| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Julie S. Field and Michael W. Graves / Nuʻalolo Kai in context / Julie S. Field -- Excavations and investigations at site 50-30-01-196, Nuʻalolo Kai, 1958-1990 -- Julie S. Field / Temporal changes in fishing strategies at Nuʻalolo Kai / Owen O'Leary -- Modified and unmodified turtle remains from Nuʻalolo Kai / Michael W. Graves, Stephanie Jolivette, Kelley S. Esh, and Julie S. Field -- Avifauna from Nuʻalolo Kai / Kelley Esh -- Introduced and native mammals from Nuʻalolo Kai / Julie S. Field and Stephanie Jolivette -- Modified coral from Nuʻalolo Kai / Julie S. Field and Windy K. McElroy -- Shell, bone, and invertebrate ornaments from Nuʻalolo Kai / Julie S. Field and Windy K. McElroy -- Applied zooarchaeology and conservation biology at Nuʻalolo Kai / Alex Morrison and Kelley Esh -- Synthesis: the prehistory of Nuʻalolo Kai / Julie S. Field and Michael W. Graves |
| Summary |
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 well-preserved remains of one of the largest and most diverse arrays of traditional and historic artifacts ever found in Hawai'i. The house sites that constitute the focus of Abundance and Resilience were built over five centuries of occupation and contained deeply buried, stratified deposits extending more than nine feet beneath the surface. The essays in this volume detail the work of archaeologists associated with the University of Hawai'i who have been compiling and studying the animal remains recovered from the excavations. The contributors discuss the range of foods eaten by Hawaiians, the ways in which particular species were captured and harvested, and how these practices might have evolved through changes in the climate and natural environment. Adding to this are analyses of a sophisticated material culture-how ancient Hawaiians fashioned animal remains into artifacts such as ornaments made of shell, pointed bird bone "pickers," sea urchin and coral files and abraders, turtle shell combs, and bone handles for kāhili (feathered standards) used by Hawaiian royalty |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Hawaii -- Nuʻalolo Kai
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Hawaii -- Nuʻalolo Kai
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Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Hawaii -- Nuʻalolo Kai
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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HISTORY -- Oceania.
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Animal remains (Archaeology)
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Antiquities
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Antiquities, Prehistoric
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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| SUBJECT |
Nuʻalolo Kai (Hawaii) -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Hawaii.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Graves, Michael W., editor.
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Field, Julie S., editor.
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| LC no. |
2015006930 |
| ISBN |
9780824857158 |
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0824857151 |
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9780824868369 |
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0824868366 |
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