Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: Time's Most Important Moment -- TWO: Proverbial Tracks -- THREE: Constructing a "Poor Man's Time Machine -- FOUR: Owl Omens -- FIVE: Opening Ancient Doors -- SIX: Characters and a Stage, but No Script -- SEVEN: Fishponds --…
Time's most important moment -- Proverbial tracks -- Constructing a "poor man's time machine"--Owl omens -- Opening ancient doors -- Characters and a stage, but no script -- Fishponds -- A snails' tale -- Mauka marshes -- So what happened, anyway? -- Greetings from old Kauaʻi --…
The author discusses his study of the Makauwahi Cave on the island of Kaua'i, uncovering the variety of plants and animals that have inhabited Hawaii throughout its history. From the perspective of paleoecology - the study of ancient environments - he focused his investigations …
For two decades, paleoecologist David Burney and his wife, Lida Pigott Burney, have led an excavation of Makauwahi Cave on the island of Kaua'i, uncovering the fascinating variety of plants and animals that have inhabited Hawaii throughout its history. From the unique perspectiv…