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The evolution and organisation of prehistoric society in Polynesia

Title
The evolution and organisation of prehistoric society in Polynesia / edited by Michael W. Graves and Roger C. Green ; [monograph editor, Nigel Prickett].
Publication
[Auckland, N.Z.] : [New Zealand Archaeological Association], 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Graves, Michael W.
  • Green, R. C. (Roger Curtis)
  • Prickett, Nigel.
  • New Zealand Archaeological Association.
  • Pacific Science Association.
  • Green Foundation for Polynesian Research.
  • Pacific Science Congress (17th : 1991 : Honolulu, Hawaii)
Description
125 pages : illustrations, maps, plan; 28 cm.
Series Statement
New Zealand Archaeological Association monograph, 0111-5715 ; 19
Uniform Title
New Zealand Archaeological Association monograph ; 19.
Subject
  • Prehistoric peoples > Polynesia
  • Prehistoric peoples
  • Gesellschaft
  • Vor- und Frühgeschichte
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Polynesia
  • Polynesien
Note
  • Volume originated as a session of the 17th Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1991, entitled "Evolution of Late Prehistoric Social Systems in Polynesia".--Pref.
  • Title from spine: Prehistoric Polynesian society.
  • "Published with the assistance of the Green Foundation for Polynesian Research and the Pacific Science Association."--T.p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface / Michael W. Graves, Roger C. Green -- 1. The study of archaeological variability in Polynesia / Michael W. Graves and Roger C. Green -- 2. Community-level organisation, power and elites in Polynesian settlement pattern studies / Roger C. Green -- 3. Evaluating the orthodox dual settlement model for the Hawaiian Islands: an analysis of artefact distribution and Hawaiian oral traditions / C. Kēhaunani Cachola-Abad -- 4. The role of major quarries in Polynesian prehistory / Helen M. Leach -- 5. A preliminary study of the impact of the Tongan maritime chieftain on the late prehistoric society of 'Uvea, western Polynesia / Christophe Sand -- 6. Samoan tia 'ave and social structure: methodological and theoretical considerations / David J. Herdrich, Jeffrey T. Clark -- 7. The impact of resource diversity on the sociopolitical structure of Rotuma / Thegn N. Ladefoged -- 8. The community in Ma'uke prehistory / Richard Walter -- 9. The use of photogrammetry, laser scan and computer-assisted drafting in the analysis of Easter Island statuary / Jo Anne Van Tilburg -- 10. The Easter island prehistoric sequence and developments in its settlement pattern / Patricia Vargas -- 11. Ritual behaviour and ceremonial structures in eastern Polynesia: changing perspectives on archaeological variability / Michael W. Graves, Maria Sweeney.
ISBN
  • 0959791523
  • 9780959791525
OCLC
  • ocm29211459
  • 29211459
  • SCSB-2026748
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library