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Style and function in East Polynesian fish-hooks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Melinda S. Allen
Melinda S. Allen*
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Department of Anthropology, Bishop Museum, PO Box 19000, Honolulu HI 96817, USA
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Abstract

The concepts of style and function are theoretically defined from a neo-Darwinian perspective and the expected spatial-temporal distributions of each kind of trait outlined. Fish-hook assemblages from Aitutaki, Cook Islands, are examined using this framework and related to previously studied collections. Emerging stylistic patterns support notions of interaction between certain East Polynesian archipelagos around the 14th century AD.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 267 , March 1996 , pp. 97 - 116
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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