Ref ID:	32755
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Taomia, Julie M. E.
Title:	Household units in the analysis of prehistoric social complexity, Southern Cook Islands
Date:	2001
Source:	Asian Perspectives (2000)
Abstract:	Polynesian and other Oceanic societies have often informed research into social complexity. McGuire (1983) has proposed a means of measuring complexity that does not assume any articular organizational form. The examination of prehistoric household remains allows archaeologists to compare common units of social organization across societies for more meaningful comparisons of past social organization. This paper discusses house remains excavated on three islands in the Southern Cook Islands of central Polynesia for the information they provide about past social organization on the islands and provides comparison between three closely related.
Date Created:	12/28/2002
Volume:	39
Page Start:	139
Page End:	164