Prehistoric bird hunters: high altitude resource exploitation on Hawaii Island
- Author:
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Athens, J. Stephen, Helen F. James, Michael W. Kaschko
- Title:
- Prehistoric bird hunters: high altitude resource exploitation on Hawaii Island
- Periodical:
- Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, v.31, July 1991.
- Year:
- 1991
- Pages:
- p. 63-84
- Subject:
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Animal remains (archaeology)
Archaeological surveying Pohakuloa
Avifauna
Chiefdoms Hawaii
Historic sites
Paleontology Hawaii Island
Pohakuloa antiquities
Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA)
- Summary:
- This article presents the results of an archaeological inventory survey with subsurface testing conducted within the proposed Multi-Purpose Range Complex (MPRC) of the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island. The large sample of avian faunal remains dating to the prehistoric Hawaiian period suggested evidence concerning the chronology of the development of large chiefdoms on Hawaii Island.
- URL:
- https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/7066
- Collection:
- Monographs