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- Site 304 in Kaʻaʻawa, 1994
2549 hits
A member of the Auld family who grew up in this house reports that the heiau was located there in his youth. The house was subsequently purchased by a foreign family, and a swimming pool constructed where the main structure of the heiau was said to be. A section of the very large structure may remain in the adjacent yard. Other members of the family, however, cannot recall the heiau - which may have been destroyed much earlier. - Site 304 in Kaʻaʻawa, 1994
2489 hits
A member of the Auld family who grew up in this house reports that the heiau was located there in his youth. The house was subsequently purchased by a foreign family, and a swimming pool constructed where the main structure of the heiau was said to be. A section of the very large structure may remain in the adjacent yard. Other members of the family, however, cannot recall the heiau - which may have been destroyed much earlier. - Kalae o Kuonopuaʻa, 2008
2372 hits
Where the koʻa used to stand, according to McAllister. He comments that it was destroyed when the present road was built, and that one was never supposed to walk behind it. In the image is the WWII fortification that stands at the point where McAllisterʻs vague map places the fishing shrine. - 15 1 Kaunuakahekili 2
2025 hits - 15 5 Halawa85 makai plat1
1932 hits - AAA - Hawaiian Government map, 1876
1874 hits - Kukuipahu, 2015
2619 hits
Note Haleakalā in the distance - Haleokaʻili, 2015
2765 hits
A few low features remain, mostly under the grass. Despite its modest appearance, this was an important heiau, where Kamehameha ʻekahi (I) kept the kiʻi of one of his gods. - Holomoana, 2015
2596 hits
Said to be a navigation heiau. - Puʻuʻulaʻula, 2015
2589 hits
The rear, mauka end of a rectangular coastal enclosure. Note the jog in the wall on the right. - Pʻuʻulaʻula
2244 hits
Note the jog in the near wall of the rectangular enclosure, which overlooks Kona to the south. - Puʻuʻulaʻula, 2015
2526 hits
Not evident in the image, but this structure may be a fishing shrine. Seen from the seaward end, it is a low, walled platform with two tiers and abundant heads of coral among its stones. - Kaiholena, 2015
2442 hits
The nearly-intact corner of a large coastal structure, the same one in three other images in this collection. - Kaiholena, 2015
2514 hits
The largest structure in a vast complex of sites, now protected from development. The structure, with several interior divisions, contains six-foot walls that are virtually intact. - Kaiholena, 2015
2470 hits
A probable heiau overlooking the coast, in a complex of sites. Note the smaller tier on the left and the large flat stones in the middle of the main platform. - Kaiholena, 2015
2352 hits
Another view of the large structure that appears in three other images in this collection. One of the larges structures in Kohala, aside from major heiau such as Puʻukoholā and Moʻokini. - Kaiholena, 2015
2379 hits
An intact corner of one of the largest structures in Kohala, apart from major heiau such as Puʻukoholā and Moʻokini. This enclosure contains several interior divisions. Note the small upright stone in the lower right. - Puʻuʻulaʻula, 2015
2549 hits
Small ahu on a bluff overlooking the ocean. A single pōhaku sits on the makai side of a semi-circle of stones. Note the large pōhaku forming the straight boundary of the semi-circle and near them the curved line of smaller stones forming an interior division. A unique site. - Area 1753 - ala
2434 hits
One of the upright stones at the ala, in a section now cleared of all vegetation. - Area 1745 - enclosure
1954 hits
Possibly a house site - Area 1753 - walled sinkhole
2029 hits
Possibly a water source - Ahu at walled sinkhole, 2002
329 hits - Area 1752 - small platform or ahu
1913 hits - Area 1752 - upright
2052 hits
The upright stone at the heiau - Area 1752 - small platform or ahu
1994 hits - Area 1752 - a nearby paved ala
1932 hits
A puzzling linear section of low pavement - Area 1752 - heiau
1925 hits
The upright stone at 1752. The flat kohe shown in another image lies on the other side of the upright. - Small ahu (shrine) near the main gate, Kalaeloa, 2001
2409 hits
This shrine, visited in 2001 with cultural anthropologist Marion Kelly, was destroyed by the US Army in order to construct a large FBI building. Army archaeologists maintain that this is not a Hawaiian cultural site and that it was built on land that had been previously bulldozed during WWII for the construction of quonset huts. - Main Gate ahu
1909 hits
A small ceremonial structure with one prominent upright stone, now bulldozed in the construction of the FBI building near the Main Gate of the Kalaeloa / /Barbers Point base. US Navy archaeologists maintained that this was not a pre-contact Hawaiian structure, based on a sketch showing WW II bulldozing in the area. The foundations of a WW II quonset hut lay a few hundred feet to the west. - Unusual zig-zag structure, Kalaeloa, 2008
2385 hits
This puzzling zig-zag structure barely escaped destruction by an organization that leased an adjacent parcel for car racing. Not visible in the image are upright stones forming the walls of the structure - a traditional construction technique in Tahiti sometimes also seen at Kalaeloa. Some archaeologists maintain that this is a modern military training structure, based on the presence of barbed wire. - Raceway park, Coral Sea Rd.
