03747nam 2200709 a 450 991045944380332120200520144314.01-282-91790-097866129179050-520-94784-310.1525/9780520947849(CKB)2670000000060341(EBL)613128(OCoLC)692797916(SSID)ssj0000437811(PQKBManifestationID)11305092(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437811(PQKBWorkID)10448586(PQKB)10878697(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083819(MiAaPQ)EBC613128(OCoLC)868222796(MdBmJHUP)muse30833(DE-B1597)520661(DE-B1597)9780520947849(Au-PeEL)EBL613128(CaPaEBR)ebr10432600(CaONFJC)MIL291790(EXLCZ)99267000000006034120100218d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow chiefs became kings[electronic resource] divine kingship and the rise of archaic states in ancient Hawai'i /Patrick Vinton KirchBerkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-30339-3 0-520-26725-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. From Chiefdom to Archaic State: Hawai'i in Comparative and Historical Context -- Chapter 2. Hawaiian Archaic States on the Eve of European Contact -- Chapter 3. Native Hawaiian Political History -- Chapter 4. Tracking the Transformations: Population, Intensifi cation, and Monumentality -- Chapter 5. The Challenge of Explanation -- Notes -- Glossary of Hawaiian Terms -- References -- IndexIn 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.ChiefdomsHawaiiHistoryHawaiiansKings and rulersFirst contact of aboriginal peoples with WesternersHawaiiHawaiiansPolitics and governmentElectronic books.ChiefdomsHistory.HawaiiansKings and rulers.First contact of aboriginal peoples with WesternersHawaiiansPolitics and government.320.4969Kirch Patrick Vinton678780MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459443803321How chiefs became kings2468417UNINA