PeriodⅠ History 历史
01 Tattoo on Tikopia 蒂科皮亚人的文身
02 The History of the British Architecture 英国建筑史
03 Children’s Literature 儿童文学
04 Ancient Societies’ Classification古代社会的分类
05 Mystery in Easter Island复活岛之谜
06 The History of Plastics 塑料的历史
07 Soviet’s Working Week苏联的工作周
08 Timekeeper: Invention of Marine Chronometer计时器：航海天文钟的发明
09 Voyage of Going: Beyond the Blue Line 航海之旅：越洋探索
Period Ⅱ Biology 生物
01 Bovids 牛科动物
02 Honey Bees in Trouble惹上麻烦的蜜蜂
03 Aqua Product: New Zealand’s Algae Biodiesel 水产品：新西兰的藻类生物柴油
04 The Evolutional Mystery: Crocodile Survives进化秘密：鳄鱼存活
05 Ambergris龙涎香
06 Copy Your Neighbour 拷贝你的邻居
07 The Leatherback Turtle棱皮龟
08 The Culture of Chimpanzee 大猩猩的文化
09 Living with Uncertainty 忍受不确定性
Period Ⅲ Science and Technology 科技
01 A New Ice Age 新冰川时代
02 European Heat Wave 欧洲热浪
03 Morse Code 摩尔斯电码
04 London Swaying Footbridge 伦敦晃桥
05 Rainwater Harvesting 雨水收集
06 Serendipity: The Accidental Scientists 机缘：偶然的科学家
Period Ⅳ Healthcare 医疗
01 Magnetic Therapy 磁力疗法
02 Homeopathy 顺势疗法
Period Ⅴ Business and Management 商业与管理
01 Stress of Workplace 工作场所的压力
02 We Have Star Performers 我们有明星员工
03 The Innovation of Grocery Stores 食品杂货店的创新
04 The Persuaders 说服者
Period Ⅵ Agriculture 农业
01 Traditional Farming System in Africa 非洲传统的农作制度
02 Chinese Yellow Citrus Ant for Biological Control 中国黄柑蚁用作生物控制
Period Ⅶ Psychology 心理学
01 The Secret of the Yawn 打哈欠的秘密
02 The Psychology in Happiness 幸福心理学
03 What Are You Laughing at? 你在笑什么？
04 Lie Detector 测谎仪
05 Facial Expression 脸部表情
Period Ⅷ Language 语言
01 Save Endangered Languages 拯救濒危语言
02 Mechanisms of Linguistic Change 语言变化的机制
03 The Significant Role of Mother Tongue Language in Education 母语语言在教育中的重要角色
04 Consecutive and Simultaneous Translation 交替传译和同声传译
Period Ⅸ Archeology 考古
01 Human Remain in Green Sahara 绿色撒哈拉的人类遗迹
02 Coastal Archaeology of
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01 Tattoo on Tikopia
蒂科皮亚人文身
There are still debates about the origins of Polynesian culture， but one thing we can ensure is that Polynesia is not a single tribe but a complex one. Polynesians， which include Marquesans， Samoans， Niueans， Tongans， Cook Islanders， Hawaiians， Tahitians， and Maori， are genetically linked to indigenous peoples of parts of Southeast Asia. It’s a sub-region of Oceania， comprising of a large grouping of over 1，000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean， within a triangle that has New Zealand， Hawaii and Easter Island as its corners.
Polynesian history has fascinated the western world since Pacific cultures were first contacted by European explorers in the late 18th century. The small island of Tikopia， for many people？even for many Solomon Islanders?Dis so far away that it seems like a mythical land: a place like Narnia， that magical land in C. S. Lewis’ classic， “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Maybe because of it， Tikopia， its people， and their cultures have long fascinated scholars， travelers， and casual observers. Like the pioneers Peter Dillion， Dumont D’Urville and John Colleridge Patterson who visited and wrote about the island in the 1800s， Raymond Firth is one of those people captured by the alluring attraction of Tikopia. As a result， he had made a number of trips to the island since 1920s and recorded his experiences， observations and reflections on Tikopia， its people， cultures and the changes that have occurred.
While engaged in study of the kinship and religious life of the people of Tikopia， Firth made a few observations on their tattooing. Brief though these notes are， they may be worth putting on record as an indication of the sociological setting of the practice in this primitive Polynesian community. The origin of the English word “tattoo” actually comes from the Tikopia word “tatau”. The word for “tattoo” marks in general is tau， and the operation of tattooing is known as ta tau， ta being t
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