Population growth rate estimators have recently emerged in demographic temporal
frequency analysis (dTFA) as further tools to monitor pre-census population dynamics. The …

Archaeological investigations of Hawaiian agriculture have relied on relatively coarse-
grained data to investigate archipelago-wide processes, or on fine-grained data to examine …

The Malthusian and Boserupian phases of population change, and how these are linked to
long-term processes of agricultural intensification, are themes of long-standing interest to …

The journals of C aptain C ook and his crew contradict bad‐year economic theories that
posit that traditional H awaiian farmers were living at the margin. Recognising that pig herds …

Abstract The Hawaiian Islands, like many other high volcanic islands, are characterized by a
diversity of ecozones, which had ramifications for the types of subsistence strategies that …

Following the influence of Steward's cultural ecology (Steward 1937; see O'Brien et al. 2005)
and the pioneering work of Gordon V. Willey (Willey 1953), American archaeology of the …

Rivers have always been a magnet for human settlement, providing resources, such as
water, food, and energy, and communication and travel routes. Climate-and human-made …

The kuaʻ 'āina, or backcountry, in the Hawaiian Islands was the setting for a dynamic back-
and-forth between the collective action of commoner class farmers and political elites. We …

Rivers have always been a magnet for human settlement, providing resources, such as
water, food, and energy, and communication and travel routes. Climate-and human-made …

today) that the Hawaiian economy ever reached this dire inflection point. When I first
presented the production-function model, I theorised that in late prehistory Hawai'i had …