2021 hits
A section of the wall enclosing a sandy area of perhaps two acres at the intersection of Coral Sea and Tripoli Rd. The organization leasing this land from DHHL bulldozed the mauka section of the enclosure. - Area 1639 - damaged enclosure and small platform
2030 hits - Area 1629 - enclosure
2021 hits
A possible house site - Area 1736 - upright stone
1909 hits
This stone was first identified and photographed when the archaeological survey crew had already cleared sites in the area and was recording features. Amazingly, this ahu had not been cleared, and is probably not listed in the feature inventory for this complex. - Near runway - large platform
1906 hits
This platform lies in an area with the remains of WW II quonset huts, and with the remains of other pre-contact Hawaiian structures. Note the large stone curbing around the bottom and the use of large slabs on the top. - Area 1629 - enclosure
1900 hits
A possible house site - Laniākea, 2015
237 hits
A small enclosure with a prominent stone. Not far from the very large pā hale (house enclosure). - Laniākea, ʻIliʻilikea, 2015
253 hits
This low, disturbed wall runs under the grass in the distance to a point near the natural outcrop in the upper left. - Laniākea, ʻIliʻilikea Ahu, 2015
238 hits
The intact platform at ʻIliʻilikea - Platform in area 1746, Kalaeloa, 2001
2379 hits
This platform was bulldozed by the US Army in a cleanup of an area contaminated by lead shotgun pellets at a recreational trap and skeet shooting range. Army archaeologists maintained that this is not a Hawaiian cultural structure. It was taken apart prior to being bulldozed. No bones or other cultural artifacts were found inside. - North Hālawa 75 - Pueo (owl) on the cliff face
1884 hits - 15 5 Halawa honu
1940 hits - Imu Ahi at Puowaina, 2015
763 hits
An important pōhaku (stone) stood on this spot until 1977, when it was destroyed by the US Army in a renovation of the viewing area at Puowaina (Punchbowl). It is possible that the pōhaku was merely buried and still lies under the dirt at this spot. - Waiʻanae koʻa (fishing shrine), 2015
186 hits
One of very few left on Oʻahu - 15 10 Waimanalo DeFries Pohaku
1904 hits - 15 10 Waimanalo Ekoulu Pohaku
2060 hits - 15 10 Waimanalo Ekoulu Pohaku2
1940 hits - Kalakū
1885 hits
Rudy Mitchell identified this pōhaku as Kalakū, a fish god and fish lookout point on the north side of Waimea Bay. It sits on an obscure ledge overlooking the bay. The corresponding pōhaku sits on the opposite side of the Bay, Kalakoi. The stones are also called Kū and Ahuena. - 15 10 Na Ukali O Pele Pupukea
1801 hits - Kalakoi, Waimea, 2015
2314 hits
Uncle Rudy Mitchell identified this pōhaku as Kalakoi or Ahuʻena. Its companion Kū is on the other side of Waimea Bay. Both are fish lookouts - and gods.