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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.15286/jps.129.3.303-326

James Flexner, B. Muir, S. Bedford, F. Valentin, Denise Elena, David Samoria

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Publications received: April to June 2020 收稿日期:2020年4月至6月

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-06-29 DOI: 10.15286/JPS.129.2.242

H. MacDonald

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The past before us: a brief history of Tongan kava 我们面前的过去:汤加卡瓦的简史

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.15286/jps.129.2.171-192

Arcia Tecun, Robert Reeves, M. Wolfgramm

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引用次数: 10

Variation and process: the history, current practice and future potential of mortuary archaeology in Aotearoa New Zealand 变化与过程:新西兰奥特罗阿太平间考古的历史、现状和未来潜力

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.15286/jps.129.2.125-170

Beatrice Hudson

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引用次数: 3

Foreign objects in colonial-era Hawaiian sites: change and continuity in nineteenth-century Nu‘alolo Kai, Kaua‘i Island 殖民时期夏威夷遗址中的外国物品:19世纪考艾岛努阿洛洛Kai的变化和连续性

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.15286/jps.129.2.193-236

S. Moore

引用次数: 2

The archaeology of Māori settlement and pā on Pōnui Island, Inner Hauraki Gulf, AD 1400–1800 内豪拉基湾Pōnui岛上Māori定居点和pā考古，公元1400-1800年

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-03-30 DOI: 10.15286/jps.129.1.29-58

G. Irwin

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引用次数: 4

Panpipes and clubs: early images of Tanna Islanders 排箫和棍棒:塔纳岛民的早期形象

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-03-30 DOI: 10.15286/jps.129.1.7-28

L. Lindstrom

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Publications received: September 2019 to March 2020 收稿日期:2019年9月至2020年3月

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-03-30 DOI: 10.15286/JPS.129.1.118

H. MacDonald

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A large trolling lure shank from Ahuahu Great Mercury Island, New Zealand 来自新西兰阿瓦胡大水星岛的大型拖鱼诱饵小腿

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.15286/jps.129.1.85-112

Furey Louise, Rebecca Phillipps, J. Emmitt, Andrew McAlister, S. Holdaway

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引用次数: 3

The curious idea that Māori once counted by elevens, and the insights it still holds for cross-cultural numerical research Māori曾经以11为单位计数的奇怪想法，以及它仍然为跨文化数字研究提供的见解

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Journal of the Polynesian Society Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.15286/jps.129.1.59-84

Karenleigh A. Overmann

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