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Tongan archaeology and the Tongan past: 2850-150 BP
Journal of world prehistory • 12 (3) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 337-392
By: Burley, David V..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Burley provides "a synthesis of Tongan culture history for the period 2850-150 BP [2900 BP-200 BP or 900 BC-1800 AD] and report[s] upon the efforts and different approaches that have been applied by archaeologists over the past three-quarters of a century." (page 339). Burley describes four phases: Early Eastern Lapita Ceramic Period (this was not indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials codes), Polynesian Plain Ware Ceramic Period, the aceramic Formative Development Period, and Complex Centralized Chiefdom Period. He has the Early Eastern Lapita Ceramic Period ending at 2700 BP Burley describes the ceramics and possible reasons for their disappearance; settlement patterns and subsistence and how they changed over time; the chiefly tradition, its trappings, and its genealogical/ancestral lists; the political landscape; and Tongan monumental architecture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Identification
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Sociocultural trends
- Community heads
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongan
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990 plus
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2700 BP-200 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- David V. Burley
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-392)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87655790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tonga--Antiquities