Heiau Āina Lani

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch,Clive Ruggles
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824879426

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Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani by Patrick Vinton Kirch,Clive Ruggles Pdf

Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani is a collaborative study of 78 temple sites in the ancient moku of Kahikinui and Kaupō in southeastern Maui, undertaken using a novel approach that combines archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Although temple sites (heiau) were the primary focus of Hawaiian archaeologists in the earlier part of the twentieth century, they were later neglected as attention turned to the excavation of artifact-rich habitation sites and theoretical and methodological approaches focused more upon entire cultural landscapes. This book restores heiau to center stage. Its title, meaning “Temples, Land, and Sky,” reflects the integrated approach taken by Patrick Vinton Kirch and Clive Ruggles, based upon detailed mapping of the structures, precise determination of their orientations, and accurate dating. Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani is the outcome of a joint fieldwork project by the two authors, spanning more than fifteen years, in a remarkably well-preserved archaeological landscape containing precontact house sites, walls, and terraces for dryland cultivation, and including scores of heiau ranging from simple upright stones dedicated to Kāne, to massive platforms where the priests performed rites of human sacrifice to the war god Kū. Many of these heiau are newly discovered and reported for the first time in the book. The authors offer a fresh narrative based upon some provocative interpretations of the complex relationships between the Hawaiian temple system, the landscape, and the heavens (the “skyscape”). They demonstrate that renewed attention to heiau in the context of contemporary methodological and theoretical perspectives offers important new insights into ancient Hawaiian cosmology, ritual practices, ethnogeography, political organization, and the habitus of everyday life. Clearly, Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani repositions the study of heiau at the forefront of Hawaiian archaeology.

Author : John H. Stubbs,William Chapman,Julia Gatley,Ross King
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 951 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781003807940

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Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands by John H. Stubbs,William Chapman,Julia Gatley,Ross King Pdf

The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world, Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth’s surface. In response to local needs, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands have developed some of the most important and influential techniques, legislation, doctrine and theories in cultural heritage management in the world. The evolution of the heritage protection ethos and contemporary architectural conservation practices in Australia and Oceania are discussed on a national and regional basis using ample illustrations and examples. Accomplishments in architectural conservation are discussed in their national and international contexts, with an emphasis on original developments (solutions) and contributions made to the overall field. Enriched with essays contributed from fifty-nine specialists and thought leaders in the field, this book contains an extraordinary breadth and depth of research and synthesis on the why’s and how’s of cultural heritage conservation. Its holistic approach provides an essential resource and reference for students, academics, researchers, policy makers, practitioners and all who are interested in conserving the built environment.

Author : Efrosyni Boutsikas,Stephen C. McCluskey,John Steele
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030646066

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Advancing Cultural Astronomy by Efrosyni Boutsikas,Stephen C. McCluskey,John Steele Pdf

This collection of essays on cultural astronomy celebrates the life and work of Clive Ruggles, Emeritus Professor of Archaeoastronomy at Leicester University. Taking their lead from Ruggles’ work, the papers present new research focused on three core themes in cultural astronomy: methodology, case studies, and heritage. Through this framework, they show how the study of cultural astronomy has evolved over time and share new ideas to continue advancing the field. Ruggles’ work in these areas has had a profound impact on the way that scholars approach evidence of the role of sky in both ancient and modern cultures. While the papers span many time periods and regions, they are closely connected by these three major themes, presenting methodological investigations of how we can approach archaeological, textual, and ethnographic evidence; describing detailed archaeoastronomical case studies; or stressing the importance of global heritage management. This work will appeal to researchers and scholars interested in the history and development of cultural astronomy.

