Back to the future in the caves of Kaua'i : a scientist's adventures in the dark

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For two decades, paleoecologist David Burney and his wife, Lida Pigott Burney, have led an excavation of Makauwahi Cave on the island of Kaua'i, uncovering the fascinating variety of plants and animals that have inhabited Hawaii throughout its history. From the unique perspective of paleoecolog...

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Main Author: Burney, David A., 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2010
Series:JSTOR EBA.
Subjects:
Burney, David A., > 1950- > Travel > Hawaii > Kauai.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Hawaii > Kauai.
Caves > Hawaii > Kauai.
Paleoecology > Hawaii > Kauai.
Prehistoric peoples > Hawaii > Kauai.
Human ecology > Hawaii > Kauai > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Hawaii > Kauai > History.
Time > Philosophy.
Kauai (Hawaii) > Antiquities.
Kauai (Hawaii) > Environmental conditions.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Time's most important moment
  • Proverbial tracks
  • Constructing a "poor man's time machine"
  • Owl omens
  • Opening ancient doors
  • Characters and a stage, but no script
  • Fishponds
  • A snails' tale
  • Mauka marshes
  • So what happened, anyway?
  • Greetings from old KauaŹ»i
  • Irrigating the future
  • The tour
  • Right here, right now
  • Finding a future in the past.

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