Book
Native planters in old Hawaii: their life, lore, and environment
Bishop Museum Press • Honolulu • Published In 1972 • Pages: xviii, 641
By: Handy, E. S. Craighill (Edward Smith Craighill), Handy, Elizabeth Green, Pukui, Mary Kawena.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study, originally made in the 1930s, is an appraisal of traditional horticulture as it existed in the Hawaiian Islands prior to Euro-American contact. The work describes in detail the various plants raised by the Hawaiians, the types of location and areas in which they were planted, the differentiation of varieties, methods of cultivation, and uses of plants. The document is divided into five major parts dealing in turn with Hawaiian prehistoric perspectives, the various animals and plants significant in the economy, demographic features of the islands, the MAKAHIKI harvest festival, and a description, island by island, of the major Hawaiian Islands ( Kauai, Niihau, Oahu, Maui, Molokai and Lanai and Hawai), in terms of land use, agriculture, mythology, settlement patterns, climate, and topography and geology. Five appendices present data on plant and animal identifications.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Geography
- Agriculture
- Pharmaceuticals
- Land use
- Water supply
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Religious beliefs
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hawaiians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1930s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late eighteenth century - 1950s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hawaiian Islands, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] E. S. Craighill Handy and Elizabeth Green Handy. With the collaboration of Mary Kawena Pukui
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 633-641)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78119560
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawaiians