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Zusatztext Robert Hommon offers us not only a comprehensive description of the ancient Hawaiian state, but a model for state emergence that draws upon a wealth of comparative data from other Polynesian societies. Hommon moves longstanding debates over the nature of Polynesian political organization to a new level of understanding. Informationen zum Autor Robert J. Hommon, (Ph.D., University of Arizona), retired archaeologist and Senior Cultural Resource Scientist for the Pacific Islands Office, National Park Service, has conducted research on seven of the eight major Hawaiian Islands focused on the cultural, social, and economic roots of the Hawaiian kingdoms' emergence. Klappentext The well-known list of "cradles of civilization" primary states from which all modern nation states ultimately derive, has traditionally been limited to Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, China, Mesoamerica, and Andean South America. However, by drawing on archaeological and ethnohistorical sources, Robert J. Hommon demonstrates that Polynesia, with primary states in both Hawaii and Tonga, should be added to that list. The Ancient Hawaiian State offers a history of the ancient Hawaiians' transformation of their Polynesian chiefdoms into primary state societies. The emergence of primary states is one of the most revolutionary transformations in human history, and Hawaii's metamorphosis was so profound that in some ways the contact-era Hawaiian states bear a closer resemblance to our world than to that of their closely-related Eastern Polynesian contemporaries. In contrast to the other six regions, in which states emerged in the distant, proto- or pre-literate past, the transformation of Hawaiian states is documented in an extensive body of oral traditions preserved in written form, a rich literature of early post-contact eyewitness accounts by participants and Western visitors, as well as an extensive archaeological record. Tracing the roots and emergence of the Hawaiian states, this innovative study offers a detailed model that will advance the analysis of Polynesian political development and shed light on the nature and dynamics of primary state formation. Zusammenfassung Drawing on archaeological and ethnohistorical sources, this book redefines the study of primary states -- "cradles of civilization" from which all modern nation states ultimately derive -- by arguing for the inclusion of Polynesia, which witnessed the development of primary states in both Hawai'i and Tonga. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART ONE: Hawai'i in The Early Contact Era 1. The People 2. Government, War, and Refuge 3. Houses and Crafts 4. Farming and Fishing 5. Gods and Temples 6. Makahiki, Trails, and Exchange PART TWO: State Societies and the Ancient Hawaiian Example 7. State Societies 8. The Ancient Hawaiian State PART THREE: Polynesian Societies 9. Polynesian Comparisons 10. Tikopia 11. The Marquesas Islands: Nuku Hiva and `Ua Pou 12. The Society Islands: Tahiti and Porapora 13. The Ancient Tongan State PART FOUR: The Hawaiian State Emergence Model 14. The Model: Introduction and Chronology Construction 15. The Model of Hawaiian State Emergence 16. Summary and Conclusion Appendix A. Summary of Ancient Hawaiian Political History Appendix B. Glossary Bibliography Index ...
