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Unearthing the Polynesian past : explorations and adventures of an island archaeologist / Patrick Vinton Kirch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xix, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0824853458
  • 9780824853457
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 930.1092 23
LOC classification:
  • GN875.P64 K57 2015
Contents:
Keiki o ka ʻaina (Oʻahu, 1950-63) -- An apprenticeship in science (1963-68) -- Molokaʻi-nui-a-hina (Halawa Valley, 1969-70) -- Polynesia's smallest island (Kolombangara and Anuta, 1971) -- Lux et veritas (Yale, 1972-75) -- Of pigs and pondfields (Futuna and ʻUvea, 1974) -- The isle of sacred coconuts (Niuatoputapu, 1976) -- Matou, nga Tikopia (Tikopia, 1977) -- The ghost of Sinapupu (Tikopia and Vanikoro, 1978) -- Aloha ʻaina (Hawaiʻi, 1979-84) -- The Anahulu Valley (Kawailoa, Oʻahu, 1982) -- "Looking for the lion" (Seattle and the Burke Museum, 1984-88) -- The search for the Lapita homeland (Mussau 1985) -- The secrets of Talepakemalai (Mussau 1986-88) -- Hawaiki (Manuʻa islands, 1986-89) -- Fiat lux (Berkeley, California, 1989- ) -- The gathering place of men (Mangaia, 1989-91) -- Kahikinui: "great Tahiti" (Maui, 1995-1999) -- Forbidden peninsula (Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, 2000) -- Belly of the stone fish (Moʻorea, 1996-2010) -- Roots of conflict (Hawaiʻi and Maui, 2001-2009) -- The sun sets at Ana Tetea (Mangareva, 2001-2014) -- Kekaulike's kingdom (Kaupo, Maui, 2003-2013) -- Reflections.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Keiki o ka ʻaina (Oʻahu, 1950-63) -- An apprenticeship in science (1963-68) -- Molokaʻi-nui-a-hina (Halawa Valley, 1969-70) -- Polynesia's smallest island (Kolombangara and Anuta, 1971) -- Lux et veritas (Yale, 1972-75) -- Of pigs and pondfields (Futuna and ʻUvea, 1974) -- The isle of sacred coconuts (Niuatoputapu, 1976) -- Matou, nga Tikopia (Tikopia, 1977) -- The ghost of Sinapupu (Tikopia and Vanikoro, 1978) -- Aloha ʻaina (Hawaiʻi, 1979-84) -- The Anahulu Valley (Kawailoa, Oʻahu, 1982) -- "Looking for the lion" (Seattle and the Burke Museum, 1984-88) -- The search for the Lapita homeland (Mussau 1985) -- The secrets of Talepakemalai (Mussau 1986-88) -- Hawaiki (Manuʻa islands, 1986-89) -- Fiat lux (Berkeley, California, 1989- ) -- The gathering place of men (Mangaia, 1989-91) -- Kahikinui: "great Tahiti" (Maui, 1995-1999) -- Forbidden peninsula (Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, 2000) -- Belly of the stone fish (Moʻorea, 1996-2010) -- Roots of conflict (Hawaiʻi and Maui, 2001-2009) -- The sun sets at Ana Tetea (Mangareva, 2001-2014) -- Kekaulike's kingdom (Kaupo, Maui, 2003-2013) -- Reflections.

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