The Evolution Of The Polynesian Chiefdoms

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521273169
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-07-13 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first study from an archaeological perspective of the elaborate systems of Polynesian chiefdoms presents an original account of the processes of cultural change and evolution over three millennia.

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : Computer Science Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Niuatoputapu written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and published by Computer Science Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520234618
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Road of the Winds written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a synthesis of archaeological and historical anthropological knowledge of the indigenous cultures of the Pacific islands, this text focuses on human ecology and island adaptations.

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520303393
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Chiefs Became Kings written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Integrating anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, traditional history, and theory, and drawing on significant contributions from his own four decades of research, Kirch argues that Hawaiian polities had become states before the time of Captain Cook’s voyage (1778-1779). The status of most archaic states is inferred from the archaeological record. But Kirch shows that because Hawai‘i’s kingdoms were established relatively recently, they could be observed and recorded by Cook and other European voyagers. Substantive and provocative, this book makes a major contribution to the literature of precontact Hawai‘i and illuminates Hawai‘i’s importance in the global theory and literature about divine kingship, archaic states, and sociopolitical evolution.

Author : Timothy K. Earle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521448963
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chiefdoms written by Timothy K. Earle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-04 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These eleven case studies of different chiefdoms examine how ruling elites retain and legitimize their power.

Author : Robert Wright
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316053279
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of God written by Robert Wright and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science, contrary to conventional wisdom, affirms the validity of the religious quest. And this previously unrecognized evolutionary logic points not toward continued religious extremism, but future harmony. Nearly a decade in the making, The Evolution of God is a breathtaking re-examination of the past, and a visionary look forward.

Author : Bruce G. Trigger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521630757
Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas written by Bruce G. Trigger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Library holds volume 2, part 2 only.

Author : John H. Bodley
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759118671
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Anthropology written by John H. Bodley and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2011-04-16 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory text introduces basic concepts in cultural anthropology by comparing cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues throughout human history. It uniquely challenges students to consider the big questions about the nature of cultural systems.

Author : Dmitri M. Bondarenko
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030514374
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Social Institutions written by Dmitri M. Bondarenko and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a novel and innovative approach to the study of social evolution using case studies from the Old and the New World, from prehistory to the present. This approach is based on examining social evolution through the evolution of social institutions. Evolution is defined as the process of structural change. Within this framework the society, or culture, is seen as a system composed of a vast number of social institutions that are constantly interacting and changing. As a result, the structure of society as a whole is also evolving and changing. The authors posit that the combination of evolving social institutions explains the non-linear character of social evolution and that every society develops along its own pathway and pace. Within this framework, society should be seen as the result of the compound effect of the interactions of social institutions specific to it. Further, the transformation of social institutions and relations between them is taking place not only within individual societies but also globally, as institutions may be trans-societal, and even institutions that operate in one society can arise as a reaction to trans-societal trends and demands. The book argues that it may be more productive to look at institutions even within a given society as being parts of trans-societal systems of institutions since, despite their interconnectedness, societies still have boundaries, which their members usually know and respect. Accordingly, the book is a must-read for researchers and scholars in various disciplines who are interested in a better understanding of the origins, history, successes and failures of social institutions.

Author : Michael W. Graves
Publisher : Australian Geographic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution and Organisation of Prehistoric Society in Polynesia written by Michael W. Graves and published by Australian Geographic. This book was released on 1993 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: