Introduction - HWST 675: Polynesian temples - Society Islands - Research Guides at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Required Readings

Traditional history of maraes in the Society Islands by Kenneth Pike Emory
Call Number: MICROFILM 993
Publication Date: 1932
Microfilm copy of a typescript from the Bishop Museum Press.
Stone remains in the Society Islands by Kenneth Pike Emory
Call Number: AM101 .B442 no.116
Publication Date: 1933
Ancient Tahiti by Teuira Henry, based on material recorded by J.M. Orsmond
Call Number: AM101 .B442 no.48
Publication Date: 1928
A book based on oral narrative material recorded by John Muggridge Orsmond. Its collection of oral records includes legends and chants that were told by priests, bards and other natives of Tahiti. Orsmond passed away before finishing the work so his granddaughter, Teuira, translated his recordings into book form.
Sites of Oahu by Elspeth P. Sterling
Call Number: DU628.O3 S8 1993
Publication Date: 1993
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Detailed index available online on Ulukau.
Earlier edition: 1978.

“Hawaiʻi-nui-ākea Cousins: Ancestral Gods and Bodies of Knowledge are Treasures for the Descendants.” by Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa
In Te Kaharoa: the eJournal on indigenous Pacific issues, Vol 2 No 1 (2009).
Kekahuna, Henry. 1954-5. “Unpublished Series of Heiau Drawings.” Honolulu: Bishop Museum.
old defunct link: http://50.62.139.14/Kekahuna/kekahuna.php?b=about

Supplemental Readings

Vikings of the Pacific by Peter Henry Buck
Call Number: DU510 .B77 1959
Publication Date: 1959
Nā Wāhine Kapu = Divine Hawaiian women by Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa
Call Number: BL2620.H3 K35 1999
Publication Date: 1999
Online: No
Explores how the female Akua have inspired Hawaiian women, including the Mōʻīwahine of various islands, Aliʻiwahine and strong female leaders of today.
Archaeology of Oahu by J. Gilbert McAllister
Call Number: AM101 .B442 no.104a
Available Online Here

“Kumulipo: A Cosmogonic Guide to Decolonization and Indigenization", by Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa
In International Indigenous Journal of Entrepeneurship, Advancement, Strategy & Education 2005 (WIP).
“Kukulu Ke Ea o Kanaloa.” 200 Page Unpublished manuscript. Report for the Kahoʻolawe Island Commission. Edited by Pualani Kanahele, 2009

