From ritual spaces to monumental expressions
Rethinking East Polynesian ritual practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3780095 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Wallin (Uppsala University, corresponding author), Helene Martinsson-Wallin (Uppsala University), Helene Martinsson‐wallin (0000-0001-5343-3780, Uppsala University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2025.96 |
| OpenAlex | W4413208307 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
As with the peopling of the Pacific Islands, the monumental ritual architecture of East Polynesia is presumed to have spread from West Polynesia. By re-examining the wealth of absolute dates available from ritual contexts across these diverse islands, the authors challenge this generalisation in Polynesian ideological materialisation, identifying three phases of development. They argue that initial west-to-east migration spread the concept of ritual spaces marked by stone uprights c. AD 1000-1300, then the formalisation of monuments diffused in the opposite direction c. AD 1300-1600, before megastructures emerged from localised hierarchisation, perhaps earliest on Rapa Nui c. AD 1350-1500
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |