Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms

Klappentext This is an archaeological perspective on the elaborate system of chiefdoms found in the islands of Polynesia. Zusammenfassung This is an archaeological perspective on the elaborate system of chiefdoms found in the islands of Polynesia. Using comparative ethnography! lexical reconstruction and direct archaeological evidence! the author reconstructs Ancestral Polynesian Society and details colonization! adaptation to changing environments! development of intensive production and social conflict and competition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Foundation: 2. Polynesian societies and ecosystems; 3. Ancestral Polynesia; Part II. Process: 4. Dispersal, colonization, and adaptation; 5. The demographic factor; 6. Changing environments; 7. Development and intensification of production; 8. Competition and conflict; Part III. Transformation: 9. Tonga; 10. Hawaii; 11. Easter Island; 12. Epilogue; Glossary of Polynesian terms; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Vinton Kirch, Kirch Patrick Vinton
• Assisted by: Colin Renfrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.07.1989
• EAN: 9780521273169
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27316-9
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity