Archaeological Landscape Evolution

Mike T. Carson (Ph.D. inAnthropology, University of Hawaii, 2002) investigates archaeological andpalaeo-landscapes throughout the Asia-Pacific region.  He currently is Associate Professor ofArchaeology at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC),University of Guam, and he is co-editor of AsianPerspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific,published by University of Hawaii Press.

• Part one: Parameters ofstudy Chapter 1: Landscapeevolution as natural-cultural historyEvolution of an inhabitedlandscapeThe Marianas landscape as amodel systemStructure and content ofthis bookReferences Chapter 2: Globalapplicability of landscape evolutionCoastal ChinaCaliforniaHawaiian IslandsMariana IslandsReferences Chapter 3: Environmentalsetting and dynamicsGeological structureSea-level historyCoastal geomorphologySlope erosion-depositionpatternsSoil formationPlant and animal communitiesClimate and weatherWater sourcesReferences Chapter 4: Marianasarchaeology in local and regional perspectivesMarianas settlement inAsia-Pacific contextFoundations of ChamorroheritageReferences Chapter 5: Coordinating perspectivesof the pastHistorical perspectivesLinguisticsHuman biology and geneticsFaunal recordsBotanical recordsReferences Chapter 6: Range ofarchaeological material cultureArtefactsMiddenStructural featuresRock artCavesLandscapesReferences Part Two: Chronologicalsequence Chapter 7: Building anarchaeological chronologyUse of radiocarbon datingMarianas chronologicaloutlineReferences Chapter 8: 1500–1100 B.C.,initial settlementSite inventory and datingLandformsResource zonesMaterial cultureRegional contextReferences Chapter 9: 1100–700 B.C.,changing coastlinesSite inventory and datingLandformsResource zonesMaterial cultureRegional contextReferences Chapter 10: 700 B.C.–A.D. 1,broadened horizonsSite inventory and datingLandformsResource zonesMaterial cultureRegional contextReferences  Chapter 11: A.D. 1–500,temporary stabilitySite inventory and datingLandformsResource zonesMaterial cultureRegional contextReferences  Chapter 12: A.D. 500–1000,sustained use of coastal and inland zonesSite inventory and datingLandformsResource zonesMaterial cultureRegional contextReferences  Chapter 13: A.D. 1000–1700,a sea of islands and monumentsSite inventory and datingLandformsResource zonesMaterial cultureRegional contextReferences  Chapter 14: A.D.1700–Present, living with colonialism and globalisationSite inventory and datingLandformsResource zonesMaterial cultureRegional contextReferences  Part Three: Pursuingresearch questions Chapter 15: First inhabitingof a landscapeHuman migration into a newlandscapeInitial inhabiting of alandscapeOrigins of landscapeevolutionReferences Chapter 16: Long-termhuman-environment relationsGeology and landformsClimateSea level and coastalecologyWater sourcesPlant and animal populationsPatterns of residence andresource useMaterial cultureContinuity and changeReferences Chapter 17: Futuredirections