Indigenous Hawaiian Fishing Practices in Kahikinui, Maui: A Zooarchaeological Approach
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06/01/07 12:00 AM
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11
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1
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39
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53
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Hawai'i's rich archaeological and ethnographic records provide an opportunity to
investigate the lifestyles and foodways of the people of all social ranks and genders,
(including elites, priests, non-elites, women, and men) in this highly stratified society.
Throughout the islands, indigenous Hawaiian foodways depended heavily
on marine harvests, including fish, shellfish, and seaweeds. The sea provided the
primary protein-contributing elements of the diet across social classes. However,
marine foods may have been especially important to non-elites who had less access
to domestic animals such as pigs and dogs for fat and protein (Kirch and O'Day
2003; Titcomb 1972). Ethnohistorically, Hawaiian marine resource exploitation
strategies were recorded in some detail (Buck 1957; Handy et al. 1991; Titcomb
1972 [1952], 1978; Valeri 1985). Titcomb (1972:1) argued: "The sea was a great
reservoir of food for Hawaiians
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fishing, zooarchaeological evidence, lifestyles, Kahikinui, Faunal materials, nested sieves, Marine Vertebrates, Invertebrates
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