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Book Kualoa Regional Park Beach Erosion Control  Oahu

Download or read book Kualoa Regional Park Beach Erosion Control Oahu written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book N   Mea  imi i Ka W   Kahiko

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Social Science Research Institute University of Hawaii
  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book N Mea imi i Ka W Kahiko written by and published by Social Science Research Institute University of Hawaii. This book was released on 1988 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Feathered Gods and Fishhooks

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  • Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2023-07-31
  • ISBN : 0824894464
  • Pages : 542 pages

Download or read book Feathered Gods and Fishhooks written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Feathered Gods and Fishhooks was the pioneering synthesis of ancient Hawaiian civilization from an archaeological perspective. This long-awaited revised edition now brings the field up to date, incorporating the results from hundreds of archaeological projects undertaken throughout the Hawaiian Islands over the past thirty-five years that have benefited from tremendous technological advancements, and presents an authoritative account of the origins and progression of Hawaiian culture prior to the arrival of Europeans. Generously illustrated, this revision includes dozens of new photographs and maps, along with a selection of color plates. This volume, like its predecessor, provides a synthesis of Hawaiian archaeology that avoids unnecessary jargon and is comprehensible to the interested layperson, yet is sufficiently detailed to be useful to the professional archaeologist. Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: The Archaeology of Ancient Hawai‘i begins with an explanation of archaeological practice in Hawai‘i, from antiquarian pursuits in the late nineteenth century through the development of modern research techniques, taking into account the recent tensions surrounding the significant shift of archaeology from a largely academic endeavor to a professional consulting enterprise. Following a review of environmental constraints and opportunities, and of the main kinds of archaeological evidence, the book explores the latest information on the first Polynesian settlement of Hawai‘i. To achieve a holistic view, the wide range of topics discussed in this work include material culture, agricultural systems, population size, ritual architecture variations, diversity in landscapes, and archaeological evidence for historical transformations following European contact. The final chapters survey, island-by-island, major sites and patterns of ancient settlement. In total, this book tells a story of Hawaiian history, culture, and wisdom in an attempt to preserve ancestral archaeological records. As with the first edition, the revised Feathered Gods and Fishhooks is an indispensable resource on the history of ancient Hawai‘i. Of particular note is the extensive bibliography, a key guide to hundreds of often difficult-to-locate reports and publications on Hawaiian archaeology.

Book Acquisition List

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  • Author : University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Hawaiian Collection
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 496 pages

Download or read book Acquisition List written by University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Hawaiian Collection and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hawaiian History

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  • Author : Richard Lightner
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2004-08-30
  • ISBN : 0313072981
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Hawaiian History written by Richard Lightner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawaii has been referred to as the crossroads of the Pacific. This book illustrates how many world cultures and customs meet in the Hawaiian Islands, providing a chronological overview highlighted by extracts from important works that express Hawaii's unique history. This work starts with chronological chapters on general and ancient Hawaiian history and continues through early Western contact, the 19th century, and Hawaii's annexation to the United States. Topics include politics, religion, social issues, business, ethnic groups, and race relations.

Book Olomana Maunawili  Oahu Sewer Discharge Permit

Download or read book Olomana Maunawili Oahu Sewer Discharge Permit written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oceanic Culture History

Download or read book Oceanic Culture History written by Roger Curtis Green and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Anahulu

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  • Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1994-10-03
  • ISBN : 9780226733661
  • Pages : 220 pages

Download or read book Anahulu written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-10-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining archaeology and social anthropology this historical and archaeological two volume set constructs an integrated history of the Anahulu Valley in northwestern O'ahu that traces the cultural transformation in a typical local center of the Hawaiian Kingdom founded by Kamehame. Volume one is a historical ethnography and volume two is an archaeology of history.

Book Archaeology of Pacific Oceania

Download or read book Archaeology of Pacific Oceania written by Mike T. Carson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates a region-wide chronological narrative of the archaeology of Pacific Oceania. How and why did this vast sea of islands, covering nearly one-third of the world’s surface, come to be inhabited over the last several millennia, transcending significant change in ecology, demography, and society? What can any or all of the thousands of islands offer as ideal model systems toward comprehending globally significant issues of human-environment relations and coping with changing circumstances of natural and cultural history? A new synthesis of Pacific Oceanic archaeology addresses these questions, based largely on the author’s investigations throughout the diverse region.

Book The Wind Gourd of La  amaomao

Download or read book The Wind Gourd of La amaomao written by Moses K. Nakuina and published by Dennis Kawaharada. This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book I H3  Halawa Interchange to Halekou Interchange  Honolulu

Download or read book I H3 Halawa Interchange to Halekou Interchange Honolulu written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan  SCORP

Download or read book State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan SCORP written by Hawaii. Department of Land and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rapa Nui Journal

Download or read book Rapa Nui Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Statues that Walked

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  • Author : Terry Hunt
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2011-06-21
  • ISBN : 1439154341
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book The Statues that Walked written by Terry Hunt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monumental statues of Easter Island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island’s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday 1722. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific islands, have built such monumental works? No such astonishing numbers of massive statues are found anywhere else in the Pacific. How could the islanders possibly have moved so many multi-ton monoliths from the quarry inland, where they were carved, to their posts along the coastline? And most intriguing and vexing of all, if the island once boasted a culture developed and sophisticated enough to have produced such marvelous edifices, what happened to that culture? Why was the island the Europeans encountered a sparsely populated wasteland? The prevailing accounts of the island’s history tell a story of self-inflicted devastation: a glaring case of eco-suicide. The island was dominated by a powerful chiefdom that promulgated a cult of statue making, exercising a ruthless hold on the island’s people and rapaciously destroying the environment, cutting down a lush palm forest that once blanketed the island in order to construct contraptions for moving more and more statues, which grew larger and larger. As the population swelled in order to sustain the statue cult, growing well beyond the island’s agricultural capacity, a vicious cycle of warfare broke out between opposing groups, and the culture ultimately suffered a dramatic collapse. When Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo began carrying out archaeological studies on the island in 2001, they fully expected to find evidence supporting these accounts. Instead, revelation after revelation uncovered a very different truth. In this lively and fascinating account of Hunt and Lipo’s definitive solution to the mystery of what really happened on the island, they introduce the striking series of archaeological discoveries they made, and the path-breaking findings of others, which led them to compelling new answers to the most perplexing questions about the history of the island. Far from irresponsible environmental destroyers, they show, the Easter Islanders were remarkably inventive environmental stewards, devising ingenious methods to enhance the island’s agricultural capacity. They did not devastate the palm forest, and the culture did not descend into brutal violence. Perhaps most surprising of all, the making and moving of their enormous statutes did not require a bloated population or tax their precious resources; their statue building was actually integral to their ability to achieve a delicate balance of sustainability. The Easter Islanders, it turns out, offer us an impressive record of masterful environmental management rich with lessons for confronting the daunting environmental challenges of our own time. Shattering the conventional wisdom, Hunt and Lipo’s ironclad case for a radically different understanding of the story of this most mysterious place is scientific discovery at its very best.

Book The Sites of Oahu

Download or read book The Sites of Oahu written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book He Mo olelo  Aina

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  • Author : Kepa Maly
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-11-01
  • ISBN : 9780692799543
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book He Mo olelo Aina written by Kepa Maly and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haseko presents this Honouliuli study in an effort to advance the goal of educating the Honouliuli community about the land's history in order to preserve it. This book is a brief overview of a study that incorporates a wide range of historical literature describing Honouliuli Ahupua'a that has been gathered over the last 20 years by Kepa and Onaona Maly.