- Area 1746 - damaged platform
1909 hits
US Navy archaeologists maintain that these were not Hawaiian pre-contact structures. They were bulldozed to clear lead shotgun pellets from an area used as a trap and skeet shooting range - even though they lay at the far periphery, and even though the area was designated as one of the very last preserves for the endangered Oʻahu akoko plant. In this image a damaged platform lies adjacent to an intact platform - shown in another image in this album. - Makai of revetments - a walled sinkhole
2435 hits
Possibly a water source, access to the underground streams that once flowed through the porous limestone from the distant mountains to the sea. - Area 1736 - upright and ahu
2068 hits
Note the two large slabs lying together in front of the upright - perhaps a suggestion of a kohe (vagaina) in connection with the ule (penis, upright). Such male / female (Wakea / Papa, Kū / Hina) pairings are not uncommon - as seen at the heiau in area 1752 a little distance to the west of this complex. - Area 1736 - walled enclosure
2091 hits - Hawea 1, 2000
1851 hits
A wall or alignment far up of the side of a slope at or near Hawea Heiau. - Hawea, 1994
2107 hits
The remnant of the platform at Hawea heiau, with construction and dredging debris pushed up against it from the creation of the marina at Hawaiʻi Kai by Kaiser Development Corp. Note the lined pit in the foreground. - Area 1745 - a large enclosure
2141 hits
Possibly a house site. - Area 1736 - small platform
2010 hits
Note the prominent upright slab on one side. - Area 1736 - small platform
1836 hits
Identified as feature K on a tag left at the site - Area 1755 - small heiau or ahu
2121 hits
This site is possibly a small heiau - note the prominent upright triangular slabs and the fact that the enclosure has no opening. - Area 1753 - enclosure
2269 hits
Possibly a habitation site. Note the use of upright slabs in the wall. - Area 1755 - small heiau
2051 hits