Ref ID:	22442
Ref Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Stantis, Christina Tayles, Nancy Kinaston, Rebecca L. Cameron, Claire Nunn, Patrick D. Richards, Michael P. Buckley, Hallie R.
Title:	Diet and subsistence in remote Oceania: an analysis using oral indicators of diet
Date:	2015
Source:	The Routledge handbook of bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
Place of Publication:	Oxon, UK New York
Publisher:	Routledge
Abstract:	Examining diet and subsistence patterns of prehistoric humans is especially important in Remote Oceania, where the generally ecologically sparse islands predicated the need for human-moderated colonizing adaptations in order for settlements to thrive. While Near Oceania (Figure 17.1) is home to numerous species of mammals, land birds, and terrestrial flora, there is a sharp decline in ecological biodiversity as one continues eastwards into Remote Oceania (Steadman 2006; Stoddart 1992). When Austronesian-speaking people arrived in Remote Oceania around 1,350 bce (Denham et al. 2012; Kirch 1997; Spriggs 1997), they brought with them a transplanted landscape of root vegetables, tree crops, and animal domesticates that were integral to the human subsistence systems (Kennett et al. 2006).
Date Created:	2/22/2016
Editors:	Oxenham, Marc Buckley, Hallie R.
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