The Growth and Collapse of Pacific Island Societies: Archaeological and Demographic Perspectives

, by Kirch, Patrick Vinton; Rallu, Jean-Louis

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ISBN: 9780824831486 | 0824831489
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Copyright: 1/1/2008

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Were there major population collapses on Pacific Islands following first contact with the West? If so, what were the actual population numbers for islands such as Hawai'i, Tahiti, or New Caledonia? These and related questions are at the heart of this new book, which draws together cutting-edge research by archaeologists, ethnographers, and demographers.

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List of Tables	p. vii
List of Figures	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Long-Term Demographic Evolution in the Pacific Islands: Issues, Debates, and Challenges	p. 1
Pre- and Post-Contact Population in Island Polynesia: Can Projections Meet Retrodictions?	p. 15
Demography and Food in Early Polynesia	p. 35
"Like Shoals of Fish": Archaeology and Population in Pre-Contact Hawai'i	p. 52
Modeling Agricultural Development and Demography in Kohala, Hawai'i	p. 70
Paleodemography in Kahikinui, Maui: An Archaeological Approach	p. 90
Reconstructing Hawaiian Population at European Contact: Three Regional Case Studies	p. 108
Pre-Contact Population in the 'Opunohu Valley, Mo'orea: An Integrated Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Approach	p. 129
Estimating the Population of Hokatu Valley, Ua Huka Island (Marquesas, French Polynesia) According to the Archaeological Remains	p. 160
Archaeological Demography and Population Growth in the Kingdom of Tonga: 950 BC to the Historic Era	p. 177
Protohistoric Samoan Population	p. 203
An Accent on Atolls in Approaches to Population Histories of Remote Oceania	p. 232
Prehistoric Population Growth on Kosrae, Eastern Caroline Islands	p. 257
Population in a Vegetable Kingdom: Aneityum Island (Vanuatu) at European Contact in 1830	p. 278
What were the Real Numbers? The Question of Pre-Contact Population Densities in New Caledonia	p. 306
Concluding Remarks: Methods, Measures, and Models in Pacific Paleodemography	p. 326
References	p. 339
List of Contributors	p. 375
Index	p. 377
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