Archaeology of traditional religious sites in Polynesia tends to focus on the “pre-contact” era, before religions were transformed by European influence. An historical archaeology of traditional religious sites is essential, however, for understanding the relationship between 21st-century traditional or indigenous religious beliefs and practices, and the transformations wrought during the colonial era. Traditional religion certainly did not disappear with the arrival of Christian missionaries, but there would have been some transformations. Using case studies from the Hawaiian Islands (Puhina o Lono or “Cook’s Heiau” on Hawai‘i Island and the leprosarium at Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i Island), we explore some of the ways that sacred sites were transformed in the 18th and 19th centuries. These are initial observations and we offer a number of recommendations for future research, particularly relating to the interpretation of architectural modifications and ritual offerings. The largely unexplored colonial archaeology of traditional religious sites merits a more prominent place in Polynesian archaeology.

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传教士之后：夏威夷群岛的历史考古学和传统宗教遗址

波利尼西亚传统宗教遗址的考古学倾向于聚焦于“预接触”时代，然后宗教才受到欧洲的影响而改变。然而，传统宗教场所的历史考古学对于理解21世纪传统或土著宗教信仰和习俗与殖民时代所发生的转变之间的关系至关重要。传统宗教当然不会随着基督教传教士的到来而消失，但是将会发生一些转变。我们使用夏威夷群岛的案例研究（夏威夷岛上的Puhina o Lono或“ Cook's Heiau”和莫洛卡岛上的卡拉普帕的麻风病），我们探索了18世纪和19世纪圣地改造的一些方式。这些是初步观察，我们为将来的研究提供了许多建议，尤其是有关建筑修改和礼仪的解释。传统宗教遗址在很大程度上尚未探索的殖民考古学在波利尼西亚考古学中占有更为突出的地位。