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An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology

Contents

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Contents

Page
Introduction 3
  Scheme of the work 4
Polynesia 5
  Types of Polynesian Islands 5
  Naming of islands 7
  Distribution of islands 8
The Polynesians 9
  The early home 10
  The route to Polynesia 12
  Polynesian culture 13
European explorers of the Pacific 16
  Magellan 16
  Loyasa 16
  Saavedra 16
  Gaetano and others 17
  Mendaña 17
European discoveries in Polynesia 18
  Mendaña 18
  Quiros 18
  Boenechea 19
  Maurelle 19
  Le Maire and Schouten 19
  Tasman 20
  Roggeveen 21
  John Byron 21
  Wallis 22
  Carteret 22
  Bougainville 23
  Cook 23
  Later discoveries 26
Later writers 26
  First settlers 26
  Missionaries 27
  Traders 29
  Government officials 29
  Other writers 30
  Native informants 31
  Native manuscripts 33
  Translations and interpretations 34
  Published native texts 37
  Ethnological societies in Polynesia 39
Bishop Museum 41
  Ethnological work 43
  Affiliation with Yale University 45
  The Tanager Expedition 47 page ii
  The Whippoorwill Expedition 48
  The Kaimiloa Expedition 48
  The Rockefeller Foundation 49
  Bishop Museum staff expeditions 49
  The American Museum of Natural History 55
  Field work in Hawaiian archaeology 57
  Bishop Museum Visiting Professor to Yale 57
  The University of Hawaii 58
  Miscellaneous publications 58
  Surveys of museums 59
  Photograph catalog 62
  Bishop Museum publications 64
Literature on Polynesia 65
  The early voyages 65
    General works on Polynesia 75
  Easter Island 79
  Mangareva 81
  Pitcairn 83
  The Tuamotus 84
  The Marquesas 86
  The Austral Islands and Rapa 88
  Society Islands 90
  Cook Islands 92
  Equatorial islands 96
  Samoa 97
  Tonga 99
  Niue 101
  Tokelau 102
  Futuna and Alofi 103
  Uvea 104
  Ellice Islands 105
  Hawaii 106
  Chatham Islands 112
  New Zealand 113
Polynesian outliers in Melanesia 120
Conclusions 123
  Material culture 124
  Social organization 124
  Religion 124
  Physical anthropology 125
  Music 125
  The Polynesian outliers 125
  The historical method 125
  Acculturation 126
  Functional and psychological methods 127
  Topical studies 128