Timeline

Pre-1700s

Arrival Period

300–500/800 AD

Arrival Period (Marquesan Migration Theory).

Old Halawa Drawing

Hālawa – Settlement of Hālawa

890–1500s

The settlement of Hālawa and it’s valleys takes place.

Second Wave of Arrival

800–900/1000 AD

Second Wave of Arrival (Tahitian Migration Theory). Kapu System developed.

Hālawa – farming and permanent housing

1000 AD

See “Hālawa – Settlement of Hālawa” for a general account.

Hālawa – farming of coastal plain and lower valley

1000–1300

See “Hālawa – Settlement of Hālawa” for a general account.

Luluku Plains

Luluku – Expansion Inland

1000-1500s

Luluku – Expansion Inland and Settlement

Luluku – accelerating inland expansion

1100-1650

See “Luluku – Expansion Inland” for a general account.

Hālawa – inland expansion, construction of fishponds, and deepening of channel

1200s–1300s

See “Hālawa – Settlement of Hālawa” for a general account.

Luluku – temporary habitation

Pre–1250 AD

See “Luluku – Expansion Inland” for a general account.

Luluku – rise and peak of agricultural uses

1250–1450

See “Luluku – Expansion Inland” for a general account.

Arrival of Pa’ao

C. 1300 AD

Pa’ao arrives and brings with him new religion. Eventually a new king from Tahiti, Pili (Kaaiea), reigns and introduces many new ideas.

Luluku – coordination of economic resources

1300 AD

See “Luluku – Expansion Inland” for a general account.

Luluku – temporary habitation

1400s–1500s

See “Luluku – Expansion Inland” for a general account.

The Ahupua’a Land System

1400s–Post-Contact

The ahupua’a land system became fully realized.

Moku Oahu

Ma’ilikukahi divides O’ahu

1450s–Early 1500s

Ma’ilikukahi divides O’ahu into 6 moku, multiple ahupua’a, ‘ili kupono, ‘ili ‘aina, and mo’o ‘aina.

Hālawa – increased use of upper valleys

1500s

See “Hālawa – Settlement of Hālawa” for a general account.

First non-natives in Hawai’i

1500–1600 AD

First white people seen in Hawai’i due to a shipwreck.