The role of agricultural innovation on Pacific Islands: A case study from Hawai'i Island

World Archaeology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-107

  McCoy, Mark D ^a   Graves, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural innovation; Hawaiian prehistory; Irrigation; Polynesian archaeology; Rainfed farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; FLOODING; INNOVATION; IRRIGATION; PREHISTORIC; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; TERRACE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; POLYNESIA;

EID: 77951168412     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240903430340     Document Type: Article

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