World Islands in Prehistory: International Insular Investigations. V Deia International Conference of Prehistory

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These 50 papers form the fifth in the series of thematic Deia (Majorca) International conferences of Prehistory, dedicated to bringing Balearic Prehistoric investigation and research out of insular and regional contexts and into the mainstream of Continental European prehistory. The thematic nature of these volumes has ranged from early settlement in this sector of the western Mediterranean (1st Deia Conference) to questions regarding the definition and understanding of the Bell Beaker Culture in the Western Mediterranean (2nd Deia-Oxford Conference), to the question and problems of archaeological techniques, technology, and theory in prehistory (3rd Deia Conference) and the subject of ritual, rites and religion in prehistory (4th Deia Conference). This volume represents the 5th Deia Conference, with its theme of status and state of world islands in prehistory. Although primarily concerned with the prehistoric Mediterranean as a whole, the 50 papers include references to wider contexts, Fiji, Easter Island, and Denmark. Blank Page 198-206.pdf Pages from 9781841714738.t Pages from 9781841714738.t-2 Front Cover Title Page Copyright FOREWORD Dedication OPENING ADDRESS LAS HUELLAS HUMANAS SEGÚN UNA TEORÍA DE RAMON LLULL TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. CONCEPTIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN: ISLANDS OF THE MIND 2. ROCKS AND ITINERARIES: SEA AND LAND PERSPECTIVES ON AN AEGEAN ISLAND 3. CONSTRUCTING HYPOTHETICAL SYSTEMS OF EXCHANGE: DOING KULA IN THE DANISH MESOLITHIC 4. EARLY HUMAN IMPACTS IN MADAGASCAR 5. IMAGINING ISLANDS 6. INNOVATION, CONTINUITY AND INSULAR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ISLE OF MAN 7. ISLAND ARCHAEOLOGY AND ISSUES OF POLITICAL CENTRALIZATION: MICRONESIAN EVIDENCE 8. NEW COALS ON OLD FIRES: THE QUESTION OF EARLY BALEARIC ISLAND SETTLEMENT 9. PACIFIC PREHISTORY: AN EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL EVOLUTION FROM THE ISLAND OF CIKOBIA (MACUATA, FIJI) 10. AKANTHOU-ARKOSYKO (TATLıSU-ÇIFTLIKDÜZÜ): THE ANATOLIAN CONNECTIONS IN THE 9TH MILLENIUM BC 11. “THE ISLAND FACTOR”: INSULARITY AS A VARIABLE IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF HUNTER-GATHERERS 12. SOCIAL AND IDEOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS DURING LATER PREHISTORY 13. ISLANDS OF INDIFFERENCE 14. THE INSULARITY OF MALTA 15. THE ROLE OF RETURN MIGRANTS AND URBAN MIGRANTS ASSOCIATIONS IN THE REVIVAL AND REINVENTION OF GREEK ISLAND TRADITION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE CYCLADES 16. LINKS IN THE CHAIN: EVIDENCE OF SUSTAINED PREHISTORIC CONTACT AND CULTURAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS AND CONTINENTAL EUROPE 17. NEGOTIATING ISLAND IDENTITIES: CERAMIC PRODUCTION IN THE CYCLADES DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATE BRONZE AGE 18. STABLE ISOTOPES (13C AND 15N) AND DIET: ANIMAL AND HUMAN BONE COLLAGEN FROM PREHISTORIC SITES ON MALLORCA, MENORCA AND FORMENTERA (BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN) 19. PUTTING MEAT ON THE BONE: AN INVESTIGATION INTO PALAEODIET IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS USING CARBON AND NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS 20. NEW CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF THE NEOLITHIC SEA/LANDSCAPE AND HUMAN INTERACTION ON THE AEOLIAN ISLANDS (SICILY, ITALY) 21. ISLAND NEOLITHICS: ANIMAL EXPLOITATION IN THE ACERAMIC NEOLITHIC OF CYPRUS 22. EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERATION ON EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI) FROM THE MOAI ERA TO THE MODERN ERA, AD 1000-2000 23. SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ON CYPRUS IN THE PREHISTORIC PRODUCTION OF METALS: KISSONERGA AND A POSSIBLE STARTING POINT FOR A NEW RELIGION 24. INTERPRETING DISTANCE AND DIFFERENCE: INTER-CULTURAL CONTACTS, SYMBOLIC MEANINGS, AND THE CHARACTER OF THE CYCLADIC "EXPANSION" IN THE AEGEAN DURING THE EARLY BRONZE AGE 25. SAFFRON CROCUS DOMESTICATION IN BRONZE AGE CRETE 26. ECONOMIC STRATEGIES AND LIMITED RESOURCES IN THE BALEARIC INSULAR ECOSYSTEM: THE MYTH OF AN INDIGENOUS ANIMAL FARMING SOCIETY IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BC. 27. LANDSCAPE AND MANAGEMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS DURING THE II-I MILLENNIUM BCE 28. A CASE HISTORY: EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT ANIMAL, WATER AND LAND MANAGEMENT, EXPLOITATION AND DEPLETION, SON OLEZA CHALCOLITHIC OLD SETTLEMENT, VALLEDEMOSSA, MALLORCA, BALEARES, SPAIN 29. SOURCES OF WATER ANCIENT AND MODERN: LINKING ARCHAEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY IN SOUTH-WEST VITI LEVU, FIJI 30. L'ARCHIPEL DE MOLÈNE (FINISTÈRE, FRANCE) MISE AU POINT D'UN INVENTAIRE DES SITES PRÉHISTORIQUES 31. LA COLONIZACIÓN DEL ARCHIPÉLAGO CANARIO: UN PROCESO MEDITERRÁNEO? 32. EL CONTROL DEL TERRITORIO DURANTE LA EDAD DEL BRONCE EN EL ÁREA DE DORGALI (NUORO, CERDEÑA) 33. DECORACIÓN, REPRESENTACIONES FIGURADAS Y ÁREAS RITUALES EN LA PREHISTORIA RECIENTE SARDA: ACUMULACIÓN, CONTROL DEL TERRITORIO Y JERARQUIZACIÓN 34. MAJOR PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN BIODIVERSITY: TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY ON ISLANDS EXPLAINED IN TERMS OF SYMPATRIC SPECIATION 35. THE ROLE OF ISLANDS IN PUSHING THE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTION ENVELOPE: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE CYPRIOT PYGMY HIPPOS 36. THE WRANGEL DWARF MAMMOTHS WERE NO ISLAND ENDEMICS 37. A LIFE HISTORY AND CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTION TO THE EVOLUTION AND EXTINCTION OF INSULAR DWARFS: A CYPRIOT EXPERIENCE 38. PLEISTOCENE FAUNAS OF SICILY: A REVIEW 39. VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES OF THE CENTRAL-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS DURING THE PLIOCENE AND QUATERNARY: REFLECTING ON EXTINCTION EVENTS 40. THE STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE OF GONNESA (SW SARDINIA): PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL, PALAEONTOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 41. S. MARIA IS ACQUAS, A NEW PRE-NEOLITHIC SITE: SOUTH-WESTERN SARDINIA 42. LOWER PALAEOLITHIC IN SARDINIA 43. THE ANIMALS OF PREHISTORIC CYPRUS 44. LOS GRUPOS DOMESTICOS EN LA PREHISTORIA DE MALLORCA. EL EDIFICIO ALFA DEL PUIG MORTER (SINEU, MALLORCA) Y LAS PRACTICAS SOCIALES DEL HORIZONTE DE SON FERRAGUT (c. 750/700 -525/475 cal ANE). 45. BALANCE Y NUEVAS PERSPECTIVAS EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN PREHISTÓRICA DE LAS ISLAS PITIUSAS 46. BINIPARRATX PETIT (SANT LLUÍS): A RESEARCH AND RE-EVALUATION PROJECT IN THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLAND OF MINORCA 47. ANÁLISIS COMPARATIVO DEL PATRÓN DE ASENTAMIENTO DE LA CULTURA BALEÁRICA 48. AEGEAN ISLAND CAVES: DIACHRONIC CULT PLACES 49. INSULARITY AND IDENTITY IN PREHISTORIC CYPRUS 50. INDICATIONS OF A POSSIBLE ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATION OF AN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE IN THE PREHISTORIC SANCTUARY OF SON MAS, MALLORCA