Craft specialization and adze production on Hawaii Island

Author:

Bayman, James M., Moniz-Nakamura, Jadelyn J.

Title:

Craft specialization and adze production on Hawaii Island

Periodical:

Journal of Field Archaeology

Year:

2001

Volume:

28

Pages:

239-252

Subject:

Adzes Pohakuloa Adze manufacturing Archaeological surveying Pohakuloa Lava tubes Craft specialization Pohakuloa antiquities Craft production

Summary:

This document describes adze quarries that were established among the islands of Hawaii and the economic impact that adze production had throughout the islands with particular emphasis on the quarry that was established on Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii. This quarry was the largest known quarry in the Pacific region that involved large-scale production of basalt adzes. Also described was the discovery of a small-scale, non-specialized production of adzes that was found at Pohakuloa -- outside the main quarry of Mauna Kea.

Label:

Archaeology

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2075/stable/3181433

Date:

2001

Collection:

Periodicals