The Chronological and Spatial Relationships of Ceremonial Architecture: Seriation of Marae

Abstract

<p>In 1933 Kenneth Emory, one of the pre-eminent archaeologists in the Pacific, published "Stone Remains in the Society Islands." Here Emory presented data on several hundred stone structures, called <em>marae</em> that were located across the Society archipelago in the center of the Pacific. Emory's research opened the door to the archaeological study of stone architecture (e.g., Cristino et al. 1988; Descantes 1990, 1993; Emory 1933, 1943, 1970; Emory and Sinoto 1965; Garanger 1969; Graves and Cachola-Abad 1996; Graves and Ladefoged 1995; Graves and Sweeney 1993; Green et al. 1967; Kirch 1990; Kolb 1992; Martinsson-Wallin 1994; Sinoto 1996; Stokes 1991; Verin 1961; Wallin 1993) and archaeologists have spent the last 60 years analyzing the <em>marae</em> complex in the Society Islands.</p>