Island Societies
DOWNLOAD
Download Island Societies PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Island Societies book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Growth And Collapse Of Pacific Island Societies
DOWNLOAD
Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2007-04-30
The Growth And Collapse Of Pacific Island Societies written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-30 with Social Science categories.
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? Is it possible to develop new methods for tracking the long-term histories of island populations? These and related questions are at the heart of this new book, which draws together cutting-edge research by archaeologists, ethnographers, and demographers. In their accounts of exploration, early European voyagers in the Pacific frequently described the teeming populations they encountered on island after island. Yet missionary censuses and later nineteenth-century records often indicate much smaller populations on Pacific Islands, leading many scholars to debunk the explorers’ figures as romantic exaggerations. Recently, the debate over the indigenous populations of the Pacific has intensified, and this book addresses the problem from new perspectives. Rather than rehash old data and arguments about the validity of explorers’ or missionaries’ accounts, the contributors to this volume offer a series of case studies grounded in new empirical data derived from original archaeological fieldwork and from archival historical research. Case studies are presented for the Hawaiian Islands, Mo‘orea, the Marquesas, Tonga, Samoa, the Tokelau Islands, New Caledonia, Aneityum (Vanuatu), and Kosrae.
Island Societies
DOWNLOAD
Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986-10-09
Island Societies written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-10-09 with History categories.
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 islands as Fiji, Palau and Hawaii revolutionised Oceanic archaeology and, as the major problems of cultural origins and island sequences were resolves, archaeologists came increasingly to study social change and to integrate newly acquired data on material culture with older ethnographic and ethnohistorical materials. The fascinating results of this work, centring on the evolution of complex Oceanic chiefdoms into something very much like classic 'archaic states', are authoritatively surveyed here.
Traditional Micronesian Societies
DOWNLOAD
Author : Glenn Petersen
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Traditional Micronesian Societies written by Glenn Petersen and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Social Science categories.
Traditional Micronesian Societies explores the extraordinary successes of the ancient voyaging peoples who first settled the Central Pacific islands some two thousand years ago. They and their descendants devised social and cultural adaptations that have enabled them to survive—and thrive—under the most demanding environmental conditions. The dispersed matrilineal clans so typical of Micronesian societies ensure that every individual, every local family and lineage, and every community maintain close relations with the peoples of many other islands. When hurricanes and droughts or political struggles force a group to move, they are sure of being taken in by kin residing elsewhere. Out of this common theme, shared patterns of land tenure, political rule, philosophy, and even personal character have flowed. To describe and explain Micronesian societies, the author begins with an overview of the region, including a brief consideration of the scholarly debate about whether Micronesia actually exists as a genuine and meaningful region. This is followed by an account of how Micronesia was originally settled, how its peoples adapted to conditions there, and how several basic adaptations diffused throughout the islands. He then considers the fundamental matters of descent (ideas about how individuals and groups are bound together through ties of kinship) and descent groups and the closely interlinked subjects of households, families, land, and labor. Because women form the core of the clans, their roles are particularly respected and their contributions to social life honored. Socio-political life, art, religion, and values are discussed in detail. Finally, the author examines a number of exceptions to these common Micronesian patterns of social life. Traditional Micronesian Societies illustrates the idiosyncrasies of individual Micronesian communities and celebrates the Micronesians’ shared ability to adapt, survive, and thrive over millennia. At a time when global climate change has seized our imaginations, the Micronesians’ historical ability to cope with their watery environment is of the greatest relevance.
Island Societies
DOWNLOAD
Author : Robin Cohen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Island Societies written by Robin Cohen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Colonies categories.
A collection of essays on island societies, focussing mainly on the Caribbean, Mauritius and St Helena.
The Growth And Collapse Of Pacific Island Societies
DOWNLOAD
Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2007-04-30
The Growth And Collapse Of Pacific Island Societies written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-30 with Social Science categories.
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? Is it possible to develop new methods for tracking the long-term histories of island populations? These and related questions are at the heart of this new book, which draws together cutting-edge research by archaeologists, ethnographers, and demographers. In their accounts of exploration, early European voyagers in the Pacific frequently described the teeming populations they encountered on island after island. Yet missionary censuses and later nineteenth-century records often indicate much smaller populations on Pacific Islands, leading many scholars to debunk the explorers’ figures as romantic exaggerations. Recently, the debate over the indigenous populations of the Pacific has intensified, and this book addresses the problem from new perspectives. Rather than rehash old data and arguments about the validity of explorers’ or missionaries’ accounts, the contributors to this volume offer a series of case studies grounded in new empirical data derived from original archaeological fieldwork and from archival historical research. Case studies are presented for the Hawaiian Islands, Mo‘orea, the Marquesas, Tonga, Samoa, the Tokelau Islands, New Caledonia, Aneityum (Vanuatu), and Kosrae.
Sustainable Development For Island Societies
DOWNLOAD
Author : Chao-Han Liu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Sustainable Development For Island Societies written by Chao-Han Liu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Developing island countries categories.
History And Culture In The Society Islands
DOWNLOAD
Author : Edward Smith Craighill Handy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
History And Culture In The Society Islands written by Edward Smith Craighill Handy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with Social Science categories.
The Pacific Islands
DOWNLOAD
Author : Douglas L. Oliver
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1989-04-01
The Pacific Islands written by Douglas L. Oliver and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-04-01 with Social Science categories.
"By far the best compendium on Pacific studies available today. There have been several attempts to imitate it during the past decade but they are either boiled-down histories or else reference works without any cohesive structure." --H.E. Maude, Australian National University
Voyages Of Discovery
DOWNLOAD
Author : Scott M. Fitzpatrick
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2004-04-30
Voyages Of Discovery written by Scott M. Fitzpatrick and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-30 with History categories.
Voyages of Discovery is the first major synthesis of island archaeological research worldwide. The work brings together experts in the field who are concerned with analyzing islands and island societies from a variety of different archaeological and anthropological perspectives. Major topics include interaction spheres, exchange, human impacts, and theoretical models. Over the past few decades there has been an increased interest in the archaeology of islands. Archaeological approaches to studying islands and island societies have often mirrored those of biologists because islands are relatively isolated, contain unique species or remnant populations, have an impoverished terrestrial ecology, provide opportunities to investigate the effects of animals (e.g., humans) on ecosystems, lend themselves to manipulative experiments, and have implications for helping us understand environmental and social changes on a global level from a microcosmic view. Although islands can be considered somewhat unique compared to mainland environments, environmental and cultural factors played important roles in how islands and islanders developed over time. The field of island archaeology contributes to understanding the fluid boundaries (both physical and mental) that existed for islanders prehistorically and how they adapted to their island world. This book explores a wide range of issues including the impacts humans have had on island ecosystems, the intentional movement of goods, resources, and animals across vast distances, and ways in which archaeologists analyze islands and island societies methodologically and theoretically.
Islands In Time
DOWNLOAD
Author : Mark Patton
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2013-01-11
Islands In Time written by Mark Patton and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with Social Science categories.
Islands in Time explores the ecological and cultural development of prehistoric island societies. It considers the prehistory of the Mediterranean and offers an explanation of the effects of isolation on the development of human communities. Evidence is drawn from a broad range of Mediterranean islands including Cyprus, Crete and the Cyclades, Malta, Lipari, Corsica and Sardinia.