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Kuaʻāina kahiko : life and land in ancient Kahikinui, Maui /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirch, Patrick Vinton (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Kahikinui (Hawaii) > Antiquities.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Hawaii > Kahikinui.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Hawaii > Kahikinui.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: in the land of Laʻamaikahiki
  • Discovering ancient Kahikinui
  • Return to Kahikinui
  • Lava landscapes
  • Living on lava
  • Stones stacked upon stones
  • The pānānā of hanamauloa
  • Time
  • Farming the rock
  • Kauhale: domestic life of na kuaʻāina
  • "The many smoky fish of the land"
  • How many makaʻainana?
  • The archaeology of hydrology
  • Heiau: sites of sacrifice and power
  • Seasons of the gods
  • The hao of La Perouse
  • The catechist of St. Ynez
  • Paiko's windmill
  • Epilogue: the future of Kahikinui.