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Papuan pasts : cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples

Authors:Andrew Pawley, Australian National University Pacific Linguistics

Summary:"An inter-disciplinary exploration of the history of humans in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands, which make up the biogeographic and cultural region that is coming to be known as Near Oceania, with particular reference to the people who speak Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages"--Back cover

Print Book, English, 2005

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Publisher: Pacific Linguistics, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2005

Series:

Pacific linguistics, 572

Genre:History

Physical Description:xxiii, 817 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

ISBN:

9780858835627, 0858835622

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:67292782

Subjects:

18.95 Papuan and Australian languages

Bismarckarchipel

Cultural anthropology

Folk literature

Langues papoues

Papous Histoire

Papous Mœurs et coutumes

Papua languages

Papuan languages

Papuans History

Papuans Social life and customs

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Contents:

Pt. I. Linguistics

Pt. II. Archaeology

Pt. III. Environment

Pt. IV. Human Biology