HPST 330 - Science and Technology in Pre-Contact Hawai'i

Institution:

University of Hawaii-West Oahu

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Description:

This course examines the means by which the Polynesian people came to Hawai'i using an instrumentless science of navigation and a highly evolved technology for constructing open ocean sailing canoes. The course also examines the ways in which they prospered in the absence of metals and pottery, as well as which plants they brought with them and which native plants they learned to use. The knowledge and techniques they developed that became uniquely Hawaiian will be covered. (DH)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

westoahu.hawaii.edu

Phone Number:

(808) 689-2800

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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