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21 produkter
The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms
Av Patrick Vinton Kirch, Colin Renfrew
Häftad, 1989
1005 kr
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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 …
Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 1
Historical Ethnography
Av Patrick Vinton Kirch, Marshall Sahlins
Häftad, 1994
872 kr
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From the late 1700s, Hawaiian society began to change rapidly as it responded to the growing world system of capital whose trade routes and markets criss-crossed the islands. Reflecting many years of collaboration between Marshall Sahlins, a prominent social anthropologist, and Patrick V. Kirch, a …
Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 2
The Archaeology of History
Av Patrick Vinton Kirch, Marshall Sahlins
Häftad, 1994
967 kr
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From the late 1700's, Hawaiian society began to change rapidly as it responded to the growing world system of capital whose trade routs and markets criss-crossed the islands. Reflecting many years of collaboration between Marshall Sahlins, a prominent social anthropologist, and Patrick V. Kirch, a …
How Chiefs Became Kings
Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i
Inbunden, 2010
1058 kr
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In "How Chiefs Became Kings", Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex …
Shark Going Inland Is My Chief
The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i
Inbunden, 2012
573 kr
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Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four …
On the Road of the Winds
An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded Edition
Häftad, 2017
403 kr
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The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, which are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe navigators, the atoll dwellers of Micronesia, the …
How Chiefs Became Kings
Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i
Häftad, 2019
315 kr
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In How Chiefs Became Kings, Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of “archaic states” whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom. …
Shark Going Inland Is My Chief
The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i
Häftad, 2019
315 kr
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Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four …
How Chiefs Became Kings
Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai''i
E-bok, 2010
535 kr
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In How Chiefs Became Kings , Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom. …
Shark Going Inland Is My Chief
The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai''i
E-bok, 2012
375 kr
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Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four …
Island Societies
Archaeological Approaches to Evolution and Transformation
Häftad, 2009
452 kr
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Concentrating their attention on the Pacific Islands, the contributors to this book show how the tightly focused social and economic systems of islands offer archaeologists a series of unique opportunities for tracking and explaining prehistoric change. From the 1950s onwards, excavations in such …
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia
An Essay in Historical Anthropology
Av Patrick Vinton Kirch, Roger C. Green
Häftad, 2001
519 kr
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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 …
Growth and Collapse of Pacific Island Societies
Archaeological and Demographic Perspectives
Av Patrick Vinton Kirch, Jean-Louis Rallu
Häftad, 2007
413 kr
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Were there major population collapses on Pacific Islands following first contact with the West? If so, what were the actual population numbers for islands such as Hawai'i, Tahiti, or New Caledonia? These and related questions are at the heart of this new book, which draws together cutting-edge …
Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani
The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupō, Maui
Av Patrick Vinton Kirch, Clive Ruggles
Häftad, 2026
443 kr
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Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani is a collaborative study of 78 temple sites in the ancient moku of Kahikinui and Kaupō in southeastern Maui, undertaken using a novel approach that combines archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Although temple sites (heiau) were the primary focus of Hawaiian archaeologists in the …
Feathered Gods and Fishhooks
The Archaeology of Ancient Hawai'i
Av Patrick Vinton Kirch, Mark D. McCoy
Häftad, 2023
512 kr
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The first edition of Feathered Gods and Fishhooks was the pioneering synthesis of ancient Hawaiian civilization from an archaeological perspective. This long-awaited revised edition now brings the field up-to-date, incorporating the results from literally hundreds of archaeological projects …
Kua‘āina Kahiko
Life and Land in Ancient Kahikinui, Maui
Häftad, 2023
398 kr
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In early Hawai‘i, kua‘āina were the hinterlands inhabited by nā kua‘āina, or country folk. Often these were dry, less desirable areas where much skill and hard work were required to wrest a living from the lava landscapes. The ancient district of Kahikinui in southeast Maui is such a kua‘āina and …
Lapita Peoples
Ancestors of the Oceanic World
Häftad, 1996
601 kr
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This is the first account of the Lapita peoples, the common ancestor of the Polynesians, Micronesians, and Austronesian-speaking Melanesians who over the last 4000 years colonized the islands of the Pacific, including New Zealand and territories as far afield as Fiji and Hawaii. Its purpose is to …
Tangatatau Rockshelter
The Evolution of an Eastern Polynesian Socio-Ecosystem
Inbunden, 2017
1555 kr
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Tangatatau Rockshelter on Mangaia Island in the Southern Cook Islands, excavated by a multidisciplinary team in 1989-1991, produced one of the richest stratigraphic sequences of artifacts, faunal assemblages, and archaeobotanical materials in Eastern Polynesia. More than seventy radiocarbon dates …
Talepakemalai
Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania
Av Javier Fonseca Santa Cruz, Patrick Vinton Kirch
Inbunden, 2022
1929 kr
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This book is a study of the Lapita Cultural Complex, a region spanning both Melanesia and Western Polynesia. The Lapita culture has been interpreted as the archaeological manifestation of a diaspora of Austronesian-speaking people (specifically of Proto-Oceanic language) who rapidly expanded from …
Kuaaina Kahiko
Life and Land in Ancient Kahikinui, Maui
Inbunden, 2014
630 kr
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In early Hawai‘i, kuaaina were the hinterlands inhabited by kuaaina, or country folk. Often these were dry, less desirable areas where much skill and hard work were required to wrest a living from the lava landscapes. The ancient district of Kahikinui in southeast Maui is such a kua‘?ina and …
Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani
The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupō, Maui
Av Patrick Vinton Kirch, Clive Ruggles
Inbunden, 2019
877 kr
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Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani is a collaborative study of 78 temple sites in the ancient moku of Kahikinui and Kaupō in southeastern Maui, undertaken using a novel approach that combines archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Although temple sites (heiau) were the primary focus of Hawaiian archaeologists in the …
