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Edited by Mervyn McLean and Judith Huntsman
• Notes and News 3
• Main Articles:
• Is Maori An Ergative Language? By M. B. W. Sinclair 9
• Ethno-Archaeological Investigations in Futuna and Uvea (Western Polynesia): A Preliminary Report. By Patrick Vinton Kirch 27
• Joking, Avoidance, and Authority: Verbal Performance as an Object of Exchange in Fiji. By Andrew R. Arno 71
• Political Education in the Rural Sector: A Comparison of Two Papua New Guinea Island Communities. By Stuart Berde 87
• Shorter Communications:
• Archaeology, Oral History and Sequence of Occupation on Anuta Island. By Richard Feinberg 99
• Review Article:
• Green, R. C. and Marion Kelly (eds.), Studies in Oceanic Culture History, vol. 3. By George W. Grace 103
• Reviews 113
• Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, 1975 139
• Publications Received 141

Special Issue: Incest Prohibitions in Micronesia and Polynesia Edited by Judith Huntsman and Mervyn McLean
• Contents:
• The Meaning of Incest. By David M. Schneider 149
• Incest as Cannibalism: The Yapese Analysis. By David Labby 171
• Incest and Endogamy on Namoluk Atoll. By Mac Marshall 181
• Ponapean Conceptions of Incest. By J. L. Fischer, Roger Ward and Martha Ward 199
• Incest and Exogamy: A Comparative Study of Two Marshallese Populations. By Robert C. Kiste and Michael A. Rynkiewich 209
• ‘Eating Blood’: Tahitian Concepts of Incest. By Antony Hooper 227
• Ungrammatical “Love” on Bellona. By Torben Monberg 243
• The ‘Desecration’ of Tokelau Kinship. By Judith Huntsman and Antony Hooper 257
• Incest Prohibitions and the Logic of Power in Samoa. By Bradd Shore 275
• Notes on Contributors 297

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Edited by Mervyn McLean and Judith Huntsman
• Notes and News 303
• Main Articles:
• Small Population Isolates: A Micro-Simulation Study. By Norma McArthur, I. W. Saunders and R. L. Tweedie 307
• A Note on Easter Island Obsidian Cores and Blades. By Patrick C. McCoy 327
• A Third Palatal Reflex in Polynesian Languages. By Robert Blust 339
• Shorter Communications:
• A Recently Discovered Figure from Rarotonga. By Dale Idiens 359
• Tongareva Death and Mourning Rituals. By Nihi Vini 367
• A Note on Contemporary Samoan and Maori Cognatic Descent Groups. By Sharon Tiffany 375
• Correspondence 381
• Review Article:
• Howard, Alan, Ain't No Big Thing: Coping Strategies in a Hawaiian-American Community. By Nancy B. Graves and Theodore D. Graves 385
• Reviews 397
• Publications Received 435

Edited by Judith Huntsman and Mervyn McLean
• Notes and News 443
• Main Articles:
• Demographic Changes in the Cook Islands: Perception and Reality. Or, Where have all the Mapu Gone? By Theodore D. Graves and Nancy B. Graves 447
• Metasomatised Argillite Artefacts from Pah Point, Riwaka, New Zealand. By Aidan J. Challis 463
• The Role of Warfare in Maori Society in the Early Contact Period. By Angela Ballara 487
• Fijian Prepositions. By Paul Geraghty 507
• Use of Bamboo by the Awa. By Richard Loving 521
• Shorter Communications:
• Nui Sailing Canoes. By Peter McQuarrie 543
• Correspondence 549
• Review Article:
• Oliver, Douglas L., Ancient Tahitian Society. By Raymond Firth 553
• Reviews 567
• Publications Received 587