Download or read book Papuan Pasts written by Andrew Pawley and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An inter-disciplinary exploration of the history of humans in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands, which make up the biogeographic and cultural region that is coming to be known as Near Oceania, with particular reference to the people who speak Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages"--Back cover.