How chiefs became kings : divine kingship and the rise of archaic states in ancient Hawai'i /
Kirch, Patrick Vinton.
Berkeley ; London : University of California Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-265) and index.
From chiefdom to archaic state : Hawai'i in comparative and historical context -- Hawaiian archaic states on the eve of European contact -- Native Hawaiian political history -- Tracking the transformations : population, intensification, and monumentality -- The challenge of explanation.
Chiefdoms
Hawaiians
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners
Hawaiians