Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical Anthropology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521788793)

In this innovative book, Kirch and Green develop the theory and method of an anthropological approach to long-term history. Combining archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics, they advance a phylogenetic model for cultural diversification, and apply a triangulation method for historical reconstruction. Through an analysis of the history of Polynesian cultures they present a first-time detailed reconstruction of Hawaiki, the Ancestral Polynesian culture that flourished some 2,500 years ago. This book will be essential reading for any anthropologist, prehistorian, linguist, or cultural historian concerned with the study of long-term history.

Author: Patrick Vinton Kirch, Roger C. Green
ISBN-10: 052178879X
ISBN-13: 9780521788793
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2001
Pages: 394
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.81d