Book
Feathered gods and fishhooks: an introduction to Hawaiian archaeology and prehistory
University of Hawaii Press • Honolulu • Published In 1985 • Pages:
By: Kirch, Patrick Vinton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This a synthesis of Hawaiian prehistory and archaeology written for 'students and the informed general public.' Kirch discusses what the archaeologist does and what one can learn about the past through archaeology. The natural environment of Hawaii is reviewed. What follows is a summary of what is known about the first Hawaiians starting with their origins in western Polynesia and continuing on up through the early historic period. Discussed are settlements; artifacts, especially fishing technology; agriculture; burials; and social complexity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Fishing gear
- Tillage
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hawaiian
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- Patrick Vinton Kirch
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85001055
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawaii--Antiquities