Hawai'i

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Archaeological Sites

Awalua
Underwater archaeological site off Lanai; field school conducted by the University of Hawai'i in summer 2001.

Kauai
A collection of aerial and ground photographs from several sites on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, from Clive Ruggles, University of Leicester.

Moku'ula
From the Friends of Moku'ula, a website dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of information about the ancient home of the Hawai'ian kings on Maui.

Russian Fort Elizabeth
From University of Califorinia at Berkeley, field school research at this 19th century fort on Kaua'i.

University Programs

Bishop Museum
Honolulu, Hawai'i, conducts archaeological research in Hawai'i and France. 

University of Hawai'i
BA, MA, PhD, emphasis on research in Hawai'i, the Pacific, and Asia (especially Southeast Asia) as well as other parts of the United States, e.g., the American Southwest.

University of Hawai'i Honolulu
MA, PhD. Historic preservation, underwater archaeology.

University of Otago
New Zealand; current research in Hawaii, the Cook islands, the Marshall islands, and Pitcairn Island.

Current Researchers

James M. Bayman
University of Hawai'i, early post-contact Hawaiian adze manufacture, and the economies and sociopolitical organization of ancient communities in the Sonoran Desert of North America.

Michael Graves
University of Hawai'i, archaeological method and theory and the prehistory of Polynesia, Micronesia, Insular Southeast Asia, and the American Southwest.

Patrick V. Kirch
University of California, Berkeley, late prehistoric transformation of Hawaiian sociopolitical organization.

Michael J. Kolb
Northern Illinois University, complex societies, monumental architecture, power and ritual; Polynesia, Europe, and Africa; currently social stratification and the political economy of the Maui Kingdom in Hawai'i.

Cultural History

Hawaiian Historical Society
Dedicated to preserving historical materials relating to Hawai`i and the Pacific region and to publishing scholarly research on Hawaiian and Pacific history. Contains numerous "history moments," brief descriptions of cultural facets of Hawai'i.

Society for Hawaiian Archaeology
Professional and amateur organization; publishes Hawaiian Archaeology.

General Information

Archaeology at About.com

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