Author : Clive Ruggles,Amanda Chadburn
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781835538227

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Stonehenge by Clive Ruggles,Amanda Chadburn Pdf

Stonehenge is one of the most famous ancient monuments in the world and its solar alignment is one of its most important features. Yet although archaeologists have learned a huge amount about this iconic monument and its development, a sense of mystery continues about its purpose. This helps fuel numerous theories and common misconceptions, particularly concerning its relationship to the sky and the heavenly bodies. A desire to cut through this confusion was the inspiration for this book, and it fills a gaping hole in the existing literature. The book provides both an introduction to Stonehenge and its landscape and an introduction to archaeoastronomy—the study of how ancient peoples understood phenomena in the sky, and what role the sky played in their cultures. Archaeoastronomy is a specialism critical to explaining the relationship of Stonehenge and nearby monuments to the heavens, but interpreting archaeoastronomical evidence has often proved highly controversial in the past. Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun explains why. It makes clear which ideas about Stonehenge are generally accepted and which are not, with clear graphics to explain complicated concepts. This beautifully illustrated book shines new light on this most famous of ancient monuments, and is the first in-depth study of this fascinating topic suitable both for specialists and for anyone with a general interest.

Author : Fabio Silva,Liz Henty
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803271132

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Solarizing the Moon: Essays in honour of Lionel Sims by Fabio Silva,Liz Henty Pdf

Lionel Sims has produced an influential body of work that has challenged existing narratives about British prehistoric monuments and provided innovative ways to approach and think about skyscapes. This book, in his honour, is divided into three parts: Anthropology and Human Origins, Prehistory and Megalithic Monuments, and Theory.

Author : Davianna McGregor
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824829469

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Na Kua'aina by Davianna McGregor Pdf

Oral traditions are recounted in this collection of stories that reveal how those who actively lived Hawaiian culture and kept the spirit of the land alive have enabled native Hawaiians to endure as a unique and dignified people.

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch,Mark D. McCoy
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824894467

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Feathered Gods and Fishhooks by Patrick Vinton Kirch,Mark D. McCoy Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556038059747

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Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail, Comprehensive Management Plan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary Kawena Pukui,Samuel H. Elbert,Esther T. Mookini
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1976-12-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0824805240

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Place Names of Hawaii by Mary Kawena Pukui,Samuel H. Elbert,Esther T. Mookini Pdf

How many place names are there in the Hawaiian Islands? Even a rough estimate is impossible. Hawaiians named taro patches, rocks, trees, canoe landings, resting places in the forests, and the tiniest spots where miraculous events are believed to have taken place. And place names are far from static--names are constantly being given to new houses and buildings, streets and towns, and old names are replaced by new ones. It is essential, then, to record the names and the lore associated with them now, while Hawaiians are here to lend us their knowledge. And, whatever the fate of the Hawaiian language, the place names will endure. The first edition of Place Names of Hawaii contained only 1,125 entries. The coverage is expanded in the present edition to include about 4,000 entries, including names in English. Also, approximately 800 more names are included in this volume than appear in the second edition of the Atlas of Hawaii.

Author : Brandy Nalani McDougall
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780816548354

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Aina Hanau / Birth Land by Brandy Nalani McDougall Pdf

'Āina Hānau / Birth Land is a powerful collection of new poems by Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) poet Brandy Nālani McDougall. These poems cycle through sacred and personal narratives while exposing and fighting ongoing American imperialism, settler colonialism, militarism, and social and environmental injustice to protect the ʻāina and its people.

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824840204

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Kua‘āina Kahiko by Patrick Vinton Kirch Pdf

