Valerio Valeri
Date of Birth  :
1944-22-05
Place of Birth  :
France
Country  :
France
Field of Expertise  :
Cultural and social anthropology
Educational background  :
Doctorate degree
Acheivements / Contributions  :

  • Valerio Valeri did meticulous and eminent field work all around the sphere including Indonesia, Micronesia, Malaysia and Hawaii.

  • He wrote a book called Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii (translated from French) that was considered "the best book ever written on Polynesian ethnologyā€¯ (The University of Chicago Chronicle 1998).

  • He devoted a great part of his life to the triumph of anthropology.

source: Valerio Valeri

Bibliography  :
Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii,Forest Of Taboos: Morality, Hunting, And Identity , THE TRANSFORMATION OF A TRANSFORMATION, A STRUCTURAL ESSAY ON AN ASPECT OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY (1809- 1819)