Index
397
Maungaroa, 312
May, Robert, 195
McFadgen, Bruce, 211, 212
Medicinal plants, 136
Medieval Climatic Optimum, 161, 194
The melanotic chicken
cultural complex of cockfighting, 113
Mesoamerica, 139
Mesopotamia
early interactions with the Spice
Islands, 54
Micronesia
very early settlement, 58
Migration of defeated tribes, 69
The “migration era” in Hawaii, 332
Migration fleets, 313–314
Migration led by Kahu, 358
Migration paths, 174
Migration sequence, 155, 161
Migrations from the Spice Islands
may have a span of 4500 years, 68
Miller, J. Innes, 73
Molloy, Maureen, 229
Molloy, Nicola, 243
Molokai, 170
Moon/Lake myth, 84, 97
geographical diffusion, 97
not found in Eastern Polynesia, 97
Moore, K.W., 222
Moriori adoption of a law of non-violence,
356
Moriori castration of a proportion of male
babies, 349
Moriori of the Chatham Islands, 347–348
Moriori evolution of a tightly controlled
society, 349
The Moriori law of non-violence, 356
The Moriori Maihoua line, 350
The Moriori Tamahiwaki line, 350
Moriori Tamakiwaki generation length of
21.21 years, 350
Motutapu, 312–313
Mount Witori eruption, 51, 125, 129
Movable vowels, 276
MRI imaging study of London cab drivers,
264–265
Musket warfare, 184
Mutually incomprehensible languages, 275
Myth of the Cosmogonic Tree, 288
Myth of fatal impact, 259
Mythological context, 285–299
Mythological frame, 273
Mythological framework, 266
N
Naroll, Raoul, 245
Nationwide tsunamis
estimated to occur ever 500 years, 213
The Navigators’ Line, 343
Near-extinction event, 352, 367
has major implications for the loss of
genetic diversity, 365
Near Oceania, 7
Neolithic, 19
New paradigm, see Central paradigm
New Zealand
as an Eastern Polynesian outlier, 8
colonized before Eastern Polynesia, 8
recorded in Moriori tradition, 11
New Zealand Archaeological Association, 222
New Zealand kinship terms, 164–165
New Zealand pa, 173
New Zealand palaeodemography, 12, 225, 227,
229–247, 376
Nga-i-porou version, 316
Ngapuhi, 271
Ngati Awa, 278
Ngati-hau, 274
Ngerekebesang Island, 68
Nicholas, 224
Nomadic hunter/gatherers, 183
Non-material culture, 161, 175
Non-material evidence, 175
Non-sex-linked genes, 6
The Norse World Tree, Yggdrasil, 288
North American analogue for Polynesian
demographic crisis, 199
North Equatorial Current, 43
North west coast of the North Island
major horticultural area, 204
Nuku-tawhiti, 173
Nunuku-whenua, 357
Nusantao maritime culture, 63
Nusantao regional trading domain, 63
O
Oahu, 170
Obsidian sources, 153
Obsidian trade, 45
Oceanographic evidence base, 382
Oceanographic focus, 382
Oceanography, 3, 11, 380
Ocean rescue, 313
Olmec, 133
One Tree Hill site, 188
The opening of the Silk Road, 69
Ope-ruaraki people, 364
397
Maungaroa, 312
May, Robert, 195
McFadgen, Bruce, 211, 212
Medicinal plants, 136
Medieval Climatic Optimum, 161, 194
The melanotic chicken
cultural complex of cockfighting, 113
Mesoamerica, 139
Mesopotamia
early interactions with the Spice
Islands, 54
Micronesia
very early settlement, 58
Migration of defeated tribes, 69
The “migration era” in Hawaii, 332
Migration fleets, 313–314
Migration led by Kahu, 358
Migration paths, 174
Migration sequence, 155, 161
Migrations from the Spice Islands
may have a span of 4500 years, 68
Miller, J. Innes, 73
Molloy, Maureen, 229
Molloy, Nicola, 243
Molokai, 170
Moon/Lake myth, 84, 97
geographical diffusion, 97
not found in Eastern Polynesia, 97
Moore, K.W., 222
Moriori adoption of a law of non-violence,
356
Moriori castration of a proportion of male
babies, 349
Moriori of the Chatham Islands, 347–348
Moriori evolution of a tightly controlled
society, 349
The Moriori law of non-violence, 356
The Moriori Maihoua line, 350
The Moriori Tamahiwaki line, 350
Moriori Tamakiwaki generation length of
21.21 years, 350
Motutapu, 312–313
Mount Witori eruption, 51, 125, 129
Movable vowels, 276
MRI imaging study of London cab drivers,
264–265
Musket warfare, 184
Mutually incomprehensible languages, 275
Myth of the Cosmogonic Tree, 288
Myth of fatal impact, 259
Mythological context, 285–299
Mythological frame, 273
Mythological framework, 266
N
Naroll, Raoul, 245
Nationwide tsunamis
estimated to occur ever 500 years, 213
The Navigators’ Line, 343
Near-extinction event, 352, 367
has major implications for the loss of
genetic diversity, 365
Near Oceania, 7
Neolithic, 19
New paradigm, see Central paradigm
New Zealand
as an Eastern Polynesian outlier, 8
colonized before Eastern Polynesia, 8
recorded in Moriori tradition, 11
New Zealand Archaeological Association, 222
New Zealand kinship terms, 164–165
New Zealand pa, 173
New Zealand palaeodemography, 12, 225, 227,
229–247, 376
Nga-i-porou version, 316
Ngapuhi, 271
Ngati Awa, 278
Ngati-hau, 274
Ngerekebesang Island, 68
Nicholas, 224
Nomadic hunter/gatherers, 183
Non-material culture, 161, 175
Non-material evidence, 175
Non-sex-linked genes, 6
The Norse World Tree, Yggdrasil, 288
North American analogue for Polynesian
demographic crisis, 199
North Equatorial Current, 43
North west coast of the North Island
major horticultural area, 204
Nuku-tawhiti, 173
Nunuku-whenua, 357
Nusantao maritime culture, 63
Nusantao regional trading domain, 63
O
Oahu, 170
Obsidian sources, 153
Obsidian trade, 45
Oceanographic evidence base, 382
Oceanographic focus, 382
Oceanography, 3, 11, 380
Ocean rescue, 313
Olmec, 133
One Tree Hill site, 188
The opening of the Silk Road, 69
Ope-ruaraki people, 364