Ethnoarchaeological investigation of religious systems in Ancient Polynesia

该项目旨在通过对古代仪式实践和纪念碑的新视角，记录和比较东波利尼西亚酋邦的长期历史轨迹。利用考古、历史和民族志材料，该项目希望增加我们对波利尼西亚考古历史的了解。该项目的预期成果包括更好地了解波利尼西亚的传统宗教系统，以及为研究古代仪式制定理论和方法框架。它应进一步创造一种与太平洋岛民合作研究的新模式，对他们来说，他们的仪式纪念碑遗产具有重要的文化意义；因此，它有助于更好地了解澳大利亚在太平洋研究中的作用。

This project aims to document and compare the long-term historical trajectories of Eastern Polynesian chiefdoms by developing a new perspective on ancient ritual practices and monuments. Using archaeological, historical and ethnographic material, the project expects to increase our knowledge of Polynesia’s archaeological history. Anticipated outcomes of this project include a better understanding of traditional religious systems in Polynesia, and the development of a theoretical and methodological framework for the study of ancient rituals. It should further create a new model of collaborative research with Pacific Islanders for whom their legacy of ritual monuments bear a critical cultural significance; it thus informs a better understanding of Australia’s role in Pacific studies.