The wet and the dry : irrigation and agricultural intensification in Polynesia
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The wet and the dry : irrigation and agricultural intensification in Polynesia
University of Chicago Press, 1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-375) and index
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内容説明
In this work, archaeologist Patrick Kirch challenges the hypothesis that the ability to irrigate is crucial to the development of civilizations. He provides a detailed account of the role of "wet" and "dry" cultivation systems in the development of complex sociopolitical structures. Examining research on cultural adaptation and ecology in Western Polynesia and utilizing extensive data from a variety of important South Pacific sites, Kirch not only reveals how particular systems of production developed within the constraints imposed by environmental conditions, but also explores the tension that arises between contrasting productive systems with different abilities to produce surplus. He argues that the near-total neglect of short-fallow dryland cultivation, as well as arboriculture, or tree-cropping, has seriously distorted the picture that archaeologists and anthropologists have of agricultural intensification and its relation to complex social structure.
目次
List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1: Introduction 2: Ethnographic Orientations 3: The Agricultural Landscape 4: Crops 5: The Dry: Shifting Cultivation 6: The Wet: Taro Irrigation 7: Nuku: An Agro-Economic System in Sigave 8: The Political Economy of Production 9: Archaeological Perspectives on Futunan Irrigation and Land Use 10: Hawaii 11: Mangaia 12: Tikopia 13: Agricultural Change as History and Process Appendix: A Note on Field Methods: Futuna-Alofi, 1974 Glossary of Futunan Terms Notes References Index
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