Household Units in the Analysis of Prehistoric Social Complexity, Cook Islands

dc.contributor.authorTaomia, Julie M.E.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-04T19:49:06Z
dc.date.available2010-08-04T19:49:06Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractPolynesian and other Oceanic societies have often informed research into social complexity. McGuire (1983) has proposed a means of measuring complexity that does not assume any particular organizational form. The examination of prehistoric household remains allows archaeologists to compare common units of social organization across societies for more meaningful comparisons of past social organization. This paper discusses house remains excavated on three islands in the Southern Cook Islands of central Polynesia for the information they provide about past social organization on the islands and provides comparison between three closely related island societies. KEYWORDS: Southern Cook Islands, households, complexity, social organization.
dc.identifier.citationTaomia, J. M. E. 2000. Household Units in the Analysis of Prehistoric Social Complexity, Cook Islands. Asian Perspectives 39 (1-2): 139-64.
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/17137
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 39
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNumbers 1 & 2
dc.subjectSouthern Cook Islands
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectcomplexity
dc.subjectsocial organization
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshAsia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshOceania--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshEast Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.titleHousehold Units in the Analysis of Prehistoric Social Complexity, Cook Islands
dc.typeArticle
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