Surveyed with LiDAR: Identifying Lo’i Pondfields in Windward Kohala, Hawai’i Island
Author(s): Stephen West; Michael Graves; Katherine Peck
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Geospatial Studies in the Archaeology of Oceania" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
This project is a demonstration of GIS methods for identifying irrigated agricultural complexes in the heavily vegetated drainage of Halawa Gulch, windward Kohala. Through use of GIS tools on a LiDAR data set I created slope interpolation and elevational profile graphs of potential agricultural sites. In some cases these could be verified using historical maps and archaeological survey reports.The goal is to create a database of known and hypothesized sites with locational, areal, and archival data to aid future research. These LiDAR identification methods are described and evaluated here. They form a part of a larger research project on the development of traditional Hawaiian agriculture and role of "Chiefly Complexes" that are briefly discussed.
Cite this Record
Surveyed with LiDAR: Identifying Lo’i Pondfields in Windward Kohala, Hawai’i Island. Stephen West, Michael Graves, Katherine Peck. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 451553)
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Geographic Keywords
Pacific Islands
Spatial Coverage
min long: 117.598; min lat: -29.229 ; max long: -75.41; max lat: 53.12 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 24447