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Traveler's Guide to Living in Nigeria

Security and Travel Tips

By: Patrick Keku,Tunde Akingbade

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Traveler's Guide to Living in Nigeria

Security and Travel Tips

By: Patrick Keku,Tunde Akingbade

This collection of Poetry captures the very essence of a woman.The way she sees things with her minds eye. This book will give the reader a peek into the Secret Place. (A Woman's Heart)

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1414006284

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A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief

The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch

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A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief

The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch

Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four decades of his own research with Native Hawaiian oral traditions and the evidence of archaeology, Kirch puts a human face on the gradual rise to power of the Hawaiian god-kings, who by the late eighteenth century were locked in a series of wars for ultimate control of the entire archipelago. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook’s encounter with the pristine kingdom in 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems.

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University of California Press

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0520303415

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9780520303416

How Chiefs Became Kings

Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch

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How Chiefs Became Kings

Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch

In How Chiefs Became Kings, Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of “archaic states” whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom. Integrating anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, traditional history, and theory, and drawing on significant contributions from his own four decades of research, Kirch argues that Hawaiian polities had become states before the time of Captain Cook’s voyage (1778-1779). The status of most archaic states is inferred from the archaeological record. But Kirch shows that because Hawai`i’s kingdoms were established relatively recently, they could be observed and recorded by Cook and other European voyagers. Substantive and provocative, this book makes a major contribution to the literature of precontact Hawai`i and illuminates Hawai`i’s importance in the global theory and literature about divine kingship, archaic states, and sociopolitical evolution.

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University of California Press

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0520303393

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9780520303393

Anahulu

The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 1: Historical Ethnography

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch,Marshall Sahlins

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Anahulu

The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 1: Historical Ethnography

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch,Marshall Sahlins

Combining archaeology and social anthropology this historical and archaeological two volume set constructs an integrated history of the Anahulu Valley in northwestern O'ahu that traces the cultural transformation in a typical local center of the Hawaiian Kingdom founded by Kamehame. Volume one is a historical ethnography and volume two is an archaeology of history.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226733653

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9780226733654

Feathered Gods and Fishhooks

The Archaeology of Ancient Hawai‘i, Revised Edition

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch,Mark D. McCoy

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Feathered Gods and Fishhooks

The Archaeology of Ancient Hawai‘i, Revised Edition

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch,Mark D. McCoy

The first edition of Feathered Gods and Fishhooks was the pioneering synthesis of ancient Hawaiian civilization from an archaeological perspective. This long-awaited revised edition now brings the field up to date, incorporating the results from hundreds of archaeological projects undertaken throughout the Hawaiian Islands over the past thirty-five years that have benefited from tremendous technological advancements, and presents an authoritative account of the origins and progression of Hawaiian culture prior to the arrival of Europeans. Generously illustrated, this revision includes dozens of new photographs and maps, along with a selection of color plates. This volume, like its predecessor, provides a synthesis of Hawaiian archaeology that avoids unnecessary jargon and is comprehensible to the interested layperson, yet is sufficiently detailed to be useful to the professional archaeologist. Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: The Archaeology of Ancient Hawai‘i begins with an explanation of archaeological practice in Hawai‘i, from antiquarian pursuits in the late nineteenth century through the development of modern research techniques, taking into account the recent tensions surrounding the significant shift of archaeology from a largely academic endeavor to a professional consulting enterprise. Following a review of environmental constraints and opportunities, and of the main kinds of archaeological evidence, the book explores the latest information on the first Polynesian settlement of Hawai‘i. To achieve a holistic view, the wide range of topics discussed in this work include material culture, agricultural systems, population size, ritual architecture variations, diversity in landscapes, and archaeological evidence for historical transformations following European contact. The final chapters survey, island-by-island, major sites and patterns of ancient settlement. In total, this book tells a story of Hawaiian history, culture, and wisdom in an attempt to preserve ancestral archaeological records. As with the first edition, the revised Feathered Gods and Fishhooks is an indispensable resource on the history of ancient Hawai‘i. Of particular note is the extensive bibliography, a key guide to hundreds of often difficult-to-locate reports and publications on Hawaiian archaeology.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824894464

