Sea people : the puzzle of Polynesia / Christina Thompson.
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- ISBN: 9780062060877
- ISBN: 0062060872
- Physical Description: xvi, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "The quest to understand who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know..."--Jacket. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-348) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Kealakekua Bay -- The eyewitnesses (1521-1722). A very great sea : the discovery of Oceania ; First contact : Mendana in the Marquesas ; Barely an island at all : atolls of the Tuamotus ; Outer limits : New Zealand and Easter Island -- Connecting the dots (1764-1778). Tahiti : the heart of Polynesia ; A man of knowledge : Cook meets Tupaia ; Tupaia's chart : two ways of seeing ; An aha moment : a Tahitian in New Zealand -- Why not just ask them? (1778-1920). Drowned continents and other theories : the nineteenth-century Pacific ; A world without writing : Polynesian oral traditions ; The Aryan Maori : an unlikely idea ; A viking in Hawai'i : Abraham Fornander ; Voyaging stories : history and myth -- The rise of science (1920-1959). Somatology : the mesure of man ; A Maori anthropologist : Te Rangi Hiroa ; The Moa hunters : stone and bones ; Radiocarbon dating : the question of when ; The Lapita people : a key piece of the puzzle -- Setting sail (1947-1980). Kon-Tiki : Thor Heyerdahl's raft ; Drifting not sailing : Andrew Sharp ; The non-armchair approach : David Lewis experiments ; Hokole'a : sailing to Tahiti ; Reinventing navigation : Nainoa Thompson -- What we know now (1990-2018). The latest science : DNA and dates ; Coda : two ways of knowing. |
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Subject: | Polynesians > History. Navigation > Polynesia > History. Polynesians > Migrations. Polynesia > Discovery and exploration. Oceania > Discovery and exploration. |
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Sea People : The Puzzle of Polynesia
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Table of Contents
Sea People : The Puzzle of Polynesia
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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List of Plates | p. xv | |
Prologue Kealakekua Bay | p. 1 | |
Part I | The Eyewitnesses (1521-1722) | |
A Very Great Sea: The Discovery of Oceania | p. 17 | |
First Contact: Mendana in the Marquesas | p. 28 | |
Barely an Island at All: Atolls of the Tuamotus | p. 39 | |
Outer Limits: New Zealand and Easter Island | p. 51 | |
Part II | Connecting the Dots (1764-1778) | |
Tahiti: The Heart of Polynesia | p. 67 | |
A Man of Knowledge: Cook Meets Tupaia | p. 77 | |
Tupaja's Chart: Two Wars of Seeing | p. 88 | |
An Aha Moment: A Tahitian in New Zealand | p. 99 | |
Part III | Why Not Just Ask Them? (1778-1920) | |
Drowned Continents and Other Theories: The Nineteenth-Century Pacific | p. 115 | |
A Worth Without Writing: Polynesian Oral Traditions | p. 126 | |
The Aryan Maori: An Unlikely Idea | p. 139 | |
A Viking in Hawai'i: Abraham Fornander | p. 150 | |
Voyaging Stories: History and Myth | p. 161 | |
Part IV | The Rise of Science (1920-1959) | |
Somatology: The Measure of Man | p. 175 | |
A Maori Anthropologist: Te Rangi Hiroa | p. 188 | |
The Moa Hunters: Stone and Bones | p. 199 | |
Radiocarbon Dating: The Question of When | p. 210 | |
The Lapita People: A Key Piece of the Puzzle | p. 221 | |
Part V | Setting Sail (1947-1980) | |
Kon-Tiki: Thor Heyerdahl's Raft | p. 237 | |
Drifting Not Sailing: Andrew Sharp | p. 250 | |
The Non-Armchair Approach: David Lewis Experiments | p. 262 | |
Hokule'a: Sailing to Tahiti | p. 274 | |
Reinventing Navigation: Nainoa Thompson | p. 286 | |
Part VI | What We Know Now (1990-2018) | |
The Latest Science: DNA and Dates | p. 299 | |
Coda: Two Ways of Knowing | p. 311 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 321 | |
Notes | p. 325 | |
Index | p. 349 |