It is widely recognised that Polynesian settlers developed central Pacific islands into
productive economic landscapes, but the character and tempo of these transformations are …

Breadfruit species (Artocarpus altilis and A. altilis× A. mariannensis) have been an important
food and material resource for many Pacific Island societies for centuries, and have …

Agriculture in Hawaiʻi was developed in response to the high spatial heterogeneity of
climate and landscape of the archipelago, resulting in a broad range of agricultural …

Abstract In the Marquesas Islands, topographically rugged and prone to droughts, the
subsistence economy at Western contact was strongly focused on arboriculture. Drawing on …

Agroforestry systems have long played a central role in Polynesian societies, contributing to
food production, building and craft production, and ritual activities. Until recently, however …

The practice of cultivation has an immediate and long-lasting effect on the environment.
Often, we tend to think of these effects in terms of immediate production outcomes, notably …

Agricultural strategies in ancient Hawai'i were adaptive, occasionally unique, and
increasingly being shown to have strongly related to the local environmental opportunities …

Here we report on the results of a pilot anthracological study (archaeological wood charcoal
analysis) conducted on Maupiti Island, in the Society Island archipelago of French …

ABSTRACT Most pre-European Polynesian societies were supported by intensive and
elaborate cultivation systems. These systems were at the core of human adaptation and …

The native forests of the central and eastern Pacific Islands were extensively modified by
Polynesian settlers, but our understanding of these processes is generalised. In the first …