Hawaiki, ancestral Polynesia : an essay in historical anthropology / Patrick Vinton Kirch and Roger C. Green.

ISBN:

9780511067006

9780511060694

9780511613678

9781280418020

Title:

Hawaiki, ancestral Polynesia : an essay in historical anthropology / Patrick Vinton Kirch and Roger C. Green.

Author:

Kirch, Patrick Vinton.

Personal Author:

Kirch, Patrick Vinton.

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 375 pages) : illustrations, maps

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Language abbreviations; Prologue: on historical anthropology; Chapter 1 The phylogenetic model in historical anthropology; Chapter 2 Methodologies: implementing the phylogenetic model; Chapter 3 Polynesia as a phylogenetic unit; Introductory remarks; Chapter 4 The Ancestral Polynesian world; Chapter 5 Subsistence; Chapter 6 Food preparation and cuisine; Chapter 7 Material culture; Chapter 8 Social and political organization; Chapter 9 Gods, ancestors, seasons, and rituals.

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Subject Term:

Ethnology -- Hawaii.

Ethnology -- Polynesia.

Hawaiians -- Social life and customs.

Polynesians -- Social life and customs.

Geographic Term:

Hawaii -- Antiquities.

Polynesia -- Antiquities.

Hawaii -- Antiquités.

Polynésie -- Antiquités.

Added Author:

Green, R. C. (Roger Curtis)

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2001

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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In this innovative book, Kirch and Green develop the theory and method of an anthropological approach to long-term history. Combining archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics, they advance a phylogenetic model for cultural diversification, and apply a triangulation method for historical reconstruction. Through an analysis of the history of Polynesian cultures they present a first-time detailed reconstruction of Hawaiki, the Ancestral Polynesian culture that flourished some 2,500 years ago. This book will be essential reading for any anthropologist, prehistorian, linguist, or cultural historian concerned with the study of long-term history.

Prologue: on historical anthropology

Part I The Phylogenetic Model: Theory and Method

1 The phylogenetic model in historical anthropology

2 Methodologies: implementing the phylogenetic model

3 Polynesia as a phylogenetic unit

Part II Rediscovering 'Hawaiki'

4 The ancestral Polynesian world

5 Subsistence

6 Food preparation and cuisine

7 Material culture

8 Social and political organization

9 Gods, rituals, and seasons

Epilogue: on history, phylogeny, and evolution

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