Ancient Hawaii. The ahupuaʻa is the basic land division in traditional hawaiian society. Origins of the ancient hawaiians and their culture the isolation of the hawaiian islands in the middle of the pacific ocean, and the wide range of environments to be found on high islands.
Hawaii through ancient and modern history kamehameha conquered and unified most of the hawaiian archipelago, effectively establishing the kingdom of hawaii in the. Ancient hawaiians were a people without writing who preserved their history in chants and legends. The exact population of the hawaiian islands at the time of captain james cook's arrival is not known however the large range of estimates from 100,000 to 1,000,000 illustrate the.