The Settlement of Polynesia: A Computer Simulation

Ward, Gerard; Webb, John W.; Levison, Michael R.

ISBN 10: 0816606617 / ISBN 13: 9780816606610

Published by The University of Minnesota Press, 1973

About this Item

137 pages, a very good ex-library hardback (well bound and clean), publisher's cream cloth with black lettering to spine and an illustrated front cover [0816606617].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Settlement of Polynesia: A Computer Simulation
• Publisher: The University of Minnesota Press
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816606617
• ISBN 13: 9780816606610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • MISCELLANEOUS

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Synopsis

The authors report on their use of computer techniques to answer questions surrounding the controversy about how the islands of Polynesia were discovered and settled, a subject on which much writing and research have been focused. In their research the authors devised a computer program which simulated many aspects and variations of Pacific voyaging. They describe the experiments and discuss the conclusions.

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