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Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia

Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia
An Essay in Historical Anthropology

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  • Date Published: March 2001
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521788793

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  • The power of an anthropological approach to long-term history lies in its unique ability to combine diverse evidence, from archaeological artifacts to ethnographic texts and comparative word lists. In this innovative book, Kirch and Green explicitly develop the theoretical underpinnings, as well as the particular methods, for such a historical anthropology. Drawing upon and integrating the approaches of archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics, they advance a phylogenetic model for cultural diversification, and apply a triangulation method for historical reconstruction. They illustrate their approach through meticulous application to the history of the Polynesian cultures, and for the first time reconstruct in extensive detail the Ancestral Polynesian culture that flourished in the Polynesian homeland - Hawaiki - some 2,500 years ago. Of great significance for Oceanic studies, Kirch and Green's book will be essential reading for any anthropologist, prehistorian, linguist, or cultural historian concerned with the theory and method of long-term history.

    • Explicitly develops the theory and method of long-term anthropological history
    • Cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, integrating archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics
    • Offers a richly-textured reconstruction of the world of the ancient Polynesians
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    • Date Published: March 2001
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521788793
    • length: 394 pages
    • dimensions: 246 x 189 x 21 mm
    • weight: 0.7kg
    • contains: 24 b/w illus. 11 maps
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    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.

  • Authors

    Patrick Vinton Kirch, University of California, Berkeley

    Roger C. Green, University of Auckland

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