Intensive dryland farming on the leeward slopes of Haleakala, Maui, Hawiian Islands: Archaeological, archaeobotanical, and geochemical perspectives

World Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 240-258

  Kirch, Patrick V ^a   Coil, James H ^a   Hartshorn, Anthony S ^b   Jeraj, Marjeta ^c   Vitousek, Peter M ^d   Chadwick, Oliver A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digging stick; Dryland agriculture; Geoarchaeology; Hawai'i; Nutrients; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DRYLAND FARMING;

HALEAKALA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 22144498124     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240500095074     Document Type: Article

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