{"product_id":"heiau-aina-lani-the","title":"Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani: The Hawaiian Temple System in Ancient Kahikinui and Kaupō, Maui by Patrick Vinton Kirch and Clive Ruggles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeiau, ‘\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eĀ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eina, Lani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a collaborative study of 78 temple sites in the ancient\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003emoku\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof Kahikinui and Kaupō in southeastern Maui, undertaken using a novel approach that combines archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Although temple sites (\u003ci\u003eheiau\u003c\/i\u003e) were the primary focus of Hawaiian archaeologists in the earlier part of the twentieth century, they were later neglected as attention turned to the excavation of artifact-rich habitation sites and theoretical and methodological approaches focused more upon entire cultural landscapes. This book restores\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eheiau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto center stage. Its title, meaning “Temples, Land, and Sky,” reflects the integrated approach taken by Patrick Vinton Kirch and Clive Ruggles, based upon detailed mapping of the structures, precise determination of their orientations, and accurate dating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeiau, ‘\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eĀ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eina, Lani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the outcome of a joint fieldwork project by the two authors, spanning more than fifteen years, in a remarkably well-preserved archaeological landscape containing precontact house sites, walls, and terraces for dryland cultivation, and including scores of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eheiau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eranging from simple upright stones dedicated to Kāne, to massive platforms where the priests performed rites of human sacrifice to the war god Kū. Many of these\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eheiau\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eare newly discovered and reported for the first time in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors offer 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eheiau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 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. Clearly,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeiau, ‘\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eĀ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eina, Lani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erepositions the study of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eheiau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the forefront of Hawaiian archaeology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Vinton Kirch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClive Ruggles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis emeritus professor of archaeoastronomy in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUH Press, 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover,  384 pages | 138 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"UH Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33901272105092,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0378\/1161\/7924\/files\/9780824878276-600x863.jpg?v=1784932813","url":"https:\/\/basically-books-co.myshopify.com\/products\/heiau-aina-lani-the","provider":"Basically Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}