Ahupuaʻa (pronounced [əhupuˈwɐʔə]) is a Hawaiian term for a large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climatic subdivision of land. [1] . It usually extends from the mountains to the sea and generally includes one or more complete watersheds and marine resources.

Ahupuaʻa is a Hawaiian term for a large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climatic subdivision of land. Some oral history relates that ʻUmi-a-Līloa, son of the great High Chief Līloa, took control of the land and divided it into ahupuaʻa. [1] .

2024年3月18日 · Ahupua’a are types of land divisions from ancient Hawai’i that typically ran from the mountains (mauka) towards the sea (makai) containing a cross section of island resources needed to support a community led by an ali’i ‘ ai (chief) and managed by a konohiki (overseer and tax collector).

Ahupuaa Layer (Historic Land Divisions), including names with diacritical marks. Source: Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), October, 2009; various corrections made by DLNR, SHPD - 2017, 2021, 2024. Hawaii Statewide GIS Program

Over time, Hawaiians developed a unique land management system. Coinciding with Kirch’s Expansion Period, Māʻilikūkāhi, was said to have established the ahupuaʻa land division in the 1500s. Ahupuaʻa are further divisions of the moku and were used for the purposes of collecting tax tributes to the chief and efficiently managing land use.

Each ahupua‘a was ruled by an ali‘i and included a lowland mala (cultivated area) and upland forested region. The Hawaiians believed that the land, the sea, the clouds and all living things had a certain interconnectedness. This holistic approach can be seen in the ahupua‘a model, a system for sustainability, connection and well-being.

2021年2月18日 · When James Cook made landfall on the island of Hawai‘i in 1778, he found a society ruled by the king Kalani‘ōpu‘u. Within this kingdom were six political districts, or moku, each with its own ruling nobility: Kohala, Hāmākua, Hilo, Puna, Ka‘ū, and Kona.

2022年8月19日 · Shown by carbon dating to be more than 1,000 years old, they are part of an ancient ahupua'a, a sophisticated land-management and food-production system that once allowed Hawaii's isolated...

WHAT IS AN AHUPUA‘A? An ahupua'a in ancient Hawai‘i was a section of land from “sky to sea.” It often was a valley, and included mountains, farmland, shore & reef areas. It provided everything the kanaka (humans) needed to live. This clever conservation system stopped plants, animals and marine species from becoming extinct. Nā ‘ahupua'a.

2025年3月21日 · Located in the ‘Ewa Moku, Hono‘uli‘uli is O ‘ahu's largest ahupua‘a, a traditional Native Hawaiian land division that extends from the Wai‘anae mountains to the sea as a way to divide the island's natural resources among its residents.The earliest archaeological evidence of human settlements within the Hono‘uli‘uli ahupua‘a was charcoal sediment that dated back to …