Polynesian cultural sphere

E820102
anthropological concept cultural region

The Polynesian cultural sphere encompasses the interconnected societies of the central and southern Pacific Ocean that share related Austronesian languages, seafaring traditions, social structures, and mythologies.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Polynesian 3
Polynesian cultural sphere canonical 2
French Polynesian cultural area 1

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anthropological concept ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
hasCentralConcept chiefly authority ⓘ
genealogy ⓘ
kinship ⓘ
mana ⓘ
tapu ⓘ
voyaging ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
chanting and poetic recitation ⓘ
chicken husbandry ⓘ
chiefly social hierarchies ⓘ
clan-based social organization ⓘ
communal land tenure practices ⓘ
complex genealogical knowledge ⓘ
cultivation of breadfruit ⓘ
cultivation of coconut ⓘ
cultivation of taro ⓘ
cultivation of yam ⓘ
double-hulled voyaging canoes ⓘ
elaborate dance traditions ⓘ
elaborate tattooing practices ⓘ
extended kinship networks ⓘ
intensive fishing practices ⓘ
inter-island alliance systems ⓘ
long-distance seafaring ⓘ
maritime trade networks ⓘ
monumental stone architecture in some societies ⓘ
oceanic navigation traditions ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
outrigger canoe technology ⓘ
pig husbandry ⓘ
related Polynesian languages ⓘ
ritualized warfare traditions ⓘ
sacred meeting grounds ⓘ
sacred-profane social taboos ⓘ
shared cosmological concepts ⓘ
shared heroic voyage legends ⓘ
shared mythological motifs ⓘ
specialized priestly classes ⓘ
star-based navigation ⓘ
use of stick charts in some areas ⓘ
use of wave and swell patterns for navigation ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart American Samoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cook Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Easter Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Futunan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hawaiian culture ⓘ
Marquesas Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Māori culture ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niuean culture ⓘ
Pitcairn Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rapa Nui culture ⓘ
Rarotongan culture ⓘ
Samoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samoan culture ⓘ
Society Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tahitian culture ⓘ
Tokelau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tokelauan culture ⓘ
Tonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tongan culture ⓘ
Tuamotu Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuvalu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuvaluan culture ⓘ
Wallis and Futuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wallisian culture ⓘ
influencedBy Lapita culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
southern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
overlapsWith Polynesian Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Remote Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Austronesian cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
ethnology ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
timePeriod Holocene NERFINISHED ⓘ
late prehistoric Pacific ⓘ
pre-contact Pacific history ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aitutaki dialect → belongsTo → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
Niuafoʻou people → partOf → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian Triangle cultures
Uveans → partOf → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Polynesian cultural area
moai statues → symbolOf → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
subject surface form: Moai statues
this entity surface form: Polynesian megalithic tradition
Ahu Akivi → belongsTo → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
Tuʻi Tonga → culture → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Gauguin's Tahitian period → influencedBy → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian culture
Oasis Pool at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort → theme → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Tāne → culture → Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian