Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical Anthropology

Prologue: on historical anthropology Part I. The Phylogenetic Model: Theory and Method: 1. The phylogenetic model in historical anthropology 2. Methodologies: implementing the phylogenetic model 3. Polynesia as a phylogenetic unit Part II. Rediscovering 'Hawaiki': 4. The ancestral Polynesian world 5. Subsistence 6. Food preparation and cuisine 7. Material culture 8. Social and political organization 9. Gods, rituals, and seasons Epilogue: on history, phylogeny, and evolution.