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Ideal distribution models and the tempo of agricultural development in a windward valley of Hawaiʻi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2023

Seth Quintus Open the ORCID record for Seth Quintus [Opens in a new window] ,
Timothy M. Rieth ,
Thomas Dye ,
Alexander E. Morrison ,
Christopher W. Filimoehala ,
Darby Filimoehala ,
Jon Tulchin  and
Trever Duarte
Seth Quintus*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawaiʻi
Timothy M. Rieth
Affiliation:
International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Thomas Dye
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawaiʻi
Alexander E. Morrison
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawaiʻi
Christopher W. Filimoehala
Affiliation:
International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Darby Filimoehala
Affiliation:
International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Jon Tulchin
Affiliation:
Wahi Kūpuna Program, Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Trever Duarte
Affiliation:
Wahi Kūpuna Program, Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
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*Author for correspondence ✉ squintus@hawaii.edu
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Abstract

Across the Pacific, agricultural systems have used two main complementary cultivation regimes: irrigated farming of wet environments and rain-fed cropping of drylands. These strategies have different productive potential and labour needs, which has structured their temporal and spatial distributions. Although these approaches have been studied a great deal at a general level, there has been less work on the local use and significance of these strategies. Here, the authors evaluate ideal distribution models of agricultural activities in the Punalu‘u valley on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, to assess how habitat suitability changed as a result of infrastructural investment and dynamic environmental, social and demographic change. The results are of relevance for contemporary initiatives to revive Indigenous agricultural systems in Hawai‘i and beyond.

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Pacific IslandsHawai‘iBayesian modellingagricultureirrigationterracingtarosweet potato

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Antiquity , Volume 97 , Issue 395 , October 2023 , pp. 1313 - 1331
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd.

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