Mark D. McCoy, PhD.
● McCoy, Mark D. and Michael W. Graves (2007) An Archaeological Survey of Halawa and Makapala Ahupua‘a, North Kohala District, Hawai‘i Island: Hawai‘i Archaeological Research Project 2007. Report on file with the Hawaii State Historic Preservation Division, Kapolei.
● McCoy, M.D. and A.S. Hartshorn. (2007) “Wind Erosion and Intensive Prehistoric Agriculture: A Case Study from the Kalaupapa Field System, Hawai‘i.” Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 22(5):511-532.
● McCoy, M.D. (2005) “The Development of the Kalaupapa Field System, Moloka‘i Island, Hawai‘i.” The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 116(4):339-358.
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McCoy, M.D. (2005). The Lands of Hina: An archaeological overview and
assessment of Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Moloka‘i
Island, Hawai‘i. Research Corporation of the
University of Hawai‘i/National Park
Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Honolulu.
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techrep.htm
● McCoy, M.D. (2004). Book review, “Defining the Pacific: Opportunities and Constraints (The Pacific World: Lands, People,and History of the Pacific,1500-1900, Vol. 1) edited by P.W. Blank and F. Spier.” Pacific Affairs 76(4):688.
● Ladefoged, T.N., M.W. Graves, and M.D. McCoy (2003). “Archaeological Evidence for Agricultural Development in Kohala, Island of Hawai‘i.” Journal of Archaeological Science 30:923-41.
WORKS in PRESS
● McCoy, M.D. (in press). Hawaiian Limpet Harvesting in Historical Perspective: A Review of Modern and Archaeological Data on Cellana spp. from the Kalaupapa Peninsula, Moloka‘i Island. Pacific Science. Accepted: 15/II/07.
● McCoy, M.D. (in press) "Revised Late Holocene Culture History for Moloka‘i Island, Hawai‘i." Radiocarbon. Accepted: IV/07.
● McCoy, M.D. (in press.) “Life Outside the Temple: Reconstructing traditional Hawaiian ritual and religion through new studies of ritualized practices.” In Religion in the Material World: A Conference on the Archaeology of Religion. Lars Fogelin, ed. Southern Illinois University’s Center for Archaeological Investigations, Carbondale, Illinois.
● McCoy, M.D. (in press) “The Development of Hawaiian Communities.” In Archaeology in America An Encyclopedia. Francis P. McManamon, ed. Greenwood Publishing.
● McCoy, M.D. (in press) “The Origins of Pacific Peoples.” In Encyclopedia of World History. A. J. Andrea, ed. ABC-CLIO.
PhD
2006. Landscape, Social Memory, and Society: An Ethnohistoric-Archaeological Study of Three Hawaiian Communities. Unpublished PhD Dissertation. University of California, Berkeley. [392 pp. 106 figs, 18 tables, 2 appdx.].
MA
2000. Agricultural Intensification and Land Tenure in Prehistoric Hawai‘i. Masters Thesis, University of Auckland, New Zealand. [148 pp., i-xi, 89 figs, 24 tables]
Conference Symposia and Presentations
Sessions Chaired
North Kohala Archaeology. 20th Annual Meeting of Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, Keauhou, Hawaii, Oct. 19th-21th, 2007. with M. Graves.
Recent Moloka‘i Archaeology. 19th Annual Meeting of Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, Kahalui, Maui, Oct. 6th-9th, 2006.
Kalaupapa
Archaeology. 16th Annual Meeting of Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, Kaneohe,
Oahu, Oct. 24-26, 2003. with J. Holson.
From the
Household to the Community: Implementing Multiscalar Research on Social
Organization in the Islands of Oceania. 68th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology,
Apr. 9-13, 2003, Milwaukee, with J.G. Kahn. Discussant: Michael Kolb
Social Organization
Landscape, Social Memory, and Society: An Ethnohistoric-Archaeological Study of Three Hawaiian Communities. Presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Apr. 25-29, 2007, Austin. Session Chairs: Boyd Dixon and Cindy VanGilder.
Life Outside the Temple: Reconstructing traditional Hawaiian ritual and religion through new studies of ritualized practices. Paper presented at Religion in the Material World: A Conference on the Archaeology of Religion. March 31-April 1, 2006. Southern Illinois University’s Center for Archaeological Investigations, Carbondale, Illinois.
Ritual, Power and Politics in Ancient Complex Societies: A comparison of Hawaiian and Andean religion and ritual practices. Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropology Association, Nov. 30 – Dec 4, 2005. Washington D.C., (with A. Roddick).
Social
Organization and Community Structure in the Hawaiian Islands: Developing the
archaeology of communities on the Kalaupapa Peninsula, Moloka‘i Island, Hawai‘i.
Paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology,
Apr. 9-13, 2003, Milwaukee.
Competition and
Conflict in the prehistoric Southwest: A case study.
First Annual Undergraduate Anthropology
Conference, March 1997, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Spatial Technology
Continuing “To Bound and To Cultivate:” Spatial Technology and the Study of Social and Natural Landscape Transformations in Ancient Field Systems. Paper presented at the Ancient Sites, Modern Maps: Remote Sensing Applications in Archaeology Conference, Oct. 29-30, 2004. University of California, Berkeley.
The Origins of the Kalaupapa Field System: A Geographic Information Systems based study of the Kalaupapa Peninsula, Moloka‘i Island, Hawai‘i. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology. Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i. Nov. 12-14, 2004. (with A.S. Hartshorn, and O.A. Chadwick).
Agriculture
Studying Large
Scale Agriculture in the Pacific: Lessons learned from research on the Kohala
dry land system. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology,
New Orleans, Apr. 18-22. (with T.N. Ladefoged and M.W. Graves).
Multiple Trajectories of Agricultural Development in Kohala, Hawai‘i. Paper
presented at the Pacific 2000 International Congress of Easter Island and Pacific Studies,
Waimea, Hawai‘i, Aug. 7-12, 2000. (with T.N. Ladefoged and M.W. Graves)
Reports on
Fieldwork
Ancient
Communities and Agricultural Development on the Kalaupapa Peninsula, Moloka‘i
Island, Hawai‘i. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.
Kaneohe, Oahu. Oct. 24-26, 2003.
Between the
Pali and the Sea: A report on recent surveys in the Kalaupapa National
Historical Park, Moloka‘i. Presented at the
Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Speaker Series,
Honolulu, Aug. 21, 2002.
An overview of University of Hawai‘i research on prehistoric agricultural and
social development in Kohala, Hawai‘i Island. (with M.W. Graves., L.J. Perry,
and T.N. Ladefoged) Paper presented by M.W. Graves at the 14th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Hawaiian
Archaeology, Kahului, Hawai‘i, Oct. 5-7, 2001.
Reports on
Laboratory Analysis
Early Hawaiian Culture History Revisited: The Age of Halawa Dune Site (MO-A1-3), Moloka‘i Island. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Meeting, Kahalui, Maui, Oct. 6th-9th, 2006. (with P.V. Kirch)
Daily Life and Social Change in Prehistoric Hawai‘i: A Case Study from the Kalaupapa Peninsula, Moloka‘i. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Meeting, Kahalui, Maui, Oct. 6th-9th, 2006.
Contact Information:
Department of Anthropology, One Washington Square, San José State University, San José, CA 95192-0113
E-mail: mdmccoy@email.sjsu.edu
Phone: 408.924.5542