Advances in Polynesian prehistory: A review and assessment of the past decade (1993-2004)

• Published in: Journal of Archaeological Research
• Main Authors: Kirch, Patrick V., Kahn, Jennifer G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2007
• Subjects: Archaeology; Polynesia; Complex societies; Exchange; Paleoecology; Household archaeology; Pacific Islands; Southern New-Zealand; Northern New-Zealand; River mouth site; Potato Ipomoea-batatas; French-Polynesia; Easter-Island; Cook-Islands; Hawaiian-Islands; Marquesas-Islands; Henderson Island; 1200 Arts and Humanities; 1204 Archaeology; 3302 Archaeology; Austral; Pacific; New Zealand; Tonga
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:129834

The pace of archaeological research in Polynesia has intensified in recent years, resulting in more than 500 new literature citations over the past decade. Fieldwork has continued in such previously well-studied archipelagoes as Tonga and Samoa in Western Polynesia, and Hawai'i and New Zealand...