An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology

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	Page
Introduction	3
Scheme of the work	4
Polynesia	5
Types of Polynesian Islands	5
Naming of islands	7
Distribution of islands	8
The Polynesians	9
The early home	10
The route to Polynesia	12
Polynesian culture	13
European explorers of the Pacific	16
Magellan	16
Loyasa	16
Saavedra	16
Gaetano and others	17
Mendaña	17
European discoveries in Polynesia	18
Mendaña	18
Quiros	18
Boenechea	19
Maurelle	19
Le Maire and Schouten	19
Tasman	20
Roggeveen	21
John Byron	21
Wallis	22
Carteret	22
Bougainville	23
Cook	23
Later discoveries	26
Later writers	26
First settlers	26
Missionaries	27
Traders	29
Government officials	29
Other writers	30
Native informants	31
Native manuscripts	33
Translations and interpretations	34
Published native texts	37
Ethnological societies in Polynesia	39
Bishop Museum	41
Ethnological work	43
Affiliation with Yale University	45
The Tanager Expedition	47

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The Whippoorwill Expedition	48
The Kaimiloa Expedition	48
The Rockefeller Foundation	49
Bishop Museum staff expeditions	49
The American Museum of Natural History	55
Field work in Hawaiian archaeology	57
Bishop Museum Visiting Professor to Yale	57
The University of Hawaii	58
Miscellaneous publications	58
Surveys of museums	59
Photograph catalog	62
Bishop Museum publications	64
Literature on Polynesia	65
The early voyages	65
General works on Polynesia	75
Easter Island	79
Mangareva	81
Pitcairn	83
The Tuamotus	84
The Marquesas	86
The Austral Islands and Rapa	88
Society Islands	90
Cook Islands	92
Equatorial islands	96
Samoa	97
Tonga	99
Niue	101
Tokelau	102
Futuna and Alofi	103
Uvea	104
Ellice Islands	105
Hawaii	106
Chatham Islands	112
New Zealand	113
Polynesian outliers in Melanesia	120
Conclusions	123
Material culture	124
Social organization	124
Religion	124
Physical anthropology	125
Music	125
The Polynesian outliers	125
The historical method	125
Acculturation	126
Functional and psychological methods	127
Topical studies	128

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