Ancient, Prehistoric and Early
People of Islands
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 The
countries and regions of the Caribbean
- from the About.com guide on Geography
The
countries and regions of Oceania
- from the About.com guide on Geography
Search
for => Pacific
Islands - Geography and Maps from the About.com guide.
island-
from Infoplease.com encyclopedia (Also, gives the largest islands on earth,
in descending order of size)
Large
Islands of the World - from Infoplease.com almanac
Aleutian
Islands - from Infoplease.com encyclopedia
Oceania
- from Infoplease.com encyclopedia
The
Federation States of Micronesia (FSM) - comprising of Chuuk, Kosrae,
Pohnpei and Yap. The FSM has a rich history dating back several thousand
years. The islands were originally settled by ancient people sailing east
from Asia and north from Polynesia. Study the geography, environment,
history, people, culture and government of FSM at this site. FSM
contains a number of significantly historic archaeological sites of worldwide
interest, most notably Nan Madol in Pohnpei and Lelu in Kosrae. Viewing
the photos in the Gallery requires the QuickTime plug-in, available for
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World
History Archives (Asia & Oceania) - Pro bono web
pages from
Hartford
Web Publishing. The World History Archives are collections of
documents for teaching and learning about world history from a working
class perspective. The presence of documents here does not imply an endorsement
of their content nor a warrant of their authenticity.
Pacific
Archaeology - The archaeology of the Pacific region is a major area
of specialisation within the Anthropology department at the University
of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. This site contains a terrific map
of the pacific, courses offered and current research projects. Under
the "Students" link, you may look at some of the online theses available
for download. The theses are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and will
require the freely available Adobe
Acrobat Reader. ~site contains excellent graphics and
is very easy to navigate once you realize the Webmasters design and desires.
Easter
Island Home Page - by David Y. Brookman - legends, history, archaeology,
petroglyphs and of course the giant rock statues called Moai. The
most complete site on the web today of resources about Easter Island.
The table of contents ( arranged by category ) of the Easter Island Home
Page can be found at the top of the Home Page or by clicking here.
Easter
Island (Rapa Nui and its moai) - presented by Discovery Channel Canada.
Aside from the eerie starkness of its landscape, there is one other aspect
of the island that sets it apart from any other place on Earth – its hundreds
of megalithic human-like statues that face inland from the shore.
Where did they come from and who built them?
Archaeology
in the Marquesas - Web page created by Eric West. Read
about the fieldwork and the continuing project. This work is to be
updated continually as new results are obtained.
Archaeology
in New Caledonia - Mike Carson. New Caledonia is an island in
the southwest Pacific.
Guam.
Star Ocean Navigation. E. Mau Micronesia
- Guam - island W Pacific in S Marianas belonging to U.S., capital Agana,
area 209 square miles (541 square kilometers), population 143,000.
Find the following near
the bottom of the page at this site:
> "Sacred Vessels Navigation" - Tradition of the Pacfic
> "The Star Cave of Guam" - (Eons ago, Guam's seafaring culture uniquely
practiced celestial navigation without compass, sextant, or charts.)
> "Marianas Sea Warriors"
> The Latte Stone Monoliths
> The Ancient People of Guam
> The Chamoru Pugua Betelnut
> Cecilia - Guam's Indigenous Poet
> Guam Culture Page
For those that have a further
interest in Guam, visit The
Official
Guam U.S.A. WebSite.At
this site is a link where you can view the film "Guam's
History in Songs" (RealPlayer required). The film lasts about
27 minutes. Very interesting! Also on this site is a link to
Guam's first Genealogy Database called "Familian
Chamorro Genealogy Database Index."
The
Latin America Studies Program - by Antonio de la Cova, Assistant Professor
of Latin American Studies at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Department
of Humanities and Social Sciences. There is some very good information
on Ancient Latin America Civilizations here. This is a very
large site and you can easily lose your place. We suggest that you
open the site links in a "new" browser. Antonio de la Cova has created
one of the best sites on the web for Latin America Studies. ~"Latin
America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking
countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America,
and the West Indies. The term Latin America is also used to include Puerto
Rico, the French West Indies, and other islands of the West Indies
where a Romance tongue is spoken. Occasionally the term is used to
include Belize, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname."
Taíno
Indians
- The Taino or Tainos are a subgroup of the Arawakan
Indians (a group of American Indians in northeastern South America), inhabited
the Greater Antilles (comprising Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola [Haiti and the
Dominican Republic], and Puerto Rico) in the Caribbean Sea at the time
when Christopher Columbus' arrived in the New World.
Native
Americans - peoples who are indigenous to the Americas. They
also have been known as American Indians. The name Indian was first applied
to them by Christopher Columbus, who believed mistakenly that the mainland
and islands of America were part of the Indies, in Asia. Nine
pages of great information about Native Americans.
"Native Americans," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Arawak
- a once-predominant group of Native Americans originally inhabiting an
area that stretched from present-day Florida down through the islands
of the West Indies and the coastal area of South America as far as southern
Brazil. ENCARTA'S BEST MATCH, ENCARTA SEARCH RESULTS and MSN SEARCH
RESULTS for the search term "Arawak". The
first Native Americans Columbus encountered were the Arawak-speaking Taíno
people of the islands of the Caribbean.
"Arawak," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Carib
- tribe of Native Americans of the Cariban linguistic stock, occupying
various regions of South and Central America. The Caribbean Sea
is named after them. The Carib, who probably originated in the valley of
the Orinoco River, were noted for their ferocity. ENCARTA'S BEST
MATCH, ENCARTA SEARCH RESULTS and MSN SEARCH RESULTS for the search term
"Carib".
"Carib," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. |
