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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- Figures, Plates, and Tables xiii
- Preface to the Revised Edition xxiii
- Preface to the First Edition xxv
- Note on Hawaiian Words and Place Names xxvii
- Prologue. An Island Civilization 1
- Chapter 1. Unearthing the Hawaiian Past: The History of Archaeology in Ha wai‘i 7
- Chapter 2. An Island World 27
- Chapter 3. The Evidence of the Past 46
- Chapter 4. Origins 63
- Chapter 5. Hawaiian Culture History: An Overview 85
- Chapter 6. History Sedimented in the Earth: Six Stratified Sites 116
- Chapter 7. The Wet and the Dry: Hawaiian Agriculture, Aquaculture, and the Staple Economy 141
- Chapter 8. “Like Shoals of Fish”: Population in Ancient Hawai‘i 177
- Chapter 9. Technology, Craft Specialization, and the Wealth Economy 188
- Chapter 10. The Archaeology of Everyday Life 220
- Chapter 11. The Archaeology of Ritual, Power, and Death 246
- Chapter 12. From Uka to Kai: Five Settlement Landscapes 281
- Chapter 13. Transformations: The Archaeology of Culture Contact and Coloni alism 306
- Chapter 14. The Archaeology of Hawai‘i Island 319
- Chapter 15. The Archaeology of Maui, Lāna‘i, and Kaho‘olawe Islands 353
- Chapter 16. The Archaeology of Moloka‘i Island 374
- Chapter 17. The Archaeology of O‘ahu Island 386
- Chapter 18. The Archaeology of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau Islands 406
- Chapter 19. The Archaeology of Nihoa and Mokumanamana Islands 415
- Epilogue 424
- Glossary of Hawaiian Words 427
- References 431
- Index 485
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS 497
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- Figures, Plates, and Tables xiii
- Preface to the Revised Edition xxiii
- Preface to the First Edition xxv
- Note on Hawaiian Words and Place Names xxvii
- Prologue. An Island Civilization 1
- Chapter 1. Unearthing the Hawaiian Past: The History of Archaeology in Ha wai‘i 7
- Chapter 2. An Island World 27
- Chapter 3. The Evidence of the Past 46
- Chapter 4. Origins 63
- Chapter 5. Hawaiian Culture History: An Overview 85
- Chapter 6. History Sedimented in the Earth: Six Stratified Sites 116
- Chapter 7. The Wet and the Dry: Hawaiian Agriculture, Aquaculture, and the Staple Economy 141
- Chapter 8. “Like Shoals of Fish”: Population in Ancient Hawai‘i 177
- Chapter 9. Technology, Craft Specialization, and the Wealth Economy 188
- Chapter 10. The Archaeology of Everyday Life 220
- Chapter 11. The Archaeology of Ritual, Power, and Death 246
- Chapter 12. From Uka to Kai: Five Settlement Landscapes 281
- Chapter 13. Transformations: The Archaeology of Culture Contact and Coloni alism 306
- Chapter 14. The Archaeology of Hawai‘i Island 319
- Chapter 15. The Archaeology of Maui, Lāna‘i, and Kaho‘olawe Islands 353
- Chapter 16. The Archaeology of Moloka‘i Island 374
- Chapter 17. The Archaeology of O‘ahu Island 386
- Chapter 18. The Archaeology of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau Islands 406
- Chapter 19. The Archaeology of Nihoa and Mokumanamana Islands 415
- Epilogue 424
- Glossary of Hawaiian Words 427
- References 431
- Index 485
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS 497