Gift, tribute and redistributive exchanges in pre-contact Hawaiian chiefdoms, c. 1400–1778

1. Intensified settlement sets stage for chiefdoms

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Dryland fields, Chiefly households

   • PNAS 2011
   • UC Press

2. Chiefly hierarchy organizes land and labor

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: Maka inana, Chiefs

   • UC Press
   • NPS HAVO

3. Ahupuaʻa become key units of production

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Ahupua a, Resource zones

   • NPS HAVO
   • Manoa Center

4. Konohiki agents oversee tribute collection

   Jan 1, 1550Labels: Konohiki, Ahupua a

   • Manoa Center
   • NPS HAVO

5. Makahiki links offerings to redistribution

   Jan 1, 1600Labels: Makahiki, Ritual offerings

   • NPS Haleakal
   • UC Press

6. Surplus agriculture expands tribute capacity

   Jan 1, 1650Labels: Leeward Kohala, Surplus agriculture

   • PNAS 2011
   • UC Press

7. Regional political districts consolidate under rulers

   Jan 1, 1700Labels: Moku, High-ranking rulers

   • NPS HAVO
   • UC Press

8. Tribute moves upward through nested chiefly ranks

   Jan 1, 1725Labels: Nested chiefs, Tributary flow

   • NPS Haleakal
   • NPS HAVO

9. Redistribution supports specialists and sacred institutions

   Jan 1, 1750Labels: Kahuna, Craft specialists

   • UC Press
   • NPS Haleakal

10. Late-1700s Hawaiʻi observed as highly organized polity

    Jan 1, 1770Labels: Archaic state, Religious authority

    • UC Press
    • NPS HAVO

11. Cook sights Hawaiian Islands during Makahiki season

    Jan 18, 1778Labels: James Cook, Makahiki season

    • History com
    • Sahlins 1995

12. Cook lands at Waimea, Kauaʻi

    Jan 20, 1778Labels: Waimea, Captain Cook

    • Cook Landing
    • NPS HAVO

13. European contact begins reshaping exchange systems

    Dec 1, 1778Labels: European trade, Political economy

    • UC Press
    • History com