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Patrick Vinton Kirch

Born

in Honolulu, The United States

July 07, 1950

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Science, History, Anthropology

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Patrick Vinton Kirch, Director of the Oceanic Archaeology Laboratory, holds the Class of 1954 Professorship in Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley.

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	A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i 4.29 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact 4.07 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feathered Gods and Fishhooks 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kua‘āina Kahiko: Life and Land in Ancient Kahikinui, Maui (Choice Outstanding Academic Books) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lapita Peoples: Ancestors of the Oceanic World 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unearthing the Polynesian Past. Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 1: Historical Ethnography by Patrick Vinton Kirch, Marshall Sahlins 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Volume 2: The Archaeology of History by Patrick Vinton Kirch, Marshall Sahlins 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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― Patrick Vinton Kirch, A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i

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“Just how large was the indigenous population when Cook first arrived? Why and when did the great Polynesian navigators stop sailing between Hawai‘i and Tahiti to the south? Did they ever reach the shores of South or North America? How did Polynesian chiefs become divine kings, in a manner that resembled the leaders of other early civilizations? When did human sacrifice first come to be practiced in Hawai‘i, and what role did sacrifice play in the emerging state cults? What were the roles of religion and ideology in Hawaiian political evolution? In the chapters that follow I attempt to answer these and other questions, based”
― Patrick Vinton Kirch, A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i

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