Stepping-Stones or Barrier: The Movement and Impact of People throughout the Far Eastern Pacific Islands.

踏脚石或障碍：整个远东太平洋岛屿的人们的流动和影响。

• 批准号: DP0449560
• 负责人: Prof Simon Haberle
• 金额: $ 21.79万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0449560
• 关键词: Stepping; Stones; Barrier; Movement; Impact

The vast ocean of the far eastern Pacific divides two great migratory peoples, the Amerindians and Polynesians. Whether or not members of either group overcame this barrier remains one of the greatest uncertainties in Pacific prehistory. We focus on the remote islands of the far eastern Pacific Ocean and combine fine-resolution archaeology, palaeoecology, and dating techniques to determine the antiquity and nature of occupation on these islands. Their role as stepping-stones for human migration and material exchange will be determined and the notion of these islands as pristine and unspoilt at the time of European discovery will be challenged.

遥远的太平洋东部广阔的海洋分隔了两大迁徙民族，美洲印第安人和波利尼西亚人。这两个群体的成员是否克服了这一障碍，仍然是太平洋史前历史上最大的不确定性之一。我们专注于太平洋远东的偏远岛屿，并结合精细考古学，古生态学和年代测定技术来确定这些岛屿上的古代和职业性质。它们作为人类迁徙和物质交换的垫脚石的作用将被确定，这些岛屿在欧洲人发现时是原始和未受破坏的概念将受到挑战。