Archaeology of Nihoa and Necker Islands Natural science With the arrival of foreigners

With the arrival of foreigners to Hawaiʻi’s shores

Native Planters in Old Hawaii is the fruit of a brilliant collaboration between Pacific anthropologist

ISBN: 9781581780024

Todd Newberry

Archaeology of Nihoa and Necker Islands Natural science With the arrival of foreignersNihoa and Necker (Mokumanamana) mark the transition from the southeastern high islands of the Hawaiian archipelago to the atolls scattered throughout the northwestern end of the island chain. According to Hawaiian oral traditions and archaeological records, these islands were the northwestern frontier of the lands populated by the first Polynesian settlers. This exact reprint, now a baseline of the twentieth century knowledge regarding archaeology and