Rituals and Annals

Between Anthropology and History “Any superlative diminishes Valerio Valeri and his scholarship, which is characterized by rich, subtle, and complex ethnographic and historical information, underscored by formidable theoretical vigor based on extensive fieldwork. His work is comparative, including ethnographic and historical material from ancient Hawaii, Huaulu of Seram, Yap, eastern Indonesia, and Malaysia, but also …