Patrick Vinton Kirch
Autor de On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact
Sobre El Autor
Patrick Vinton Kirch is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of twelve books including A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i and Anabulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Obras de Patrick Vinton Kirch
On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact (2000) 75 copias
Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: An Introduction to Hawaiian Archaeology and Prehistory (1985) 35 copias
Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 1: Historical Ethnography (1992) 30 copias
How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i (2010) 18 copias
The Lapita Peoples: Ancestors of the Oceanic World (The Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific) (1997) 13 copias
The Growth and Collapse of Pacific Island Societies: Archaeological and Demographic Perspectives (Anthropology) (2007) 11 copias
Kuaaina Kahiko: Life and Land in Ancient Kahikinui, Maui (Choice Outstanding Academic Books) (2014) 9 copias
Unearthing the Polynesian Past: Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist (2015) 9 copias
Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands: Prehistoric Environmental and Landscape Change (1997) 5 copias
Roots of Conflict: Soils, Agriculture, and Sociopolitical Complexity in Ancient Hawai'i (School for Advanced Research… (2011) 3 copias
Obras relacionadas
Feasts: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on Food, Politics, and Power (Smithsonian Series in Archaeological (2001) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
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The author gives a brief background the the arrival of the Polynesians in the Pacific, addresses their intentional navigation and settling of most habitable islands of the south Pacific, and moves on to the voyages that peopled Hawaii around 1000 AD, and the occasional return voyage over the next 200 years or so. From there he tells how life blossomed in Hawaii, and how society changed from the original kin based groupings to the god-kings of historical memory.
Kirch writes with the authority of archaeologist expert in the field, but delivers a readable and engaging book for the lay person. Just about perfect!… (más)