Back to the future in the caves of Kauaʻi
Subtitle: a scientist's adventures in the dark
By: David A. Burney.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300150940
Subjects: Burney, David A., -- 1950- -- Travel -- Hawaii -- Kauai; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Hawaii -- Kauai; Caves -- Hawaii -- Kauai; Paleoecology -- Hawaii -- Kauai; Prehistoric peoples -- Hawaii -- Kauai; Human ecology -- Hawaii -- Kauai -- History; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Hawaii -- Kauai -- History; Time -- Philosophy; Kauai (Hawaii) -- Antiquities; Kauai (Hawaii) -- Environmental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Time's most important moment; title: Proverbial tracks; title: Constructing a "poor man's time machine"; title: Owl omens; title: Opening ancient doors; title: Characters and a stage, but no script; title: Fishponds; title: A snails' tale; title: Mauka marshes; title: So what happened, anyway?; title: Greetings from old Kauaʻi; title: Irrigating the future; title: The tour; title: Right here, right now; title: Finding a future in the past; title: Glossary.