This upcountry region of Maui represents a community within an outlying political district in the Maui chiefdom. It is rich with well-preserved habitation sites integrated within an extensive dryland agricultural field system and a network of ritual sites. Students will excavate sites to help reconstruct traditional habitation and subsistence practices related to temple construction, upcountry settlement, and dryland forest exploitation. They will also locate and map additional sites to help articulate past settlement patterns and their relationship to the community. This Field school will be undertaken in conjunction with the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and the State Historic Preservation Division.
Students are responsible for transportation to and from Maui, Hawaii.
In addition, participants will plan, pay for, and cook meals cooperatively. Application Deadline and Space Limitation Application deadline is May 1, 1999. Early application is recommended, since enrollment is limited to 15 students.