Integrating Local and Regional in Pre-Contact Hawaiian Agriculture at Kahuku, Hawai‘i Island
Integrating Local and Regional in Pre-Contact Hawaiian Agriculture at Kahuku, Hawai‘i Island
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将地方和区域融入夏威夷岛卡胡库的接触前夏威夷农业
DOI：
10.1080/14614103.2018.1497833
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
N. Lincoln
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作者：
Seth Quintus;N. Lincoln
夏威夷群岛的农业系统是太平洋地区最密集的农业系统之一，夏威夷岛背风面的大型农业景观很好地说明了这种密集程度。该领域以前的研究集中在理解农业，政治进程和大规模环境条件之间的关系。大部分研究都是在区域一级进行的，对精英管理和监督进行了讨论，只有有限的调查探索了以农民为中心的地方规模的适应。在本文中，我们评估整合本地和区域的过程中，夏威夷农业使用最近配对的考古和生态数据从Ka'esthetField系统作为一个案例研究。我们证明了存在的一般模式，以前确定的群岛和特定的适应当地环境的卡胡库ahupua'a。特别是，我们强调有针对性的基础设施的发展，允许种植什么否则将是一个困难的栽培介质的范围内的一个更大的，可能是区域组织，领域系统的一般土壤生物地球化学阈值的限制。我们认为，这样的调查提供了更多的了解这些大规模的农业景观是如何形成的整合在多个社会和空间尺度。
ABSTRACT The agricultural systems of the Hawaiian archipelago were some of the most intensive in the Pacific and this scale of intensity is well illustrated by the large agricultural landscapes of leeward Hawai‘i Island. Previous research in the area has centred on understanding the relationship between agriculture, political process, and large-scale environmental conditions. Much of this research has been oriented at the regional level, privileging discussion of elite management and oversight, with only limited investigation exploring farmer-centric adaptation at local scales. In this paper, we assess the integration of local and regional processes in Hawaiian agriculture using recent paired archaeological and ecological data from the Ka‘ū Field System as a case study. We demonstrate the presence of both general patterns previously identified in the archipelago and particular adaptations to the local environment of Kahuku ahupua‘a. In particular, we highlight targeted infrastructural developments that allowed for cultivation of what would otherwise be a difficult cultivation medium within the confines of a larger, likely regionally organised, field system constrained by general soil biogeochemical thresholds. We argue that such investigations provide an increased understanding on how these large-scale agricultural landscapes were formed by integration at multiple social and spatial scales.