How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i

How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i

by PatrickVintonKirch (Author)

Synopsis

Addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of "archaic states" whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. In this title, the author takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 10 Dec 2010

ISBN 10: 0520267257
ISBN 13: 9780520267251