Neither here nor there: a rites of passage site on the eastern fringes of the Mauna Kea Adze quarry, Hawaii
- Author:
- McCoy, Patrick C.
- Title:
- Neither here nor there: a rites of passage site on the eastern fringes of the Mauna Kea Adze quarry, Hawaii
- Periodical:
- Hawaiian Archaeology
- Year:
- 1999
- Volume:
- 7
- Pages:
- 11-14
- Subject:
- Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Archaeological surveying Mauna Kea
- Summary:
- The author conducted an analysis and interpretation of a site (50-10-23-16204) situated on the eastern fringes of the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry, near the eastern side of the Humuula Trail. The evidence suggests that this ambiguously located site was the locus of initiation rites for apprentice adze makers who, because they were "transitional beings," were outside the normal social structure and, thus, "neither here, nor there." The author will use Catherine Bell's concept of "ritualization" in his analysis.
- Label:
- Archaeology - Mauna Kea Adze Quarry
- Date:
- 1999
- Collection:
- Periodicals