Late Holocene sea-level changes in the Society Islands and in the Northwest Tuamotu Atolls in Proceedings. Volume 3. Symposia and seminars.
the present MSL from between 6000 and 5500 yr BP until at least 1200 yr BP. In Makatea marks of a maximum MSL at about + 1 m are found all around the island. In the Society Islands a 0.5 m decrease in the emergence of the 3000 yr BP shoreline can be observed
In pre-European times, Aboriginal women played very important economic roles in their societies, in the religious and political spheres. Today, the variation in the position of women in the society is enormous. At the macro-scale of Australian
This present paper discusses the social and spatial distinctions between family and household in Western societies, provides an analysis of the spatial patterns of household types and attempts to establish what part household structure plays
It is hypothesized that the majority of Polynesian societies which have undergone radical change are those with systems of social organization featuring primogeniture, senior lineages, social stratification and religious sanctions for chiefly
Recueil d'articles publié à l'occasion du 150 anniversaire de The Australian Museum et du 50 anniversaire de The Anthropological Society of New South Wales. Les articles concernent surtout l'Australie, la Nouvelle-Guinée, les Salomon, mais quelques
in the lithosphere near the hot spot of the Society Islands and visco-elastic phenomena are probably also involved. The occurrence of elevated reefs dating from the last Interglacial in Makatea, Anaa and Niau atolls, which are situated on a rim concentric on Tahiti