Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: the Isla
β Kirch, Patrick Vinton
π Library
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2012
π University of California Press
π English
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Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: the Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i
β Scribed by Kirch, Patrick Vinton
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- University of California Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: Islands out of Time Part One: Voyages One: A Trail of Tattooed Pots Two: East from Hawaiki Three: Follow the Golden Plover Four: Voyages into the Past Five: The Sands of Waimanalo Part Two: In Pele's Islands Six: Flightless Ducks and Palm Forests Seven: Voyaging Chiefs from Kahiki Eight: Ma'ilikukahi, O'ahu's Sacred King Nine: The Waters of Kane Ten: "Like Shoals of Fish" Part Three: The Reign of the Feathered Gods Eleven: 'Umi the Unifier Twelve: 'Umi's Dryland Gardens Thirteen: The House of Pi'ilani Fourteen: "Like a Shark That Travels on the Land" Fifteen: The Altar of Ku Sixteen: The Return of Lono Seventeen: Prophecy and Sacrifice Epilogue: Hawai'i in World History Alphabetical List of Hawaiian Historical Persons Glossary of Hawaiian Words Sources and Further Reading Index
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HISTORY--United States--General;SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geography;SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology;;HISTORY -- United States -- General;SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography;SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology
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