Settlement Patterns and Subsistence Strategies in Kahikinui, Maui
Settlement Patterns and Subsistence Strategies in Kahikinui, Maui
dc.contributor.author | Dixon, Boyd | |
dc.contributor.author | Conte, Patty J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nagahara, Valerie | |
dc.contributor.author | Hodgins, W. Koa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-08T20:00:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-08T20:00:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-06-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | The nature of pre-Contact settlement patterns and subsistence practices in dry leeward portions of the Hawaiian islands has been one focus of archaeological investigations for over three decades. This research has revealed two basic agricultural and settlement systems which are largely defined by geographical and environmental parameters-"enclosed" systems which are found in narrowly circumscribed but relatively well watered valleys on the older islands, and "open" systems which are found in areas lacking such valleys and water courses on the younger islands. Archaeological studies of enclosed leeward systems include Nu'alolo Valley on Kaua'i (Bennett 1931; Soehren ms.), the Makaha (Green 1969, 1970) and Halawa (Klieger 1995; Damp 1998) valleys on O'ahu, and the Halawa Valley on east Moloka'i (Kirch and Kelley 1975). Open leeward systems have been studied in upcountry Kula on east Maui (Kolb, Conte, and Cordy 1997), and in Lapakahi (Rosendahl 1994) and Kaloko (Cordy et al. 1991) on the island ofHawai'i. The archaeological remains of these two pre-Contact leeward systems vary not only between the two basic types of geographical features (valleys and slopes), but also within the individual islands themselves. In enclosed leeward systems with permanent water courses, irrigated taro pondfields (or lo'i) and terraces can be found close to the water sources at the head of the valleys, spreading out downstream as seasonal water fl.ow permits. Permanent settlement in these valleys is generally concentrated toward the mouth of the streams (Kirch and Kelley 1975), with dispersed residential housing being located upstream near the field systems (Green 1969, 1970). In the karst landscape of leeward coastal O'ahu, natural sinkholes constitute a separate agricultural component to this system (Davis 1995). | |
dc.format.extent | 20 pages | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0890-1678 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10524/74535 | |
dc.subject | pre-contract settlement patterns | |
dc.subject | settlement systems | |
dc.subject | agricultural systems | |
dc.subject | archaeological studies | |
dc.subject | Kahikinui | |
dc.subject | State Historic Preservation Division | |
dc.subject | Department of Hawaiian Home Lands | |
dc.subject | settlement patterns | |
dc.subject | radiocarbon | |
dc.subject | post-contact period | |
dc.subject | artifact analysis | |
dc.subject | foreign artifacts | |
dc.subject | paleoenvironmental | |
dc.subject | botanical remains | |
dc.subject | Land snails | |
dc.subject | pollen analysis | |
dc.subject | phytolith analysis | |
dc.title | Settlement Patterns and Subsistence Strategies in Kahikinui, Maui | |
dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
dspace.entity.type | ||
prism.endingpage | 32 | |
prism.number | 1 | |
prism.publicationname | Hawaiian Archaeology | |
prism.startingpage | 13 | |
prism.volume | 8 |
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