Shark Going Inland Is My Chief The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i

Name: Shark Going Inland Is My Chief The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i
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ISBN: 9780520273306

ISBN-10: 0520273303

ISBN-13: 9780520273306

Edition: 2012

Authors: Patrick Vinton Kirch

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Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four decades of his own research with Native Hawaiian oral traditions and the evidence of archaeology, Kirch puts a human face on the gradual rise to power of the Hawaiian god-kings, who by the late eighteenth century were locked in a series of wars for ultimate control of the entire archipelago.This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook's encounter with the pristine kingdom…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/6/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Prologue Islands out of Time



Voyages



A Trail of Tattooed Pots



East from Hawaiki



Follow the Golden Plover



Voyages into the Past



The Sands of Waimanalo



In Pele's Islands



Flightless Ducks and Palm Forests



Voyaging Chiefs from Kahiki



Ma'ilikukahi, O'ahu's Sacred King



The Waters of Kane



"Like Shoals of Fish"



The Reign of the Feathered Gods



'Umi the Unifier



'Umi's Dryland Gardens



The House of Pi'ilani



"Like a Shark That Travels on the Land"



The Altar of Ku



The Return of Lono



Prophecy and Sacrifice


Epilogue Hawai'i in World History


Alphabetical List of Hawaiian Historical Persons


Glossary of Hawaiian Words


Sources and Further Reading


Index