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Kuaʻāina kahiko : life and land in ancient Kahikinui, Maui

Title: Kuaʻāina kahiko : life and land in ancient Kahikinui, Maui / Patrick Vinton Kirch.
Author: Kirch, Patrick Vinton
Publication: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]

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xxiv, 310 pages; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Prologue: in the land of Laʻamaikahiki -- Discovering ancient Kahikinui -- Return to Kahikinui -- Lava landscapes -- Living on lava -- Stones stacked upon stones -- Time -- The pānānā of hanamauloa -- 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 Pérouse -- The catechist of St. Ynez -- Paiko's windmill -- Epilogue: the future of Kahikinui.

ISBN

9780824839550
0824839552

LCCN

2013038073
40023553291

OCLC

ocn861497143
861497143
SCSB-5743605

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Columbia University Libraries