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Songs, Storytellers, And Science: An Examination Of Long-Distance Interaction In The Cook Islands, Cyrus Hulen Jan 2020

Songs, Storytellers, And Science: An Examination Of Long-Distance Interaction In The Cook Islands, Cyrus Hulen

Senior Independent Study Theses

It is widely accepted in Polynesian archaeology that contact between island groups persisted after first peopling but declined over time. However, there is not a clear sense of how the dynamics and directionality of interaction change over time. Archaeological discussions of interaction in the Cook Islands often focus on quantitative materialist data. While this is certainly valuable and critical to archaeology as a scientific discipline, I see this discussion as an opportunity to incorporate more fully more qualitative or ontologically driven data from other fields of anthropology. I intend to explore the geography, chronology, and ontology of long-distance interaction between …


Jim Specht's Review Of Patrick V. Kirch And Terry L. Hunt's Archaeology Of The Lapita Cultural Complex: A Critical Review, Jim Specht Mar 1991

Jim Specht's Review Of Patrick V. Kirch And Terry L. Hunt's Archaeology Of The Lapita Cultural Complex: A Critical Review, Jim Specht

Pacific Studies

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Bengt Danielsson's Review Of Bob Krauss's Keneti: South Seas Adventures Of Kenneth Emory, Bengt Danielsson Nov 1990

Bengt Danielsson's Review Of Bob Krauss's Keneti: South Seas Adventures Of Kenneth Emory, Bengt Danielsson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Janet Davidson's Review Of Jens Poulsen's Early Tongan Prehistory: The Lapita Period On Tongatapu And Its Relationships, Janet Davidson Mar 1989

Janet Davidson's Review Of Jens Poulsen's Early Tongan Prehistory: The Lapita Period On Tongatapu And Its Relationships, Janet Davidson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Patrick V. Kirch's Review Of Atholl Anderson's Traditional Fishing In The Pacific: Ethnographical And Archaeological Papers From The 15th Pacific Science Congress, Patrick V. Kirch Sep 1987

Patrick V. Kirch's Review Of Atholl Anderson's Traditional Fishing In The Pacific: Ethnographical And Archaeological Papers From The 15th Pacific Science Congress, Patrick V. Kirch

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Paul Alan Cox And Joel C. Janetski's Review Of Patrick Vinton Kirch's The Evolution Of The Polynesian Chiefdoms, Paul Alan Cox, Joel C. Janetski Oct 1986

Paul Alan Cox And Joel C. Janetski's Review Of Patrick Vinton Kirch's The Evolution Of The Polynesian Chiefdoms, Paul Alan Cox, Joel C. Janetski

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Peter Bellwood's Review Of Janet Davidson's The Prehistory Of New Zealand, Peter Bellwood Jul 1986

Peter Bellwood's Review Of Janet Davidson's The Prehistory Of New Zealand, Peter Bellwood

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.