essay
Rethinking western Polynesia: 'Uvea in the Early Tongan Empire
Oceanic culture history: essays in honour of Roger Green • Dunedin North, New Zealand • Published In 1996 • Pages: 433-444
By: Pollock, Nancy J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article the author examines the links between Tonga and Uvea as part of a more general discussion of the history and cultural homogeneity of Western Polynesia. Pollack discusses the linguistic, archeological, historical, legendary, and political evidence to argue the close association of the islands in past. On perhaps more than one occasion, Uvea was a vassal state within an expanding Tongan empire forming the basis for cultural exchange and similarities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- History and culture change
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1300-1800
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western Polynesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy J. Pollock
- Includes bibliographical references (p.443-444)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans