ARKY 431 - Oceanic Prehistory - Winter 2008

The prehistory of New Guinea, Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Reviews the Southeast Asian origin of Oceanic cultures; the early peopling of New Guinea and Australia; the migration of people into the islands of the South Pacific and the development of Oceanic cultures to the end of the prehistoric period.
This course may not be repeated for credit.