Household Archaeology in Polynesia: Historical Context and New Directions

摘要: This review highlights archaeological investigations of precontact and historic house sites in Polynesia, a region noted for its diversity chiefdoms terms scale elaboration. Anthropological historical perceptions the Polynesian household have shifted over time, influencing ways which has been defined archaeology. Early research emphasized houses as unit study within settlement pattern archaeology means delineating formal variability between communities. Current studies stress more holistic view nexus economic, social, ritual activities. Diverse theoretical perspectives, such analytical concept societies, feminist archaeologies, landscape approaches, agent-based models, led to new approaches engaged with both material nonmaterial aspects and, particular, how social relations structure household. prominent themes include functional identification sites, understanding variability, articulation community, comparative analyses complexity.