Household Archaeology at the Community Scale? Refining Research Design in a Complex Polynesian Chiefdom

Kahn, Jennifer G.

doi:10.1002/9781119240549.ch10

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“…This stone tool provenance study of leeward Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island, encompasses 38 sites (Figure 1) and corresponds with the household archaeological studies published by Field et al (2010a), Field et al (2010b), Field et al (2011), and Kahn (2014). Lithic sourcing in Hawaiʻi provides new insights into the evolution of interaction spheres, trends in craft specialization, and the relative significance of source materials in precontact domestic economies (Mills & Lundblad, 2014).…”

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“…The artifacts examined in this study derive from an expansive survey of 748 residential features, rock cairns, heiau (temples), and surface scatters of lithics and shell midden. A total of 57 features in five ahupuaʻa were selected for archaeological excavation and analyses of site architecture, material remains, and radiocarbon dates (Field et al, 2010a; Field et al, 2011; Kahn, 2014; Kirch et al, 2012). Thirty‐four features are located in the coastal zone, while 23 features are located in the uplands.…”

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Provenance, production, and distribution of basalt and volcanic glass artifacts in Leeward Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island

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We examined 2947 basalt and volcanic glass artifacts from 38 sites in leeward Kohala. Nondestructive energy‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence provided initial geochemical characterizations. Wavelength‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence (WDXRF) and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) analyses were completed on samples from ambiguously sourced groups. No more than 13.9% of the probable and definite adze‐related debitage originated in leeward Kohala. Notably absent are lithic materials from the nearby Pololū Adze Quarry in windward Kohala. Material from the more distant Mauna Kea Adze Quarry accounts for 41.6% of the adze debitage. Another 38.8% of the adze debitage matches with a tholeiitic source or sources long assumed to be Kīlauea Volcano in Kaʻū, but WDXRF and TIMS isotopic data do not support a Kīlauea source. Centralized adze production and distribution networks best explain adze distribution. Scoria abraders appear to have been regularly transported from the Kona district to leeward Kohala. Volcanic glass sources loosely align with distance‐decay trends, but show greater reliance on Puʻuwaʻawaʻa material by 1650 CE.

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