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The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms

The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms

Kirch, Patrick Vinton
Renfrew, Colin
Patrick Vinton, Kirch

Paperback

Series: New Studies in Archaeology

Australia & OceaniaAnthropologyArchaeology

ISBN10: 0521273161
ISBN13: 9780521273169
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 13 1989
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.01 Depth: 8.97
Language: English
This is an archaeological perspective on the elaborate system of chiefdoms found in the islands of Polynesia. While the growth and development of complex social and political systems in this region have long interested anthropologists and ethnographers, the islands' rich sources of archaeological data have since been exploited. The author combines this fresh archaeological data with comparative ethnographic and linguistic materials to present an innovative and perceptive account of the processes of culture change in the islands over three millennia. Using comparative ethnography, lexical reconstruction and direct archaeological evidence, the author reconstructs the broad outlines of Ancestral Polynesian Society, from which the diverse societies of the Polynesian region descended. Major processes of cultural change are analysed in detail, including colonization, adaptation to changing environments, development of intensive production and social conflict and competition.

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