 | Hawaiian Adze Production and Distribution: Implications for the Development of Chiefdoms Subjects: Pololū Site (Hawaii); Adzes -- Social aspects -- Hawaii; Adzes -- Economic aspects -- Hawaii; Hawaiians -- Antiquities; Hawaiians -- Economic conditions; Hawaiians -- Politics and government; Chiefdoms -- Hawaii; Hawaii -- Antiquities; Using a study of stone adzes of the precontact period on the island of Hawai'i, Lass examines the role of a material resource in the development of cultural complexity. Archaeological evidence is used to analyze the hypotheses that embrace the adaptationist and political approaches to increased complexity. Barbara Lass is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i-Hilo. |
