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WRRCPR No.96-02 Water: Its Meaning and Management in Pre-Contact Hawaii
ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | WRRCPR No.96-02 Water: Its Meaning and Management in Pre-Contact Hawaii |
| Creator | Franco, Robert W. |
| Subject | water management water use irrigation ditches water supply development fish ponds water rights processual cultural ecology ethnohistory pondfield terraces Oahu Maui Molokai Lanai Kauai Hawaii Hawaiian gods. Water -- Mythology -- Hawaii. Water rights -- Hawaii. Water-supply -- Hawaii. |
| Description | Since Wittfogel's controversial theory linking irrigation with "oriental despotism," western archaeologists have focused a great deal of attention on early forms of irrigation and water management. During the late prehistoric period in ancient Hawaii, irrigation and other water management practices supported the sociopolitical evolution of a proto-state formation, and archaeological interpretations of these developments have dominated the literature. This report uses the archaeological data... U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Grant/Contract No. 14-08-0001-G1558 |
| Date | 2008-10-16T01:57:36Z 2008-10-16T01:57:36Z 1995-08 |
| Type | Report Text |
| Identifier | Franco RW. 1995. Water: its meaning and management in pre-contact Hawaii. Honolulu (HI): Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa. WRRC project report, 96-02. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2927 |
| Language | en-US |
| Relation | WRRC Project Reports 96-02 |
| Format | x + 76 pages application/pdf |
| Publisher | Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
