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Michael Dega, Asian Perspectives: Kirch's special relationship with the kama'aina, or residents of the land, as well as his anecdotal prose, should make his book appeal to a general readership while still being instructive to specialists in Hawaiian archaeology, history, and the natural sciences. . . . The strengths of the book lie in its exceptional writing, the evidence supplied to support hypotheses and conclusions, and the interesting topics of discussion. . . . Kirch delightfully conveys a sense of what it is like to be an archaeologist working in the Hawaiian Islands. . . . This book presents the professional journey of one of Hawaiian archaeology's most renowned scholars. Full of scientific information and cultural investigation, the large data sets are neither overwhelming nor too technical for the general reader. Anecdotes sprinkled throughout the book lighten the mood whenever the science becomes too serious. From cover to cover, the information here should be useful for all archaeologists working in Hawai'i and anyone interested in archaeology or Hawaiiana in general.Windy Keala McElroy, Journal of Pacific Archaelogy: One of the great strengths of Kua'aina Kahiko is its accessible, almost conversational style, while at the same time presenting a great deal of scholarly content and little-known facts about Hawaiian archaeology. The reader shares in the excitement as Kirch enthusiastically described his discovery of a panana, or notched wall used for navigational purposes, a site type never before documented in the archaeological literature. . . . The quality of the storytelling served to virtually transport me from my stuffy office to Kirch's world of adventure and discovery. To a fellow archaeologist of Hawai'i, the sheer volume of research undertaken and presented in this volume is extremely impressive.Mark D. McCoy, Antiquity: Like his recent work, A shark going inland is my chief (2012), [Kua'aina Kahiko] is intended to open up to the public what he has previously published in the scholarly literature and to paint a picture of what it was like to do archaeology on Maui; by these measures it is a definitive success. . . . While not intended as a book about ethics, this is nonetheless the story of an academic archaeologist's efforts to be, in Hawaiian terms, pono (righteous, proper), at a time when to be an archaeologist in some circles was to be a social pariah. For undergraduate students, this is a lesson in archaeological ethics in practice that should be read alongside the literature on clashes over archaeology in Hawai'i, as well as the growing role of community-driven archaeology.

Michael Dega, Asian Perspectives: Kirch's special relationship with the kama'aina, or residents of the land, as well as his anecdotal prose, should make his book appeal to a general readership while still being instructive to specialists in Hawaiian archaeology, history, and the natural sciences. . . . The strengths of the book lie in its exceptional writing, the evidence supplied to support hypotheses and conclusions, and the interesting topics of discussion. . . . Kirch delightfully conveys a sense of what it is like to be an archaeologist working in the Hawaiian Islands. . . . This book presents the professional journey of one of Hawaiian archaeology's most renowned scholars. Full of scientific information and cultural investigation, the large data sets are neither overwhelming nor too technical for the general reader. Anecdotes sprinkled throughout the book lighten the mood whenever the science becomes too serious. From cover to cover, the information here should be useful for all archaeologists working in Hawai'i and anyone interested in archaeology or Hawaiiana in general.Windy Keala McElroy, Journal of Pacific Archaelogy: One of the great strengths of Kua'aina Kahiko is its accessible, almost conversational style, while at the same time presenting a great deal of scholarly content and little-known facts about Hawaiian archaeology. The reader shares in the excitement as Kirch enthusiastically described his discovery of a panana, or notched wall used for navigational purposes, a site type never before documented in the archaeological literature. . . . The quality of the storytelling served to virtually transport me from my stuffy office to Kirch's world of adventure and discovery. To a fellow archaeologist of Hawai'i, the sheer volume of research undertaken and presented in this volume is extremely impressive. Mark D. McCoy, Antiquity: Like his recent work, A shark going inland is my chief (2012), [Kua'aina Kahiko] is intended to open up to the public what he has previously published in the scholarly literature and to paint a picture of what it was like to do archaeology on Maui; by these measures it is a definitive success. . . . While not intended as a book about ethics, this is nonetheless the story of an academic archaeologist's efforts to be, in Hawaiian terms, pono (righteous, proper), at a time when to be an archaeologist in some circles was to be a social pariah. For undergraduate students, this is a lesson in archaeological ethics in practice that should be read alongside the literature on clashes over archaeology in Hawai'i, as well as the growing role of community-driven archaeology.

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Kirch Patrick Vinton : Patrick Vinton Kirch is professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.

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