Temple Sites in Kahikinui, Maui, Hawaiian Islands
Their Orientations Decoded
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3291869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P V Kirch (0000-0003-4264-6689, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 299 |
| Pages | 102-114 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00092966 |
| OpenAlex | W2279186391 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 8 |
Hawaiian temple sites of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries have diverse orientations previously thought to be random. Using precise measurements and nineteenth-century native Hawaiian sources, the author shows that the temples cluster into groups whose orientation was deliberate and likely to relate to a particular god
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| Citations per year | 0.79 |
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| Citation span | 1998 - 2022 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |