Book
A study of prehistoric social change: the development of complex societies in the Hawaiian Islands
Academic Press • New York • Published In 1981 • Pages: xii, 275
By: Cordy, Ross H..
Abstract
Cordy used Hawaiian oral traditions and Polynesian ethnographic data to form hypotheses about the development of complex societies in prehistoric Hawaii. Cordy believes 'the nature of a change should be adequately established before attempts at explanation are made,' so one third of the book is spent on hypothesis formation. The hypotheses were evaluated with archaeological data mostly from the island of Hawaii. He looked at settlement patterns, territorial size, households, burials, and compared labor expenditures involved in the above to determine when social echelons and when two- and three-district societies arose in Hawaii.
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Notes
- Ross H. Cordy
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Hawaii
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 253-267) and index
- LCCN
- 81010825
- LCSH
- Hawaii--Antiquities