Taking the high ground : the archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia / edited by Atholl Anderson and Douglas J. Kennett.

Archaeological research on Rapa Island, French Polynesia / Atholl Anderson, Douglas J. Kennett and Eric Conte -- 'Dwelling carelessly, quiet and secure': a brief ethnohistory of Rapa Island, French Polynesia, AD 1791-1840 / Atholl Anderson -- Archaeology of the coastal sites on Rapa Island / Atholl Anderson -- The archaeobotany of Rapan rockshelter deposits / Matiu Prebble and Atholl Anderson -- Cordage from Rapan archaeological sites / Judith Cameron -- Bird, reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island / Alan J. D. Tennyson and Atholl Anderson -- Prehistoric fishing on Rapa Island / Yolanda Vogel and Atholl Anderson -- The Tangarutu invertebrate fauna / Katherine Szabó and Atholl Anderson -- Marine resource exploitation on Rapa Island: archaeology, material culture and ethnography / Katherine Szabó, Yolanda Vogel and Atholl Anderson -- Palaeobotany and the early development of agriculture on Rapa Island / Matiu Prebble and Atholl Anderson -- A Bayesian AMS ¹⁴C chronology for the colonisation and fortification of Rapa Island / Douglas J. Kennett, Brendan J. Culleton, Atholl Anderson and John Southon -- The archaeology of Rapan fortifications / Douglas J. Kennett and Sarah B. McClure -- Rapan agroecology and population estimates / Jacob Bartruff, Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce Winterhalder -- The prehistory of Rapa Island / Atholl Anderson, Douglas J. Kennett and Eric Conte -- Appendices.

Includes bibliographical references.