Hawaiki, ancestral Polynesia : an essay in historical anthropology / / Patrick Vinton Kirch, Roger C. Green

• Autore: Kirch Patrick Vinton
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 375 pages) : digital, PDF file(s); illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 996.9/0009/014
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Hawaii; Ethnology - Polynesia; Hawaiians - Social life and customs; Polynesians - Social life and customs
• Soggetto geografico: Hawaii Antiquities; Polynesia Antiquities
• Persona (resp. second.): GreenRoger Curtis
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Language abbreviations; Prologue: on historical anthropology; Chapter 1 The phylogenetic model in historical anthropology; Chapter 2 Methodologies: implementing the phylogenetic model; Chapter 3 Polynesia as a phylogenetic unit; Introductory remarks; Chapter 4 The Ancestral Polynesian world; Chapter 5 Subsistence; Chapter 6 Food preparation and cuisine; Chapter 7 Material culture; Chapter 8 Social and political organization; Chapter 9 Gods, ancestors, seasons, and rituals ; Epilogue: on history, phylogeny, and evolution; Notes; Prologue; 1 The phylogenetic model in historical anthropology; 2 Methodologies; 3 Polynesia as a phylogenetic unit; Part II Introductory remarks; Glossary of terms; References; Subject index; Index of Proto Polynesian (PPN) Reconstructions
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hawaiki, ancestral Polynesia
• ISBN: 1-107-12083-7; 1-280-41802-8; 0-511-17730-5; 1-139-14656-4; 0-511-06700-3; 0-511-06069-6; 0-511-33004-9; 0-511-61367-9; 0-511-06913-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783126103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II