Hawai'i's Dynamic Built Environment or 'What is a site?'

Wednesday, March 14, 2001

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Paki Conference Room

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

Dr. Thomas S. Dye (IARII) will speak on

"Hawai'i's dynamic built environment, or 'What is a site?'"

Evidence will be presented to support the thesis that many traditional Hawaiian stone features were used for short periods of tiime. Practical techniques for investigating feature use duration will be demonstrated. Implications of the dynamic built environment for cultural resources management investigations, settlement pattern studies, and reconstructions of pre-Contact population will be explored.