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001			on1260420213
003			OCoLC
005			20210903135847.0
008			210719s2013 nz 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781988503233 _q(hardcover)
020			_a198850323X
035			_a(OCoLC)1260420213
040			_aZ5U _beng _cZ5U _dYDX
082			_a993.01
100			_aWilliams, Madi _eauthor. _949386
245	1	0	_aPolynesia 900 - 1600 / an overview of the history of Aotearoa Rekoha and Rapa Nui _cMadi Williams.
260			_aChristchurch, N.Z. : _bCanterbury University Press _c2021
520			_aThis book provides a concise introduction to the history of South Polynesia during the period typically defined as the 'Middle Ages' by western historians, focusing on Aotearoa New Zealand, Rekohu Chatham Islands, and Rapa Nui Easter Island. Written in response to a wider global approach to medieval history, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of the region during that period. The comparative study of the southern Polynesian islands and Easter Island provides a thematic examination in order to avoid forcing the region's history into a linear Western chronology. Themes of movement and migration, adaptation and change, and development and expansion offer an optimal means of understanding Polynesia during this period, in an account that incorporates oral traditions, historical analysis and archaeology. Drawing together a wide range of research from past and present scholars the book provides an accessible introduction both for students and for the general reader interested in the long history of these
651		0	_949387 _aPolynesia _vHistory. _y900-1600 _xHistory.
942			_2ddc _cNONFIC
948			_hNO HOLDINGS IN NZWMT - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS