Households and hierarchy: Domestic modes of production in leeward Kohala, Hawai'i Island

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-85

  Field, Julie S ^a   Kirch, Patrick V ^b   Kawelu, Kathy ^c   Ladefoged, Thegn N ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Human ecodynamics; Polynesia; Pre contact

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHIPELAGO; EXCAVATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSISTENCE; SURVEY;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KOHALA; POLYNESIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951587070     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890903178663     Document Type: Article

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