A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief (University of California Press, 2012) is awarded the AIA's Holton Book Award.
The Archaeological Institute of America announces that the Felicia A. Holton Book Award goes to Patrick Vinton Kirch, A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawaii (University of California Press, 2012)
For the book’s clear and engaging style in using archaeology along with historical records and ethnological research. - See more at: https://archaeological.org/news/aianews/20701#sthash.vQaABrjt.dpuf