Changing Patterns of Firewood Use on the Waimanalo Plain
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06/01/13 12:00 AM
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13
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1
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30
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68
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Wood charcoal identifications from 35 dated traditional Hawaiian fire-pits on the
Waimanalo Plain are analyzed for evidence of change over time and difference
across space. Plant taxa identified in the firewood are classified according to
habit, origin, and elevational distribution. Early in traditional Hawaiian times,
firewood was commonly brought to the plain from inland forests and fires were
made primarily with native plants. Later, firewood was more likely to be
collected locally, and it typically included both Polynesian-introduced and native
plants. This change in behavior appears to have taken place in the fifteenth
century. It was likely associated with a vegetational change in which the native
lowland forest was replaced with a variety of useful plants, especially near Puha
Stream.
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wood charcoal, taxon, Waimanalo Plain, fire pits, reconstitution
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