Heiau, 'Āina, Lani: The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupō, Maui

by Patrick Vinton Kirch and Clive Ruggles

Heiau, 'Āina, Lani is a collaborative study of 78 temple sites in the ancient moku of Kahikinui and Kaupō in southeastern Maui, undertaken using a novel approach that combines archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Although temple sites (heiau) were the primary focus of Hawaiian archaeologists in the earlier part of the twentieth century, they were later neglected as attention turned to the excavation of artifact-rich habitation sites and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824878272
• ISBN13: 9780824878276
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.1"