Abundance and Resilience : : Farming and Foraging in Ancient Kaua'i / / ed. by Julie S. Field, Michael W. Graves.

At the base of a steep cliff towering some 500 feet above the coast of the remote Nā Pali district on the island of Kaua'i, lies the spectacular historical and archaeological site at Nu'alolo Kai. First excavated by Bishop Museum archaeologists between 1958 and 1964, the site contained the...

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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 53 black & white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Nu'alolo Kai in Context
  • Chapter 3. Excavations and Investigations at Site 50-30-01-196, Nu'alolo Kai, 1958-1990
  • Chapter 4. Temporal Changes in Fishing Strategies at Nu'alolo Kai
  • Chapter 5. Modified and Unmodified Turtle Remains from Nu'alolo Kai
  • Chapter 6. Avifauna from Nu'alolo Kai
  • Chapter 7. Introduced and Native Mammals from Nu'alolo Kai
  • Chapter 8. Modified Coral from Nu'alolo Kai
  • Chapter 9. Shell, Bone, and Invertebrate Ornaments from Nu'alolo Kai
  • Chapter 10. Applied Zooarchaeology and Conservation Biology at Nu'alolo Kai
  • Chapter 11. Synthesis: The Prehistory of Nu'alolo Kai
  • Appendix A: Fish Remains from the 1990 Excavations at Nu'alolo Kai
  • Appendix B: Other Faunal Tools and Modified Materials from Nu'alolo Kai
  • Appendix C: Unmodified Invertebrate Remains from Nu'alolo Kai
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index