Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume I
- Frontispiece
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Preface to Volume I
- Part I Rethinking the Pacific
- Part II Humans and the Natural World in the Pacific Ocean
- Part III Deep Time: Sources for the Ancient History of the Pacific
- 10 Biological Anthropology and Genetics in Pacific History
- 11 The Word as Artefact
- 12 Oral Traditions in Pacific History
- 13 The Evolution of Pacific Island Societies
- 14 Ancient Voyaging Capacity in the Pacific
- 15 Revitalizing ‘Traditional’ Navigation Systems in the Contemporary Pacific
- Part IV The Initial Colonization of the Pacific
- Part V The Evolution of Pacific Communities
- Part VI Europe’s Maritime Expansion into the Pacific
- References to Volume I
- Index
11 - The Word as Artefact
What Linguistics Can and Cannot Tell Us about the Prehistory of the Pacific
from Part III - Deep Time: Sources for the Ancient History of the Pacific
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume I
- Frontispiece
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Preface to Volume I
- Part I Rethinking the Pacific
- Part II Humans and the Natural World in the Pacific Ocean
- Part III Deep Time: Sources for the Ancient History of the Pacific
- 10 Biological Anthropology and Genetics in Pacific History
- 11 The Word as Artefact
- 12 Oral Traditions in Pacific History
- 13 The Evolution of Pacific Island Societies
- 14 Ancient Voyaging Capacity in the Pacific
- 15 Revitalizing ‘Traditional’ Navigation Systems in the Contemporary Pacific
- Part IV The Initial Colonization of the Pacific
- Part V The Evolution of Pacific Communities
- Part VI Europe’s Maritime Expansion into the Pacific
- References to Volume I
- Index
Summary
The purpose of this chapter is to explain and exemplify, particularly for the benefit of non-linguists, what linguistics can and cannot contribute to the study of prehistory in the Pacific.1
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- The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean , pp. 246 - 275Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023