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  2. Ancient Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Hawaiʻi is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1795 of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally, researchers estimated the first settlement of the Hawaiian islands as having occurred sporadically between 400 and 1100 CE by Polynesian long-distance navigators from the Samoan , Marquesas ...

  3. Discovery and settlement of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    There is no definitive date for the Polynesian discovery of Hawaii.However, high-precision radiocarbon dating in Hawaii using chronometric hygiene analysis, and taxonomic identification selection of samples, puts the initial such settlement of the Hawaiian Islands sometime between 940-1250 C.E., [1] originating from earlier settlements first established in the Society Islands around 1025 to ...

  4. Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Hale o Keawe was an ancient Hawaiian heiau originally built in approximately 1650 AD [6] as the burial site for the ruling monarch of the Island of Hawaii named Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku. [7] [8] It was built by his son, a Kona chief named Kanuha. The complex may have been established as early as 1475 under the aliʻi nui ʻEhu-kai-malino.

  5. History of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The history of Hawaii is the story of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands beginning with their discovery and settlement by Polynesian people between 940 and 1200 AD. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first recorded and sustained contact with Europeans occurred by chance when British explorer James Cook sighted the islands in January 1778 during his third ...

  6. List of museums in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Historic 19th century house museum with Hawaiian history and art, collection of land snails Baldwin Home Museum: Lahaina: Maui: Historic house: website, operated by Lahaina Restoration Foundation, mid-19th century missionary home Bernice P. Bishop Museum: Honolulu: Oahu: Multiple: Art, Hawaiian history and culture, Pacific cultures, science ...

  7. Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Kaloko (meaning "the pond" in the Hawaiian language) [4] is a site of fishponds used in ancient Hawaii is on the North end of the park. The first reference to the pond comes from the story of Kamalalawalu, about 300 years ago. The kuapā (seawall) [5] is over 30 feet wide and 6 feet high, stretching for 750 feet. Constructed by hand without ...

  8. Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Ruins of Mailekini Heiau in foreground. Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaiʻi.

  9. Bishop Museum - Wikipedia

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    By the late 1980s, the Bishop Museum had become the largest natural and cultural history institution in Polynesia. In 1988, construction of the Castle Memorial Building was begun. Dedicated on January 13, 1990, Castle Memorial Building houses all the major traveling exhibits that come to the Bishop Museum from institutions around the world.

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