Lost Maritime Cultures: China and the Pacific Pacific Shortly after the Polynesian Voyaging

Shortly after the Polynesian Voyaging Society was established in 1973

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and educational values

” at Bishop Museum May 15 – September 19

Wonderfully illustrated and written

Lost Maritime Cultures: China and the Pacific Pacific Shortly after the Polynesian VoyagingLost Maritime Cultures features the extraordinary archaeological discoveries found in southeast China over the past half century. Research indicates that these lost civilizations, which came to light in the early twentieth century, may be the ancestors of Austronesians. From unique pottery to splendid jade pieces, this full color catalog showcases artifacts from some of the ancient maritime civilizations that flourished along the coast of China