Perspectives 41(2). The late prehistoric period is crucial to the study of anthropology, as the Island Melanesia has provided the world with the "Big Man" archetype of society. It has led to an ethnographic oversimplification of Melanesia as having
   http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.2sand01.pdf

» New Radiocarbon Ages of Colonization Sites in East Polynesia
   Asian Perspectives 41(2). The archaeological chronology of initial human colonization in East Polynesia has relied substantially upon radiocarbon dating results from a small number of sites in the central region, notably Motu Paeao cemetery and Vaito'otia
   http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.2anderson.pdf

» Polynesian Archaeology
   Polynesian archaeology page of archaeologist Donald P. Ryan, including work with Thor Heyerdahl.
   http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/poly.html

» Rat DNA Helps Trace Pacific Migrations
   From MSNBC, pattern of ancient colonization was slower and more complex than thought.
   http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5160080/

» The Peter AhChing Theory on Polynesian Origins
   Genetics 2002 and PNAS 2000 Science article provide support for the Peter Ahching Theory based on Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Law as studied at University of Hawaii-Manoa.
   http://uh-manoa.tripod.com/

» Voyaging and Interaction in Ancient East Polynesia
   Asian Perespectives 41(2). The origins of East Polynesian culture are traced to a regional homeland that was centered on the Society Islands but which also included neighboring archipelagoes.
   http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v041/41.2rolett.pdf