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Patrick Vinton Kirch

How Chiefs Became Kings

Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i

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With unparalleled knowledge of Polynesia's history, ecology, languages, and archaeology, Patrick V. Kirch shows us how, when, and why Hawaiian society crossed the gulf from chiefdom to state. Elegantly crafted and eloquently stated, this compelling case study offers a model for understanding state emergence and the origins of divine kings.-Joyce Marcus, University of MichiganThis volume masterfully synthesizes diverse sources of evidence to richly document a key episode of political change in the Pacific. Historical, archaeological, linguistic, and a wealth of other data are effectively woven together to argue that an archaic state was founde… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-520-30339-3
  • EAN: 9780520303393
  • Produktnummer: 29031368
  • Verlag: University Presses
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.8 cm 434 g
  • Abbildungen: Trade Paperback; 11 b-w photographs, 22 line illustrations, 9 tables
  • Gewicht: 434

Über den Autor


Patrick Vinton Kirch is Class of 1954 Professor of Anthropology and Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of many books, including Feathered Gods and Fishhooks and On the Road of the Winds (UC Press).

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