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Unearthing the Polynesian past : explorations and adventures of an island archaeologist / Patrick Vinton Kirch.
Penn Museum Library GN875.P64 K57 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirch, Patrick Vinton, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kirch, Patrick Vinton.
- Archaeologists--Biography.
- Archaeologists.
- Polynesia--Antiquities.
- Polynesia.
- Antiquities.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Keiki o ka ʻaina (Oʻahu, 1950-63)
- An apprenticeship in science (1963-68)
- Molokaʻi-nui-a-hina (Halawa Valley, 1969-70)
- Polynesia's smallest island (Kolombangara and Anuta, 1971)
- Lux et veritas (Yale, 1972-75)
- Of pigs and pondfields (Futuna and ʻUvea, 1974)
- The isle of sacred coconuts (Niuatoputapu, 1976)
- Matou, nga Tikopia (Tikopia, 1977)
- The ghost of Sinapupu (Tikopia and Vanikoro, 1978)
- Aloha ʻaina (Hawaiʻi, 1979-84)
- The Anahulu Valley (Kawailoa, Oʻahu, 1982)
- "Looking for the lion" (Seattle and the Burke Museum, 1984-88)
- The search for the Lapita homeland (Mussau 1985)
- The secrets of Talepakemalai (Mussau 1986-88)
- Hawaiki (Manuʻa islands, 1986-89)
- Fiat lux (Berkeley, California, 1989-)
- The gathering place of men (Mangaia, 1989-91)
- Kahikinui: "great Tahiti" (Maui, 1995-1999)
- Forbidden peninsula (Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, 2000)
- Belly of the stone fish (Moʻorea, 1996-2010)
- Roots of conflict (Hawaiʻi and Maui, 2001-2009)
- The sun sets at Ana Tetea (Mangareva, 2001-2014)
- Kekaulike's kingdom (Kaupo, Maui, 2003-2013)
- Reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824853457
- 0824853458
- OCLC:
- 907391363
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