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In pre-European times, Hawaiian farmers created impressive agricultural landscapes, especially irrigated lo‘i for taro cultivation. Were these agroecosystems sustainable over centuries of continuous use?New Archaeological Research in Hālawa Valley, Molokaʻi
Presented by Patrick Kirch
Wednesday, June 10, 2025
6-8 p.m.
Location: Atherton Hālau
Free with registration. Learn more at https://www.bishopmuseum.org/calendar/new-archaeological-research-in-halawa-valley-molokai/.
Returning to Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i, where he began his career more than 50 years ago, Professor Patrick Kirch and his joint University of Hawaiʻi – Bishop Museum research team set out to answer this question in 2020-2022. Combining archaeological excavations with sophisticated soil and microbotanical analyses, the team unraveled the complex history of how intensive agriculture developed in the valley over centuries. They also learned how the valley’s ritual landscape of heiau developed and found a previously unknown major stone adze quarry. Join Kirch at Bishop Museum as he recounts recent discoveries and their significance.
Bishop Museum is the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
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