Polynesia 900-1600
Subtitle: an overview of the history of Aotearoa, Rēkohu and Rapa Nui
By: Madi Williams
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Christchurch, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781988503233
Subjects: Polynesians; Migrations; History; Maori (New Zealand people); Middle Ages; Hekenga; Kōrero nehe; Te Ao Tāwhito; Tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Description: "This book provides a concise introduction to the history of South Polynesia during the period typically defined as the 'Middle Ages' by western historians, focusing on Aotearoa New Zealand, Rēkohu (Chatham Islands), and Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Written in response to a wider global approach to medieval history, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of the region during that period. The comparative study of the southern Polynesian islands and Rapa Nui provides a thematic examination in order to avoid forcing the region's history into a linear Western chronology. Themes of movement and migration, adaptation and change, and development and expansion offer an optimal means of understanding Polynesia during this period, in an account that incorporates oral traditions, historical analysis, and archaeology"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Peoples, Geography, and Time; title: Chapter l. Movement and Migration; title: Chapter 2. Adaptation and Change; title: Chapter 3. Complexity and Culture; title: Conclusion