The First Polynesians: Their Origins, Lifeways and Environmental Challenges

第一批波利尼西亚人：他们的起源、生活方式和环境挑战

• 批准号: DP200102872
• 负责人: Prof Geoffrey Clark
• 金额: $ 31.43万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-10-20 至 2025-04-21
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP200102872
• 关键词: First; Polynesians; Their; Origins; Lifeways

This project uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the biological, cultural and environmental factors underpinning the Polynesian people through a study of their ancient homeland in Tonga. Early Polynesian society developed 2650-2350 years ago, but little is known about the people, their culture and how sea-level fall impacted subsistence and settlement. The proposed study’s goal is to fill this gap in human knowledge about our Pacific neighbours using a unique skeletal assemblage, excavated cultural remains and advanced mapping of palaeo-sea-level markers that will improve understanding of the impact of environmental change on human societies in our region.

该项目采用跨学科的方法，通过对汤加波利尼西亚人古老家园的研究，考察他们赖以生存的生物、文化和环境因素。早期的波利尼西亚社会发展于2650-2350年前，但人们对那里的人、他们的文化以及海平面下降如何影响生存和定居知之甚少。拟议研究的目标是利用独特的骨骼组合、出土的文化遗迹和先进的古海平面标志测绘，填补人类对我们太平洋邻国的这一认识空白，这将增进对环境变化对我们区域人类社会的影响的了解。