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 kua‘āina and remains one of the largest tracts of undeveloped land in the islands. Named after Tahiti Nui in the Polynesian homeland, its thousands of pristine acres house a treasure trove of archaeological ruins—witnesses to the generations of Hawaiians who made this land their home before it was abandoned in the late nineteenth century. Kua‘āina Kahiko follows kama‘āina archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch on a seventeen-year-long research odyssey to rediscover the ancient patterns of life and land in Kahikinui. Through painstaking archaeological survey and detailed excavations, Kirch and his students uncovered thousands of previously undocumented ruins of houses, trails, agricultural fields, shrines, and temples. Kirch describes how, beginning in the early fifteenth century, Native Hawaiians began to permanently inhabit the rocky lands along the vast southern slope of Haleakalā. Eventually these planters transformed Kahikinui into what has been called the greatest continuous zone of dryland planting in the Hawaiian Islands. He relates other fascinating aspects of life in ancient Kahikinui, such as the capture and use of winter rains to create small wet-farming zones, and decodes the complex system of heiau, showing how the orientations of different temple sites provide clues to the gods to whom they were dedicated. Kirch examines the sweeping changes that transformed Kahikinui after European contact, including how some maka'āinana families fell victim to unscrupulous land agents. But also woven throughout the book is the saga of Ka ‘Ohana o Kahikinui, a grass-roots group of Native Hawaiians who successfully struggled to regain access to these Hawaiian lands. Rich with ancedotes of Kirch’s personal experiences over years of field research, Kua'āina Kahiko takes the reader into the little-known world of the ancient kua‘āina.

Author : Julie Demello
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781461747406

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Fun with the Family Hawaii by Julie Demello Pdf

Planning a vacation in paradise with the kids? From hiking trails with scenic views to a queen's summer palace to a petroglyph field, Hawaii offers many diverse activities for families to enjoy. Fun with the FamilyTM Hawaii leads the way to amusement parks, historical attractions, children's museums, wildlife habitats, festivals, parks, and much more. It takes you and the little ones on an exhilarating journey through the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Maui, The Big Island, Kauai, Molokai, and Lanai, doing these and many other things: Exploring Hawaii's rich multicultural roots and experiencing life on an early twentieth-century sugar cane plantation at Oahu's Hawaii Plantation Village Getting sprayed with ocean surf through a lava tube at Halona Blowhole Horseback riding on the slopes of Haleakala Crater in Maui Sailing on a sunset catamaran ride along the south shore of Kauai

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030122337

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I-H3, Halawa Interchange to Halekou Interchange, Honolulu by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UCSD:31822009244633

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Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin by Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Pdf

Author : Marie Alohalani Brown
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824891091

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Ka Po‘e Mo‘o Akua by Marie Alohalani Brown Pdf

Tradition holds that when you come across a body of fresh water in a secluded area and everything is eerily still, the plants are yellowed, and the water covered with a greenish-yellow froth, you have stumbled across the home of a mo‘o. Leave quickly lest the mo‘o make itself known to you! Revered and reviled, reptiles have slithered, glided, crawled, and climbed their way through the human imagination and into prominent places in many cultures and belief systems around the world. Ka Po‘e Mo‘o Akua: Hawaiian Reptilian Water Deities explores the fearsome and fascinating creatures known as mo‘o that embody the life-giving and death-dealing properties of water. Mo‘o are not ocean-dwellers; instead, they live primarily in or near bodies of fresh water. They vary greatly in size, appearing as tall as a mountain or as tiny as a house gecko, and many possess alternate forms. Mo‘o are predominantly female, and the female mo‘o that masquerade as humans are often described as stunningly beautiful. Throughout Hawaiian history, mo‘o akua have held distinctive roles and have filled a variety of functions in overlapping religious, familial, societal, economic, and political sectors. In addition to being a comprehensive treatise on mo‘o akua, this work includes a detailed catalog of 288 individual mo‘o with source citations. Marie Alohalani Brown makes major contributions to the politics and poetics of reconstructing ‘ike kupuna (ancestral knowledge), Hawaiian aesthetics, the nature of tradition, the study and appreciation of mo‘olelo and ka‘ao (hi/stories), genre analysis and metadiscursive practices, and methodologies for conducting research in Hawaiian-language newspapers. An extensive introduction also offers readers context for understanding how these uniquely Hawaiian deities relate to other reptilian entities in Polynesia and around the world.