Kua'āina Kahiko : Life and Land in Ancient Kahikinui, Maui /

In early Hawai'i, kua'āina were the hinterlands inhabited by nā kua'āina, or country folk. Often these were dry, less desirable areas where much skill and hard work were required to wrest a living from the lava landscapes. The ancient district of Kahikinui in southeast Maui is such...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirch, Patrick Vinton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Antiquities.
HISTORY > United States > General.
TRAVEL > Australia & Oceania.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Hawaii > Kahikinui.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Hawaii > Kahikinui.
Hawaii > Kahikinui.
Kahikinui (Hawaii) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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