392
Index
Carter, George, 109–110
Cavalli-Sforza, Luca, 20
Ceilings of sustainability, 195, 197
Central paradigm, 150, 372, 375
definition, 8
provides a context for interpreting evidence
for Spice Island contact with
America, 116
provides a diffusion route independent of
Eastern Polynesia, 105
Chambers, G., 367
Chains of migration, 365
Chatham Islands, 299, 381
history of isolation, 288
Chia, Stephen, 50
Chieftainess at Orokoroko, 165, 175, 212,
281–282, 360
Chinese junk, 141
Chinese traditional medical system
diffused from a Mayan hearth, 115
Christopher Columbus, 321
Chronological marker, 9, 323, 350
Chronology for Polynesian prehistory, 175
The chronology of Polynesian settlement of
Hawaii, 167
Chumash, 154
Chumashan and Gabrielino speakers, 105
Cinnamon Route, 11, 31, 60, 76, 79, 84,
151–152, 331
Climate-anchored chronology, 378
Climate-caused crop loss, 184
Climate-driven demography, 205, 212, 377,
380
Climate-driven palaeodemography of New
Zealand, 200
Climate-imposed isolation, 367
Climate-modulated expansions, 326
Climate-modulated maritime exploration and
colonization, 268
Cloves, 122
antiseptic, local anaesthetic, aphrodisiac,
59
loss of genetic diversity, 121
unique to the Spice Islands, 18, 55
Clusters of extreme El Ni˜ nos, 337
Coalescence, 367
Coalescence times, 5
Coastal erosion, 182
Cocaine, 136
Cold adaptation, 17
Houghton’s research, 6
Cold-resistance, 12, 33, 151
See also Cold adaptation
Comparison of Shang and Olmec cultures, 133
Computer simulation of voyaging routes, 181
Confidence intervals for point estimates of
rates of change, 232
Conflict over land and resources, 200
Consilience, 11–13, 175
definition, 13
of demographic evidence obtained by
independent methods, 255
of evidence, 254, 299, 375, 381
Consilient evidence, 175, 280, 282
Consilient historical and cultural evidence
can provide contexts for interpreting
genetic evidence, 115
A context of climate-driven demography, 239
Coriolis effect, 8, 64, 147, 331, 376
Correlation of long-distance oceanic
migrations with rare extreme
climate events, 378
Cosmas Indicopleustes, 76
Cosmogonic Tree, 23, 288, 299
Cosmogonic Vine, 298
Couper-Johnston, Ross, 198, 206, 327, 330
Creation myths, 299
of the Cosmogonic tree, 292, 298
diffusion and evolution, 12
of the Moriori, 293
Criteria for settlement sequence, 155
Cultural complex
cockfighting, 116
Cultural translocation, 128
Cuming, Hugh, 274
Current-based exploration strategy, 149
D
Dating the first migration to New Zealand, 347
Dating the Heke, 323
Davidson, Janet, 218, 224
The Day of Two Sunsets, 321
Deconstructionist histories, 304
De Deckker, P., 37
Demographic implausibility of a late first
settlement, 187
Demographic stress, 201
Demographic watershed, 304
Destruction of biota, 213
Deterioration in biota, 238
Different capacity of Chinese and Polynesian
watercraft, 134
Different demographic regime in the pa areas,
241
Differential rate of population decline, 246,
260
Index
Carter, George, 109–110
Cavalli-Sforza, Luca, 20
Ceilings of sustainability, 195, 197
Central paradigm, 150, 372, 375
definition, 8
provides a context for interpreting evidence
for Spice Island contact with
America, 116
provides a diffusion route independent of
Eastern Polynesia, 105
Chambers, G., 367
Chains of migration, 365
Chatham Islands, 299, 381
history of isolation, 288
Chia, Stephen, 50
Chieftainess at Orokoroko, 165, 175, 212,
281–282, 360
Chinese junk, 141
Chinese traditional medical system
diffused from a Mayan hearth, 115
Christopher Columbus, 321
Chronological marker, 9, 323, 350
Chronology for Polynesian prehistory, 175
The chronology of Polynesian settlement of
Hawaii, 167
Chumash, 154
Chumashan and Gabrielino speakers, 105
Cinnamon Route, 11, 31, 60, 76, 79, 84,
151–152, 331
Climate-anchored chronology, 378
Climate-caused crop loss, 184
Climate-driven demography, 205, 212, 377,
380
Climate-driven palaeodemography of New
Zealand, 200
Climate-imposed isolation, 367
Climate-modulated expansions, 326
Climate-modulated maritime exploration and
colonization, 268
Cloves, 122
antiseptic, local anaesthetic, aphrodisiac,
59
loss of genetic diversity, 121
unique to the Spice Islands, 18, 55
Clusters of extreme El Ni˜ nos, 337
Coalescence, 367
Coalescence times, 5
Coastal erosion, 182
Cocaine, 136
Cold adaptation, 17
Houghton’s research, 6
Cold-resistance, 12, 33, 151
See also Cold adaptation
Comparison of Shang and Olmec cultures, 133
Computer simulation of voyaging routes, 181
Confidence intervals for point estimates of
rates of change, 232
Conflict over land and resources, 200
Consilience, 11–13, 175
definition, 13
of demographic evidence obtained by
independent methods, 255
of evidence, 254, 299, 375, 381
Consilient evidence, 175, 280, 282
Consilient historical and cultural evidence
can provide contexts for interpreting
genetic evidence, 115
A context of climate-driven demography, 239
Coriolis effect, 8, 64, 147, 331, 376
Correlation of long-distance oceanic
migrations with rare extreme
climate events, 378
Cosmas Indicopleustes, 76
Cosmogonic Tree, 23, 288, 299
Cosmogonic Vine, 298
Couper-Johnston, Ross, 198, 206, 327, 330
Creation myths, 299
of the Cosmogonic tree, 292, 298
diffusion and evolution, 12
of the Moriori, 293
Criteria for settlement sequence, 155
Cultural complex
cockfighting, 116
Cultural translocation, 128
Cuming, Hugh, 274
Current-based exploration strategy, 149
D
Dating the first migration to New Zealand, 347
Dating the Heke, 323
Davidson, Janet, 218, 224
The Day of Two Sunsets, 321
Deconstructionist histories, 304
De Deckker, P., 37
Demographic implausibility of a late first
settlement, 187
Demographic stress, 201
Demographic watershed, 304
Destruction of biota, 213
Deterioration in biota, 238
Different capacity of Chinese and Polynesian
watercraft, 134
Different demographic regime in the pa areas,
241
Differential rate of population decline, 246,
260