Recalibrating Polynesian prehistory
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The anthropologist Johannes Fabian once famously remarked that it is difficult to talk about time, and consequently we are given to leaving time to philosophers to ponder and play with as a topic worthy of learned debate (1). However, as the archaeologists Timothy Rieth and Terry Hunt have observed, “a well-established chronology provides the foundation for addressing broader research questions including the evolution of resource use, agricultural strategies, competition and interaction, social complexity, and human-induced environmental impacts” (2).
Author: John Edward Terrell
Institution: Field Museum of Natural History
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1609354728