Pana O'Ahu
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Few regions of the United States can equal the high concentration of endangered ancient cultural sites found in Hawai'i. The sixty heiau photographed and described in this volume are all located on O'ahu, the island that has experienced by far the most development over the last two hundred years. These captivating images provide a compelling argument for the preservation of Hawaiian sacred places. The modest sites of the maka ainana (commoners) -- small fishing, agricultural, craft, and family shrines -- are given particular attention because they are often difficult to recognize and prone to…mehr

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Few regions of the United States can equal the high concentration of endangered ancient cultural sites found in Hawai'i. The sixty heiau photographed and described in this volume are all located on O'ahu, the island that has experienced by far the most development over the last two hundred years. These captivating images provide a compelling argument for the preservation of Hawaiian sacred places. The modest sites of the maka ainana (commoners) -- small fishing, agricultural, craft, and family shrines -- are given particular attention because they are often difficult to recognize and prone to vandalism and neglect. Also included are the portraits of twenty-eight Hawaiians who shared their knowledge with archaeologist J. Gilbert McAllister during his survey of O'ahu in the 1930s. Without them, the names and histories of many of the heiau pictured here would have been lost. The introductory text provides important contextual information about the definition and function of heiau, the history of the abolition of traditional Hawaiian religion, preservation issues, and guidelines for visiting heiau.