An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology

Field Work in Hawaiian Archaeology

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Field Work in Hawaiian Archaeology

To give students in anthropology an opportunity for field work, Bishop Museum from time to time attached a mainland student to the Museum staff as assistant ethnologist and assigned him to study the archaeology of one of the Hawaiian Islands. The appointments made and the fields of study in archaeology are as follows:

1920 Haleakala Kenneth P. Emory, B.A., Dartmouth (Occasional Papers, VII, 11, 1921)
1921-22 Lanai Kenneth P. Emory (Bulletin 12, 1924)
1924 Nihoa, Necker Kenneth P. Emory, promoted from assistant ethnologist to ethnologist (Bulletin 53, 1928)
1928 Kauai Wendell C. Bennett, Ph.B., Chicago (Bulletin 80, 1931)
1928 Maui (west) Winslow M. Walker, M.A., California (manuscript)
1929 Oahu J. Gilbert McAllister, B.A., Texas (Bulletin 104, 1933)
Kahoolawe J. Gilbert McAllister; study made from Museum specimens (Bulletin 115, 1933)
1931 Hawaii Alfred E. Hudson, Ph.B., Yale (manuscript)
1937 Molokai Southwick Phelps, graduate student, Yale (manuscript)

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Title: An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology

Author: Te Rangi Hiroa

Publication details: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1945, New York

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