Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation Volume 17 Article 4 Issue 2 October 2003 A Classification for Hawaiian Artifacts Based on Morphology and Wear: Analyses of Discoidal Artifacts From Nu'alolo Kai, Kaua'i Julie S. Field University of Hawai'i at Manoa Follow this and additional works at: https://kahualike.manoa.hawaii.edu/rnj Part of the History of the Pacific slI ands Commons, and the Pacific slI ands Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Field, Julie S. (2003) "A Classification for Hawaiian Artifacts Based on Morphology and Wear: Analyses of Discoidal Artifacts From Nu'alolo Kai, Kaua'i," Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation: Vol. 17 : Iss. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://kahualike.manoa.hawaii.edu/rnj/vol17/iss2/4 This Research Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Hawai`i Press at Kahualike. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation by an authorized editor of Kahualike. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Field: A Classification for Hawaiian Artifacts Based on Morphology and Wear A CLASSIFICATION FOR HAWAIIANARTIFACTS BASED ON MORPHOLOGY AND WEAR: ANALYSES OF DISCOIDAL ARTIFACTS FROM NU'ALOLO KAI, KAVA'I Julie S. Field Department ofAnthropology, University ofHawai'i at Manoa This tool [typology] is designed for the reconstruction ofculture history in time arul space. This is the beginning arul not the end ofthe archaeologist's responsibility. (Ford 1954a:52). INTRODUCTIO of ideas. The work of Ford (1954a, 1954b), Gifford (1960), Kidder (1915), Krieger (1944) and e pecially Rou e (1939), ame Ford' decree of the purpose of typologies serves as a were succe sful demon tration of analytic cla ification.