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Heiau, ‘Aina, Lani

- The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupo, Maui

About Heiau, ‘Aina, Lani

Offers a fresh narrative based upon some provocative interpretations of the complex relationships between the Hawaiian temple system, the landscape, and the heavens (the "skyscape”). They demonstrate that renewed attention to heiau in the context of contemporary methodological and theoretical perspectives offers important new insights into ancient Hawaiian cosmology, ritual practices, ethnogeography, political organization, and the habitus of everyday life.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780824878276
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 480
  • Published:
  • August 29, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 262x189x34 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 1030 g.
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Description of Heiau, ‘Aina, Lani

Offers a fresh narrative based upon some provocative interpretations of the complex relationships between the Hawaiian temple system, the landscape, and the heavens (the "skyscape”). They demonstrate that renewed attention to heiau in the context of contemporary methodological and theoretical perspectives offers important new insights into ancient Hawaiian cosmology, ritual practices, ethnogeography, political organization, and the habitus of everyday life.

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