2021 Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Virtual Conference

This year’s conference theme is applicable to archaeology in many ways. We can apply it directly to seek answers to large scale dilemmas we face as a society, through scientific inquiry, but we can also apply it to our own archaeological community. By acknowledging our past, we can find ways for the field of Hawaiian archaeology to better serve the people of Hawaiʻi.

As we seek answers to understand the history of Hawaiʻi through archaeological research, we must strive to involve the community in our work and incorporate the knowledge, values, and needs of the people who have pilina (connection) to the ʻāina (land).