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Four years of archaeological research at Hawaii's earliest leprosarium, Kalawao, Moloka'i

Lecture: Brownbag | December 9 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)

Speaker/Performer: James Flexner, Anthropology, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Archaeological Research Facility

James Flexner will give a presentation on his dissertation research in the Hawaiian Hansen's disease (commonly known as leprosy) settlement at Kalawao, Molokai. Kalawao is an ahupua'a (traditional Hawaiian land division) on the peninsula of Kalaupapa, and was the first location of the Hansen's disease quarantine settlement established on Kalaupapa in 1866.
Archaeological research on the landscape and houses of the exiles living in Kalawao is providing new insights into daily life in the quarantine settlement, as well as the settlements that existed prior to 1866 in the area.

Event Contact: jamesflexner@berkeley.edu, 510-642-2212