Prehistoric bird hunters: high altitude resource exploitation on Hawaii Island

Author:

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:

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