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Lab 14a: earth: ahupua'a model

Migrationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahupua%CA%BBa

On your huge big big island map, diagram the Ahupua'a between Waimea and Kona, including the Pelekane watershed.

Make sure to label each one clearly

Ask a friend from Kona to take photos of the Ahupua'a markers along Queen Kaahumanu Highway on the way to Waimea

Hawaii-Island-Ahupuaa.jpg
Hawaii-Island-Ahupuaa.jpg

Questions: email for credit

  1. how does your work on biomes connect with the ahupua'a model?
  2. what is the difference between a watershed and an ahupua'a?
  3. why was this model so successful in progressmaintaining fora sustainable culture?
  4. what was the biggest ahupua'a on the island, and why?
  5. how did the great mahele impact this model? good or bad?
  6. how many markers can you see when you drive along the coast from Kona to Waimea?
  7. how has resort development impacted this system?
  8. what is the coast path known as in Hawaiian, and what was its function?
  9. what is the story of the city of refuge, and how did this promote social structure?
  10. why are there more on the Hamakua coast than on the Kona coast?

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