Online resources

Service de la culture et du patrimonie
Main site

Additional Resources

Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology by Craig, Robert D.
Call Number: BL2620.P6 C7 1989
ISBN: 9780313258909
Publication Date: 1989
A compilation of Polynesian stories, mythology and legends that were consolidated from books and articles within the Polynesian triangle. An online copy available here for UHM affiliates.
Pacific Island names : a map and name guide to the new Pacific by Lee S. Motteler; E. H. Bryan
Call Number: DU10 .M67 1986
ISBN: 0930897196
Publication Date: 2006
Useful for researching both current and previously used Island names throughout the Pacific.
Historical Dictionary of Polynesia by Robert D. Craig
Call Number: Pacific Reference: DU510 .C73 2011
ISBN: 0810867729
Publication Date: 2010
English-Tahitian, Tahitian-English dictionary = Faʻatoro parau marite/peretane-Tahiti, Tahiti-marite/peretane by Sven Wahlroos
Call Number: PL6515.Z5 W34 2002
ISBN: 0962709573
Publication Date: 2002
Ancient Tahitian Society by Douglas L. Oliver
Call Number: DU870.4 .O55
ISBN: 0824802675
Publication Date: 1975
Site records of the ʻOpunohu Valley, Moʻorea by Roger C. Green and Christophe Descantes
Call Number: Rare: GN875.M75 G6 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Ceremonial stone structures : the archaeology and ethnohistory of the marae complex in the Society Islands, French Polynesia by Paul Wallin
Call Number: 1993
Publication Date: DU870.3 W35 1993
Te parau huna o te ao maohi = Le mystère de l'univers maohi by Ch. Teriiteanuanua Manu-Tahi.
Call Number: BL2620.P6 M36 1992
Publication Date: 1992
Histoire et traditions de Huahine et Pora Pora : Puta tumu by Patrick Matariʻi Daubard et Hiriata Millaud
Call Number: DU870 .H57 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Text of the Putu tumu in Tahitian and French on opposite pages; introductory matter and notes in French.
Fouilles archéologiques et restauration du site VAI-1, Vallée de la Vaihiria, Tahiti by Claudio Cristino
Call Number: DU870.3 .C75 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Pierres & rites sacres du Tahiti d'autrefois by Garanger, José.
Call Number: DU870.3 .G375
Publication Date: 1969
Tahaá, vestiges archéologiques de surface : inventaire 1986 by Vairea Lambert, Jean-Luc Rieu, Joseph Tchong
Call Number: DU870.3 .L34 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Prospections et fouilles de sauvetage réalisées à Raiatea, nov 78-mars 79 by R. Tevivi
Call Number: DU870.3 .T48 1979a
Publication Date: 1979
Recherches archéologiques en Polynésie Française : bilan et perspectives by E. Vigneron
Call Number: DU870.3 .V54 1983
Publication Date: 1983
Guide souvenir de Raiatea, Tahaa by D. Pardon, P. Bacchet, T. Sylvain
Call Number: DU870.9.R3 P37 2004
Publication Date: 2004
"Sur le marae de Taputapuatea."
Tuatāpaparaa rau i te hiroʻa māʻohi by Rongomate, Anna.
Call Number: GN671.S55 T83 1993
Publication Date: 1993
About the marae of Moʻorea. In Tahitian.
Symbolic stone structures : protohistoric and early historic spatial patterns of the ʻOpunohu Valley, Moʻorea, French Polynesia by Christophe Descantes
Call Number: GN875.M75 D47 1990
Publication Date: 1990
Archaeological Investigations of Marae Structures in Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia by Paul Wallin; Reidar Solsvik
Call Number: GN875.S59 W345 2010
ISBN: 1407305670
Publication Date: 2010-04-15
This publication is based on new fieldwork carried out on the island of Huahine, French Polynesia, in the years 2001- 2004. The aim of the project was to establish a chronological framework of the marae structures mainly on the island of Huahine in the Leeward Society Islands. However dating was also conducted on earlier collected charcoal from excavated marae structures on the Windward Islands. Other questions addressed were how the marae structures were located in the landscape, as well as aspects of their extended uses and modern changes.
Porapora i te fānau tahi : mille ans de mémoire by Hiriata Millaud
Call Number: GR385.S575 P67 2001
ISBN: 290892806X
Publication Date: 2001
Civilisations traditionnelles et urbanisation dans le sud Pacifique
Call Number: HT149.O3 C58
Publication Date: 1974
About marae in French Polynesia. In French.
Les Journées du Patrimoine, 26, 27, 28 février 2004 : le marae ʻĀrahurahu by Service de la culture et du patrimoine
Call Number: IN CATALOGING 3124837
Publication Date: 2004
Ethnohistorical perspectives on the marae of the the Society Islands : the sociology of use by Mark David Eddowes
Call Number: MICROFICHE D40052
Publication Date: 1991
Brisson papers : Tahitian and other manuscripts formerly in the possession of Captain Victor Brisson : 1862-1928 by Captain Victor Brisson
Call Number: MICROFILM S50060 no.1034
Publication Date: 1992
Papers include genealogies, legends, traditions and chants in various languages including English, French, Tuamotuan, and Tahitian.

HWST 675: Polynesian temples - Society Islands: Introduction

Required Readings

Supplemental Readings

Online resources

Additional Resources