Table of contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Crossing Borders: Changing Contexts of This Book
Introduction
History and the representation of Polynesian societies
Artefacts of history: Events and the interpretation of images
Diarchy and history in Hawaiʻi and Tonga
Under the Toa tree: The genealogy of the Tongan Chiefs
Chiefs, gender and hierarchy in Ngāpūtoru
Class and social differentiation in Oceania
New lessons from old shells: Changing perspectives on the Kula
Gift exchange and the construction of identity
‘Canoe traffic’ of the Torres Strait and Fly Estuary
Cultural history of the Pacific and the bark cloth making in Central Sulawesi
The material culture of music performance on Manihiki
The ‘golden section’ on Kitawa Island
Decipherment of the Easter Island script
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PDF ISBN: 978-952-369-047-9 | Hardback ISBN: 978-952-369-046-2 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-12
Publisher: Helsinki University Press
Publication date: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 302
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