
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia : An Essay in Historical Anthropology.
Title:
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia : An Essay in Historical Anthropology.
Author:
Kirch, Patrick Vinton.
ISBN:
9781139146562
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (395 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Language abbreviations -- Proto-language abbreviations -- Modern language abbreviations, and geographic affinity -- Prologue: on historical anthropology -- PART I The phylogenetic model: theory and method -- Chapter 1 The phylogenetic model in historical anthropology -- A brief history of the phylogenetic model -- Controlled comparison in Polynesia -- The phylogenetic model applied to Polynesia -- Necessary modifications to Vogt's methodology -- Dendritic versus reticulate models in historical anthropology -- Phylogenetic analysis in biology, linguistics, and anthropology -- The significance of phylogeny for historical anthropology -- Objectives of this book -- Chapter 2 Methodologies: implementing the phylogenetic model -- Correlating linguistic and archaeological evidence in Polynesia -- Linguistic models of divergence -- Dispersal centers and homelands -- Establishing time depth -- Terminology and units of analysis -- The triangulation method and its application to the phylogenetic model -- Lexical reconstruction and meaning -- The POLLEX project -- Ethnographic evidence -- Archaeology and the direct historical approach -- Chapter 3 Polynesia as a phylogenetic unit -- Polynesia as an emic category -- Linguistic perspectives -- The Oceanic subgroups -- Proto Central Pacific and the emergence of Proto Polynesian -- Internal classification of Polynesian -- Ethnological perspectives -- Cultural regions in Oceania -- Systemic cultural patterns that define Polynesia -- Cultural differentiation within Polynesia -- Polynesia as a biological unit -- Archaeological perspectives -- Fixing Ancestral Polynesia in time and space -- The breakup of Ancestral Polynesia and subsequent dispersals.
Ancestral Polynesian sites and assemblages -- Isolation, interaction, and phylogeny -- Phylogenetic differentiation in Polynesia: a summary -- A final note on method -- Conclusion -- PART II Rediscovering Hawaiki -- Introductory remarks -- Hawaiki as the ancestral Polynesian homeland -- Plan of Part II -- A note on orthography and abbreviations -- Chapter 4 The Ancestral Polynesian world -- The Ancestral Polynesian homeland -- The physical environment -- Biogeographical considerations -- Ancestral Polynesian ethnobiological knowledge -- Life-form terms -- Generic and subgeneric taxa -- "Paradise lost'': natural and anthropogenic changes in the Polynesian homeland -- Chapter 5 Subsistence -- Subsistence in the preceding Lapita period -- Proto Polynesian crops -- Ancestral Polynesian horticulture -- The question of irrigation and intensification -- Fishing and hunting: the archaeological evidence -- Polynesian fishing and hunting: comparative ethnography and ethnoarchaeology -- Fishing strategies: the lexical evidence -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 6 Food preparation and cuisine -- The raw and the cooked: a matter of taste -- In the oven-house: cooking facilities and equipment -- Food preparation and cooking methods -- Pounded foods and the "pudding complex'' -- Food storage and preservation -- Food in society -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 7 Material culture -- Proto Polynesian 'things' -- Pottery and other containers -- Ceramics in Ancestral Polynesia -- Non-ceramic containers -- Industrial tools -- The Ancestral Polynesian adz kit -- Other implements and tools -- Material culture domains with limited archaeological support -- Bark cloth -- Bodily decoration and tattooing -- Weapons -- Games and sports -- Musical instruments -- Houses and community structures -- Canoes -- Cordage -- Conclusions -- Chapter 8 Social and political organization.
House societies -- House societies in the Austronesian world -- Criterial features of House societies -- Situating Ancestral Polynesian societies -- Social groups in Ancestral Polynesia -- Reconstructing POC and PPN social groups -- PPN *kainanga -- PPN *kaainga -- *Kainanga, *kaainga, and House societies -- Other social groups: *mata and saqa -- Exchange in Ancestral Polynesian societies -- Kinship, status, and role in Ancestral Polynesia -- Rank and leadership -- PPN *qariki, head of the *kainanga -- PPN *fatu, leader of the *kaainga -- PPN *sau, secular ruler -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Gods, ancestors, seasons, and rituals -- Polynesian religions: ethnographic sources -- Mana, tapu, and noa -- Gods, spirits, and ancestors -- Ritual practitioners -- *Qariki: the Ancestral Polynesian chief-priest -- Ritual spaces -- Kava -- Rituals of life, growth, and death -- The reckoning of time and the ritual cycle -- *Mata-liki: the Pleiades cycle -- *Taqu seasons and the yam cycle -- The lunar calendar -- Summary of Ancestral Polynesian calendrics -- Early central Eastern Polynesian ritual transformations -- 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 -- 4 The Ancestral Polynesian world -- 5 Subsistence -- 6 Food preparation and cuisine -- 7 Material culture -- 8 Social and political organization -- 9 Gods, ancestors, seasons, and rituals -- Epilogue -- Glossary of terms -- References -- Subject index -- Index of Proto Polynesian (PPN) Reconstructions.
Abstract:
An anthropological approach to long-term history through detailed reconstruction of the Ancestral Polynesian culture, Hawaiki.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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