04780nam 2201105 a 450 991082098560332120240513041859.01-282-91790-097866129179050-520-94784-310.1525/9780520947849(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(dli)HEB33883(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001087(EXLCZ)99267000000006034120100218d2010 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrHow chiefs became kings divine kingship and the rise of archaic states in ancient Hawai'i /Patrick Vinton Kirch1st ed.Berkeley 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.Front matter --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, Intensification, 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.Divine kingship and the rise of archaic states in ancient Hawai'iChiefdomsHawaiiHistoryHawaiiansKings and rulersFirst contact (Anthropology)HawaiiHawaiiansPolitics and governmentancient hawaii.ancient history.anthropology.archaeological record.archaeology.archaic states.captain cook.chiefdom.cultural social.divine kingship.european voyagers.global theory.hawaiian archipelago.hawaiian politics.historical anthropology.historical.island life.kings.leadership roles.linguistics.nonfiction.politics.polities.power struggle.precontact hawaii.research.social science.sociopolitical evolution.theoretical perspective.traditional history.ChiefdomsHistory.HawaiiansKings and rulers.First contact (Anthropology)HawaiiansPolitics and government.320.4969Kirch Patrick Vinton678780MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820985603321How chiefs became kings4050956UNINA