文档介绍：ISLANDS IN TIME
ISLANDS IN TIME
Island sociogeography and
Mediterranean prehistory
Mark Patton
London and New York
First published 1996
by Routledge
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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.
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© 1996 Mark Patton
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CONTENTS
List of figures vii
List of tables ix
Acknowledgements x
1 ISLANDS IN TIME: AN INTRODUCTION 1
2 APPROACHES TO ISLAND ARCHAEOLOGY 19
3 THE COLONISATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS 35
4 INSULARITY AND HUMAN ECOLOGY 63
5 ELABORATION AND CONTINUITY IN MEDITERRANEAN
ISLAND PREHISTORY 88
WORKS OF INTERACTION IN MEDITERRANEAN
ISLAND PREHISTORY 139
7 ISLAND SOCIOGEOGRAPHY AND MEDITERRANEAN
PREHISTORY 179
Bibliography 191
Index 206
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For Amanda and Caj
FIGURES
Figure Distribution of the Mediterranean islands in terms of
size and distance from nearest mainland 3
Figure Map of the Mediterranean region, showing the major
islands and island groups 4
Figure A proximal-point map of the Solomon Islands and
New Ireland 23
Figure The Kula work of Melanesia 31
Figure Palaeogeography of the w