Timing and importance of arboriculture and agroforestry in a temperate East Polynesia Society, the Moriori, Rekohu (Chatham Island)

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dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, JJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHowarth, JDen_AU
dc.contributor.authorVandergoes, MJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, GEen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBarber, IGen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-27T00:49:18Zen_AU
dc.date.available2017-04-27T00:49:18Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2016-01-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2017-04-27en_AU
dc.description.abstractIdentifying arboriculture and agroforestry in Polynesian Societies has usually relied heavily upon the ethnographic record in the absence of direct archaeological evidence. In this paper we outline a multi-proxy research design, including ethnography, palynology, anthracology, archaeology and a high precision chronology to evaluate arboriculture and agroforestry as components of Moriori subsistence practices before the arrival of Europeans in 1791. The colonisers of Rekohu brought with them a mainland New Zealand endemic tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, and the technology to propagate the tree in a less than ideal climate and to process its drupe into a storable source of carbohydrate in what was a difficult environment for Polynesian cultivation practices. We also present a conceptual model of forest change due to Moriori fuel selection practices which suggests that Moriori were actively managing these forest spaces for food, fuel, medicine, construction material and as a habitation space, therefore making agroforestry an important component of Moriori subsistence. © 2016, Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationMaxwell, J. J., Howarth, J. D., Vandergoes, M. J., Jacobsen, G. E., & Barber, I. G. (2016). The timing and importance of arboriculture and agroforestry in a temperate East Polynesia Society, the Moriori, Rekohu (Chatham Island). Quaternary Science Reviews 149: 306-325. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.006en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc7712en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleQuaternary Science Reviewsen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination306-325en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.006en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/8631en_AU
dc.identifier.volume149en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectTiming propertiesen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_AU
dc.subjectPalynologyen_AU
dc.subjectCarbohydratesen_AU
dc.subjectClimatesen_AU
dc.subjectTechnology impactsen_AU
dc.titleTiming and importance of arboriculture and agroforestry in a temperate East Polynesia Society, the Moriori, Rekohu (Chatham Island)en_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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