Tupuna. Voyage sur les traces des ancêtres à Tahiti et dans les îles. Collections – Expositions to give substance to this

to give substance to this ambitious volume on the diversity of men through the prism of their "essential mark": the house

and titles of officials – are among the oldest currently known

architecte et archéologue (CNRS)

taking into account the progress in the files studied in this first volume but also including new studies

the contrasting perspectives reflect important directions in an ever-expanding discipline and in the long-standing contributions made to it by Colin Hope

Tupuna. Voyage sur les traces des ancêtres à Tahiti et dans les îles. Collections – Expositions to give substance to thisA Polynesian look at the history and natural heritage of Tahiti and the islands: a sensitive, rich and enlightening journey on a people and a culture, often reduced to misleading clichs. A Polynesian woman follows in the footsteps of her tupuna , his ancestors, to lift the veil on the past and heritage of these isolated Pacific islands long reduced to the myth of earthly paradise. A concise and richly illustrated work, Tupuna tells this incredible and