Melanesian Tribes vs. Polynesian chiefdoms: Recent archaeological assessment of a classic model of sociopolitical types in Oceania

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 284-296

  Sand, Christophe ^a  

^a Serv des Musees et du Patrimoine   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Big man society; Melanesia; Polynesia; Polynesian chiefdom

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLYNESIA;

EID: 0037687849     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2003.0010     Document Type: Article

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