The Origin and Development of the Tongan Maritime Empire

汤加海洋帝国的起源与发展

• 批准号: DP0451076
• 负责人: Prof Tim Murray
• 金额: $ 25.76万
• 依托单位: La Trobe University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-06-09 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0451076
• 关键词: Origin; Development; Tongan; Maritime; Empire

This project aims to understand the nature and development of the Tongan maritime empire, the most complex socio-political entity to exist in prehistoric Oceania. Extensive excavations of monumental structures and other sites throughout the central Pacific will create the first cultural sequence of the empire and a comprehensive radiocarbon chronology. The excavations will concentrate on sites of cross-cultural contact between indigenous peoples of the region. In addition traditional and documentary historical records will be reanalysed. A substantial monograph will assess the significance of these new Pacific data in relation to our understanding of maritime empires around the world.

该项目旨在了解汤加海洋帝国的性质和发展，汤加海洋帝国是史前大洋洲存在的最复杂的社会政治实体。对整个中太平洋地区的纪念性建筑和其他遗址进行广泛的挖掘，将创建帝国的第一个文化序列和全面的放射性碳年表。发掘工作将集中在该地区土著人民之间跨文化接触的地点。此外，还将重新分析传统和文献历史记录。一本重要的专着将评估这些新的太平洋数据对于我们了解世界各地海洋帝国的重要性。