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Signs of a divine reality: the materiality of bird cook stones (Pohaku eho) from the dry interior uplands and mountainous regions of the island of Hawaii

Author:
McCoy, Patrick C.
Title:
Signs of a divine reality: the materiality of bird cook stones (Pohaku eho) from the dry interior uplands and mountainous regions of the island of Hawaii
Periodical:
Hawaiian Archaeology
Year:
2011
Volume:
12
Pages:
65-107
Subject:
Archaeology Pohakuloa Training Area Mauna Kea Hawaii Island antiquities
Summary:
Bird cooking stones, pohaku eho in Hawaiian, are not commonly recognized and open to multiple and contested meanings in archaeological sites as indicated by a review of the ethnographic literature and the Emerson collection and other collections of Hawaiian bird cook stones made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries..
Label:
Archaeology
Date:
2011
Collection:
Periodicals