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9780824894467

Legacy of the Landscape

An Illustrated Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Sites

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch

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Legacy of the Landscape

An Illustrated Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Sites

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch

Precontact Hawaiian civilization is represented by a rich legacy of archaeological sites, many of which have been preserved and are accessible to the public. This volume provides for the first time an authoritative handbook to the most important of these archaeological treasures. The 50 sites covered by this book are distributed over all the main islands and include heiau (temples), habitation sites, irrigated and dryland agricultural complexes, fishponds, petroglyphs, and several post-contact (early 19th-century) sites. Site locations are shown on individual island maps, and detailed plans are provided for several sites.

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150

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824817397

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Unearthing the Polynesian Past

Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch

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Unearthing the Polynesian Past

Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist

By: Patrick Vinton Kirch

Perhaps no scholar has done more to reveal the ancient history of Polynesia than noted archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch. For close to fifty years he explored the Pacific, as his work took him to more than two dozen islands spread across the ocean, from Mussau to Hawai'i to Easter Island. In this lively memoir, rich with personal—and often amusing—anecdotes, Kirch relates his many adventures while doing fieldwork on remote islands. At the age of thirteen, Kirch was accepted as a summer intern by the eccentric Bishop Museum zoologist Yoshio Kondo and was soon participating in archaeological digs on the islands of Hawai'i and Maui. He continued to apprentice with Kondo during his high school years at Punahou, and after obtaining his anthropology degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Kirch joined a Bishop Museum expedition to Anuta Island, where a traditional Polynesian culture still flourished. His appetite whetted by these adventures, Kirch went on to obtain his doctorate at Yale University with a study of the traditional irrigation-based chiefdoms of Futuna Island. Further expeditions have taken him to isolated Tikopia, where his excavations exposed stratified sites extending back three thousand years; to Niuatoputapu, a former outpost of the Tongan maritime empire; to Mangaia, with its fortified refuge caves; and to Mo'orea, where chiefs vied to construct impressive temples to the war god 'Oro. In Hawai'i, Kirch traced the islands' history in the Anahulu valley and across the ancient district of Kahikinui, Maui. His joint research with ecologists, soil scientists, and paleontologists elucidated how Polynesians adapted to their island ecosystems. Looking back over the past half-century of Polynesian archaeology, Kirch reflects on how the questions we ask about the past have changed over the decades, how archaeological methods have advanced, and how our knowledge of the Polynesian past has greatly expanded.

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401

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824853482

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9780824853488

Dangerous Days and Savage Nights

Countering the Menace of Armed Robbery in Nigeria

By: Patrick Keku,Tunde Akingbade

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Countering the Menace of Armed Robbery in Nigeria

By: Patrick Keku,Tunde Akingbade

The outcome of the first and only worksop ever done in Nigeria on the frightening problem of armed banditry. It's a detailed account of how armed robbery is planned and executed in Nigeria. It contains ordeals of the victims and what citizens should know so as not to be targets of those who prowl the streets to rob the innocent. The book contains papers written by experts and top government functionaries on their experiences and how to combat the crime in the country. (Back cover)

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Book's by Patrick Keku

Traveler's Guide to Living in Nigeria

Traveler's Guide to Living in Nigeria

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief

How Chiefs Became Kings

How Chiefs Became Kings

Anahulu

Anahulu

Feathered Gods and Fishhooks

Feathered Gods and Fishhooks

Legacy of the Landscape

Legacy of the Landscape

Unearthing the Polynesian Past

Unearthing the Polynesian Past

Dangerous Days and Savage Nights

Dangerous Days and Savage Nights

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