Back to the future in the caves of Kaua'i a scientist's adventures in the dark /

Burney, David A., 1950-

Back to the future in the caves of Kaua'i a scientist's adventures in the dark / [electronic resource] : David A. Burney. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010. - xv, 198 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index.

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 Kauai -- Irrigating the future -- The tour -- Right here, right now -- Finding a future in the past.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780300163117 (electronic bk.)




Burney, David A., 1950- --Travel--Hawaii--Kauai.


Excavations (Archaeology)--Hawaii--Kauai.
Caves--Hawaii--Kauai.
Paleoecology--Hawaii--Kauai.
Prehistoric peoples--Hawaii--Kauai.
Human ecology--History.--Hawaii--Kauai
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--Hawaii--Kauai
Time--Philosophy.


Kauai (Hawaii)--Antiquities.
Kauai (Hawaii)--Environmental conditions.


Electronic books.

DU628.K3 / B87 2010

996.9/4102