Home›Sources›On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, 2nd editionSourcesOn the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, 2nd editionCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, 2nd edition." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/on-the-road-of-the-winds-an-archaeological-history-of-the-pacific-islands-before-european-contact-2nd-edition.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, 2nd edition. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/on-the-road-of-the-winds-an-archaeological-history-of-the-pacific-islands-before-european-contact-2nd-editionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-on-the-road-of-the-winds-an-archaeologic, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, 2nd edition}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/on-the-road-of-the-winds-an-archaeological-history-of-the-pacific-islands-before-european-contact-2nd-edition}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXPatrick Vinton Kirch is an archaeologist specializing in the Pacific Islands, and this book, now in a second edition from University of California Press, is a synthesis of archaeological research on Pacific Island settlement, society and culture before European contact. Its strength is that Kirch is himself an active field archaeologist across many Pacific island groups, and the book draws directly on decades of excavation and dating evidence rather than secondhand summary, with the second edition incorporating research done since the first. Its limit is that, as with any broad regional synthesis, findings for individual islands or cultures are necessarily compressed, so questions about a specific island's religious or ritual practice are best supplemented with a source focused on that particular place.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (89 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Patrick Kirch's standard scholarly archaeological history of Oceania, cited for the dating and function of Nan Madol and Taputapuatea.NotesWell-attestedThe standard archaeological history of Oceania; cited for the dating and function of Nan Madol and Taputapuatea.CitationAuthorWell-attestedPatrick Vinton KirchPublisherWell-attestedUniversity of California PressPublication YearWell-attested2017Source TypeWell-attestedMonographClaims Backed By This Source (89 claims)This source backs 89 claims across the atlas. As facts: 58 well-attested. As cited relationships: 13 holds. Plus 18 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSacred Sites, 19 claims: 14 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 general references.Culture Groups, 15 claims: 8 well-attested, 4 holds, 3 general references.Subcategories, 15 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.Articles, 12 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 general references.Cultures, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Sacred Architecture, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Bodies of Water, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Regions, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 general references.Subtle Energies, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested58ArticlesA City on the ReefA Hub for Voyaging TraditionsAn Ocean Crossed on PurposeFrom State Temple to Community GroundMana, Tapu and Names That Recur Across an OceanPohnpeian Sacred SitesThe Court and the Stone PlatformThe Stone That Founded Other MaraeVoyaging, Conversion, and What Came BackWho Built It, and the People Who Could Not Accept the AnswerBodies of WaterPacific OceanCulture GroupsMelanesian PeoplesMicronesian PeoplesPolynesian PeoplesCulturesPolynesiansTrobriand IslandersRegionsPolynesiaSacred ArchitectureMaraeSacred SitesNan MadolTaputapuateaSourcesOn the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, 2nd editionSubcategoriesPohnpeian SitesPolynesian DeitiesPolynesian SitesHolds13Culture GroupsPolynesian PeoplesCulturesTrobriand IslandersSacred ArchitectureMaraeSacred SitesNan MadolTaputapuateaSubcategoriesPolynesian SitesRapa Nui SitesSubtle EnergiesManaGeneral References18ArticlesFrom State Temple to Community GroundThe Court and the Stone PlatformBodies of WaterPacific OceanCulture GroupsMelanesian PeoplesMicronesian PeoplesPolynesian PeoplesCulturesPolynesiansTrobriand IslandersRegionsMicronesiaPolynesiaSacred ArchitectureMaraeSacred SitesNan MadolTaputapuateaSubcategoriesPohnpeian SitesPolynesian DeitiesPolynesian SitesRapa Nui SitesSubtle EnergiesManaComments (0)No comments yet. 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