Staple Finance, Ritual Pig Sacrifice, and Ideological Power in Ancient Hawai'i
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5947422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael J Kolb, Michael Kolb (0000-0002-5417-6816, Northern Illinois University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-107 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1551-823X • E-ISSN: 1551-8248 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ap3a.1999.9.1.89 |
| OpenAlex | W2010036554 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 35 |
This article explores the role of ritual pig sacrifice in Hawai'i from an archaeological perspective, tracing political change through time. Hawai'i represents an interesting case study of how insular tropical environments dictate unique solutions to problems of social control. Results indicate that staple foods, in the absence of other wealth items, can become imbued with distinctive political values for materializing power relationships and shaping discrete politico-economic realities. The late but rapid rise of ceremonial pig sacrifice generated a corresponding economic demand for pigs, resulting in pork becoming an elite commodity and status food, further strengthening its economic and political value among the Hawai'ian elite
Archaeology · Commodity · Economics · Economy · Elite · Ethnology · Ideology · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sacrifice · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Asian American and Pacific Histories · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Household Archaeology and ‘House Societies’ in the Hawaiian Archipelago
Household Archaeology in Polynesia
Comparative perspectives
Resistance through rituals
Pig and dog use in the pre‐contact Society Island Chiefdoms
Turtles for the ancestors
Agroforestry Distribution and Contributions in Ancient Hawaiian Agriculture
Homo necans
A history of domesticated animals.
Island societies
Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities
The Evolution of Polynesian Chiefdoms
Horticultural Traditions of the Eastern New Guinea Highlands
Ritual Activity and Chiefly Economy at an Upland Religious Site on Maui, Hawai'i
Fauna from the Late Neolithic of the Central Balkans
Infrastructures, Societies and History
Anahulu
Archaeozoological Studies
How Chiefs Come to Power
The Origins of Milk and Wool Production in the Old World
Monumentality and the Rise of Religious Authority in Precontact Hawai'i [and Comments and Reply]
Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]
Infrastructures, Societies, and History [and Comments]
Monumental grandeur and political florescence in pre‐contact Hawai'i
The evolution of sociopolitical complexity in prehistoric Hawaii
Sex and Age as Principles of Social Differentiation
Culture and Ecology
The secondary exploitation of animals in the Old World
The Origins of Agriculture
Ka Po'e Kahiko. The People of Old
Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans
Always Hungry, Never Greedy
Political Anthropology
Pre-Hispanic Political Change and the Role of Maize in the Central Andes of Peru
Language, Ideology, and Political Economy
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |