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In How Chiefs Became Kings, PKirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom. Integrating anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, traditional history, and theory, and drawing on significant contributions from his own four decades of research, Kirch argues that Hawaiian polities had become states before the time of Captain Cook's voyage (1778-1779). The status of most archaic states is inferred from the archaeological record. But Kirch shows that because Hawai'i's kingdoms were established relatively recently, they could be observed and recorded by Cook and other European voyagers. Substantive and provocative, this book makes a major contribution to the literature of precontact Hawai'i and illuminates Hawai'i's importance in the global theory and literature about divine, kingship, archaic states, and sociopolitical evolution. --Jacket.
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Chiefdoms -- Hawaii -- History, Hawaiians -- Kings and rulers, First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Hawaii, Hawaiians -- Politics and government, Chiefdoms, First contact of aboriginal peoples with westerners, Hawaiians, Hawaii, politics and government, History, Kings and rulers, First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners, Politics and government, First contact (Anthropology)Places
Hawaii, Hawaii Island (Hawaii), Kauai (Hawaii), Maui (Hawaii), Molokai (Hawaii), Oahu (Hawaii)Times
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How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i
Apr 16, 2019, University of California Press
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2010, University of California Press
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How chiefs became kings: divine kingship and the rise of archaic states in ancient Hawai'i
December 2, 2010, University of California Press
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