Although psychologists have paid scant attention to the sense of obligation as a distinctly
human motivation, moral philosophers have identified two of its key features: First, it has a …

This book delves into the politics of contemporary archaeology in an increasingly complex
international environment. Describing various forms of cosmopolitan engagement, the …

Tonga was unique in the prehistoric Pacific for developing a maritime state that integrated
the archipelago under a centralized authority and for undertaking long-distance economic …

Across the world's seas and oceans, archaeological research focused on islands has
generally privileged those that are larger in size. Explanations for this phenomenon range …

The rise of stratified societies fundamentally influences the interactions between status,
movement, and food. Using isotopic analyses, we assess differences in diet and mobility of …

On Tongatapu the central place of the rising kingdom of Tonga developed in the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries AD. Marked out as a monumental area with a rock-cut water-carrying …

The question as to whether cultures evolve in a manner analogous to that of genetic
evolution can be addressed by attempting to reconstruct population histories using cultural …

Written by a senior scholar and master mariner, Sailors and Traders is the first
comprehensive account of the maritime peoples of the Pacific. It focuses on the sailors who …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the fluid role of accounting both as a form of
power and resistance in the context of World Bank projects in the Island Kingdom of Tonga …

Tomasello (2020) argues that a sense of moral obligation emerges from the creation of a
collaborative “we” motivating us to fulfill our cooperative duties. We suggest that “we” takes …