Polynesia 900-1600 : an overview of the history of Aotearoa, Rēkohu and Rapa Nui / Madi Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Madi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polynesians--Migrations.

Polynesians.

Polynesians--History.

Māori (New Zealand people)--History.

Māori (New Zealand people).

History.

Middle Ages.

New Zealand--History--To 1840.

New Zealand.

Easter Island--History.

Easter Island.

Chatham Islands (N.Z.)--History.

Chatham Islands (N.Z.).

New Zealand--Chatham Islands.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

94 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Christchurch, New Zealand : Canterbury University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Introduction: Peoples, Geography, and Time

Chapter l. Movement and Migration

Chapter 2. Adaptation and Change

Chapter 3. Complexity and Culture

Conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781988503233

198850323X

OCLC:

1260420213

Publisher Number:

99988994184