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Island societies : archaeological approaches to evolution and transformation
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ISBN: 0521301890 Year: 1986 Volume: vol *25 Publisher: Cambridge London New York Cambridge university Press

On the road of the winds : an archaeological history of the Pacific Islands before European contact
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ISBN: 0520223470 0520234618 Year: 2000 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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The Lapita Peoples : Ancestors of the Oceanic World
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ISBN: 1577180364 Year: 1997 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. Oxford Blackwell Publishers

The evolution of the Polynesian chiefdoms
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ISBN: 0521273161 Year: 1996 Publisher: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press

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A shark going inland is my chief
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ISBN: 1282233920 9786613811660 0520953835 9780520953833 9781282233928 9780520273306 0520273303 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four decades of his own research with Native Hawaiian oral traditions and the evidence of archaeology, Kirch puts a human face on the gradual rise to power of the Hawaiian god-kings, who by the late eighteenth century were locked in a series of wars for ultimate control of the entire archipelago.This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook's encounter with the pristine kingdom in 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems.

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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Hawaii --- Chavaē --- Gavaĭi --- Gavaĭskie Ostrova --- Gavaĭtæ --- H.I. --- HA --- Hahuai --- Hauaiʻi --- Haṿai Inzlen --- Havaiji --- Havajai --- Havajas --- Hawai-shū --- Hawaii Eyaleti --- Hawaii-Inseln --- Hawaii (Kingdom) --- Hawaii (Republic) --- Hawaii (State) --- Hawaii (Ter.) --- Hawaii (Territory) --- Hawaiian Islands --- Hawaiju --- Hawaje --- HI --- Khavai --- Kingdom of Hawaiʻi --- Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi --- Republic of Hawaii --- Shtat Havaï --- State of Hawaii --- Territory of Hawaii --- Tlahtohcāyōtl Hahuai --- Xiaweiyi --- Xiaweiyi Zhou --- Χαβάη --- Хаваји --- Хаваи --- Штат Гаваї --- Гавайтæ --- Гавайи --- Гаваї --- האוואי --- הוואי --- ハワイ --- ハワイ州 --- 夏威夷 --- 夏威夷州 --- 하와이 --- 하와이주 --- Civilization. --- Antiquities. --- History --- Environmental conditions. --- 18th century history. --- agriculture history. --- american indians. --- archaeologist books. --- archipelago history. --- books based on facts. --- books for history lovers. --- british history. --- captain james hook. --- distractions for kids. --- easy to read. --- engaging. --- european history. --- hawaiian culture. --- hawaiian religion. --- hawaiian tradition. --- history of hawaii. --- learning while reading. --- leisure reads. --- native american history. --- nonfiction history books. --- page turner. --- polynesian history. --- polynesian settlers. --- power struggle. --- south china sea. --- vacation books.

Feathered gods and fishhooks : an introduction to Hawaiian archaeology and prehistory
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ISBN: 0824819381 Year: 1997 Publisher: Honolulu (Hawaii) : University of Hawaii press,

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Feathered gods and fishhooks : an introduction to hawaiian archaeology and prehistory
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Year: 1985 Publisher: Honolulu University of Hawaii press

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Legacy of the Landscape : An Illustrated Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological sites
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ISBN: 0824817397 Publisher: Honolulu Unversity of Hawaii Press

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On the road of the winds
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ISBN: 0520968891 9780520968899 9780520292819 Year: 2017 Publisher: Oakland, California

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The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands that are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe navigators, the atoll dwellers of Micronesia, the statue carvers of remote Easter Island, and the famed traders of Melanesia. Decades of archaeological excavations-combined with allied research in historical linguistics, biological anthropology, and comparative ethnography-have revealed much new information about the long-term history of these societies and cultures. On the Road of the Winds synthesizes the grand sweep of human history in the Pacific Islands, beginning with the movement of early people out from Asia more than 40,000 years ago and tracing the development of myriad indigenous cultures up to the time of European contact in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. This updated edition, enhanced with many new illustrations and an extensive bibliography, synthesizes the latest archaeological, linguistic, and biological discoveries that reveal the vastness of ancient history in the Pacific Islands.

Feathered gods and fishhooks : an introduction to hawaiian archaeology and prehistory.
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ISBN: 0824809815 Year: 1985 Publisher: Honolulu University of Hawaii press

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Hawaii --- Antiquities.

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