Kua'āina Kahiko : : Life and Land in Ancient Kahikinui, Maui / / Patrick Vinton Kirch.
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 a...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 80 illustrations, 5 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes About this Book
- Prologue in the Land of La'amaikahiki
- 1. Discovering Ancient Kahikinui
- 2. Return to Kahikinui
- 3. Lava Landscapes
- 4. Living on Lava
- 5. Stones Stacked upon Stones
- 6. Time
- 7. The Pānānā of Hanamauloa
- 8. Farming the Rock
- 9. Kauhale: Domestic Life of Nā Kua'āina
- 10. "The Many Smoky Fish of the Land"
- 11. How Many Maka'āinana?
- 12. The Archaeology of Hydrology
- 13. Heiau: Sites of Sacrifice and Power
- 14. Seasons of the Gods
- 15. The Hao of La Pérouse
- 16. The Catechist of St. Ynez
- 17. Paiko's Windmill
- Epilogue the Future of Kahikinui
- Appendix A: Palapala'āina: Mapping the Land
- Appendix B: Gazetteer of Kahikinui Place Names
- Glossary of Hawaiian Words
- Sources and Further Reading
- Bibliography of Kahikinui Archaeology
- Index
- About the Author