An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology

Contents

• • [cover]
  • [title page]
  • [colophon]
  • Contents
  • [frontispiece]
• An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
  • Introduction
    • [preamble]
    • Scheme of the Work
  • Polynesia
    • [preamble]
    • Types of Polynesian Islands
    • Naming of Islands
    • Distribution of Islands
  • The Polynesians
    • [preamble]
    • The Early Home
    • The Route to Polynesia
    • Polynesian Culture
  • European Explorers of the Pacific
    • Magellan
    • Loyasa
    • Saavedra
    • Gaetano and Others
    • Mendaña
  • European Discoveries in Polynesia
    • Mendaña
    • Quiros
    • Boenechea
    • Maurelle
    • Le Maire and Schouten
    • Tasman
    • Roggeveen
    • John Byron
    • Wallis
    • Cartaret
    • Bougainville
    • Cook
    • Later Discoveries
  • Later Writers
    • First Settlers
    • Missionaries
    • Traders
    • Government Officials
    • Other Writers
    • Native Informants
    • Native Manuscripts
    • Translations and Interpretations
    • Published Native Texts
    • Ethnological Societies in Polynesia
      • [preamble]
      • The Polynesian Society
      • The Hawaiian Historical Society
      • The Société Des Études Oceaniennes
  • Bishop Museum
    • [preamble]
    • Ethnological Work
      • [preamble]
      • The First Pacific Science Conference
      • The Bayard Dominick Expeditions
    • Affiliation with Yale University
      • [preamble]
      • Bishop Museum Fellowships
    • The Tanager Expedition
    • The Whippoorwill Expedition
    • The Kaimiloa Expedition
    • The Rockefeller Foundation
    • Bishop Museum Staff Expeditions
      • [preamble]
      • Society Islands (1923)
      • Society Islands and Tuamotus (1925)
      • Samoa (1926, 1927)
      • Cook Islands (1929-1930)
      • Tuamotu Archipelago (1929-1931)
      • Mangarevan Islands, Tuamotus (1934)
      • The Micronesian Expedition (1935-1936)
      • Outside Expeditions
    • The American Museum of Natural History
    • Field Work in Hawaiian Archaeology
    • Bishop Museum Visiting Professor to Yale
    • The University of Hawaii
    • Miscellaneous Publications
    • Surveys of Museums
      • [preamble]
      • W. T. Brigham, Director (1896)
      • Kenneth P. Emory, Ethnologist (1926)
      • Robert P. Lewis, Associate in Ethnology (1926-1935)
      • Peter H. Buck, Bishop Museum Visiting Professor to Yale University (1933)
      • Margaret Tltcomb, Librarian (1937)
      • Kenneth P. Emory, Ethnologist (1940-1941)
    • Photograph Catalog
    • Bishop Museum Publications
  • Literature on Polynesia
    • The Early Voyages
      • [preamble]
      • Chronological List of Early Voyagers
    • General Works on Polynesia
      • [preamble]
      • Bibliography
    • Easter Island
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Easter Island
    • Mangareva
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Mangareva
    • Pitcairn
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Pitcairn Island
    • The Tuamotus
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Tuamotus
    • The Marquesas
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on the Marquesas
    • The Austral Islands and Rapa
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Austral Islands and Rapa
    • Society Islands
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on the Society Islands
    • Cook Islands
      • Lower Cook Group
      • Literature on the Lower Cook Group
      • The Northern Cook Group
      • Literature on the Northern Cook Group
    • Equatorial Islands
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Equatorial and Phoenix Islands
    • Samoa
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Samoa
    • Tonga
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Tonga
    • Niue
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Niue
    • Tokelau
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on the Tokelau Islands
    • Futuna and Alofi
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Futuna and Alofi
    • Uvea
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Uvea
    • Ellice Islands
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on the Ellice Islands
    • Hawaii
      • [preamble]
      • Hawaiian Literature
    • Chatham Islands
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on Chatham Islands
    • New Zealand
      • [preamble]
      • Literature on New Zealand
  • Polynesian Outliers in Melanesia
    • [preamble]
    • Literature on the Polynesian Outliers
  • Conclusions
    • [preamble]
    • Material Culture
    • Social Organization
    • Religion
    • Physical Anthropology
    • Music
    • The Polynesian Outliers
    • The Historical Method
    • Acculturation
    • Functional and Psychological Methods
    • Topical Studies
• Index

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Title: An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology

Author: Te Rangi Hiroa

Publication details: Kraus Reprint Co., 1945, New York

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

Keywords: Historical Māori and Pacific Islands

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