Area 1752 - ule and kohe
2231 hits
This pair of male / female stones is at the heiau numbered 1752, one of the largest at Kalaeloa. The male ule stands erect (of course) and the female kohe lies at its base, a slab with a hole in the center.
Haʻikū, 1990
2163 hits
The H-3 Freeway under construction in Ha’ikū Valley.
Haʻikū, 2012
1822 hits
The H-3 Freeeway in Ha’ikū Valley. The construction of the freeway resulted in the destruction of many cultural sites.
Pali Golf Course, 1990
2144 hits
A possible cultural site with a distinctive upright stone at the crest of a hill
Kahapaʻakai, 1990
2052 hits
Kahapaʻakai, 1990
2202 hits
02 11 Kumuaku opio
2126 hits
02 8 4542Wall
2053 hits
Training emplacement, Mākua, 2003
2598 hits
03 5 grp pali
2298 hits
04 3 Truck
1976 hits
04 7 Ahu Ko iahi
2129 hits
Off-limits area, Mākua, 2005
2660 hits
This area is permanently off limits because it is contaminated by "improved conventional munitions." Small round bombs will explode decades later if they are slightly moved.
05 2 4544 from rd
2038 hits
05 2 4544
2133 hits
05 2 Kumuakuopio
2145 hits
The ahu at Mākua, 2005
2460 hits
The ahu (shrine) is modern, constructed for cultural accesses to the valley conducted by Mālama Mākau, a community organization. In the distance lies the US Army observation tower for live fire training exercises.
05 5 Bunkers
1934 hits
Mākua Moʻokumu, 2005
216 hits
The Army closed the spring but elderly former residents of Mākua remembered its location and it was opened again.
Grenade training enclosure, Mākua, 2005
2594 hits
An enclosure built of tires for grenade throwing practice.
05 9 Fire
2100 hits
06 10FromNFBR
2041 hits
Mākua Koiʻahu from North Road, 2006
162 hits
Mist, 2012
157 hits
08 2 4537
1946 hits
Mākua 4542, 2008
190 hits
Site 4542 is a heiau, according to kūpuna (elders) who related that first catch fish hoʻokupu (offerings) were left there. Koʻiahi lies in the rear.
93 04 Ukanipo
1968 hits
04 10 ridges
2286 hits
Kiʻi Pōhaku (petroglyphs), 2004
173 hits
The petroglyphs were filled with beach sand for this image
Kiʻi Pōhaku, 2004
1892 hits
Petroglyphs filled with sand. They mark a spot where honu (turtles) come to feed.
Main gate, Mākua, 2009
2515 hits
The entrance to Mākua. Until recent decades the valley was unfenced and open.
09 10 Petroglyphs
173 hits
Erosion control efforts above Hakioawa, 2012
3566 hits
Erosion control efforts above Hakioawa, 2012
Kukuianiani, 1994
2104 hits
A stone perhaps used for grinding / mixing medicines at this heiau lapa’au (medicinal heiau). The name suggests that the stone might have been used as a lamp. The heiau has been cleared and is being cared for by a Hawaiian man who lives next to it.
Hakioawa - Heiau, 2012
3123 hits
Perhaps related to this or nearby structures: " ... Thus 'Ai'ai performed his good work in establishing kū'ula and ko'a all around the island of Maui. He is also said to have visited Kaho'olawe and established a kū'ula at Hakioawa ... though it differs from the others in being built on a high bluff overlooking the sea, somewhat like a temple; its stones are in the form of a square, with a space in the middle where the fishermen of Kaho'olawe laid their first fish caught ... 'Awa and kapa were also placed there as offerings to the fishing 'aumakua." - from a translated mo'olelo in Hawaiian Fishing Legends, ed by Dennis Kawaharada, p. 19.
Hakioawa - Kahua Lele, 2012
3266 hits
A modern structure on the west side of Hakioawa - where awa ceremonies take place and where visitors chant at the rising of the sun.
Hakioawa - Pōhaku near kūʻula kai, fishing shrine, 2012
3043 hits
Prominent pohaku near the ku'ula (fishing shrine) on the east bluff overlooking Hakioawa
Hakioawa - Kūʻula kai (fishing shrine) 1994
3036 hits
On the east side of Hakioawa
Hakioawa - Pōhaku near kūʻula, 2012
2926 hits
The naulu rain clouds approach from Haleakalā. Because the island sits in the leeward rain shadow of Haleakalā, the naulu rain has a great deal of cultural significance on Kahoʻolawe.
Mānoa heiau (?), 2012
1790 hits
An unrecorded structure built on a prominent natural basalt outcrop with clear alignments, walls, platforms and one upright stone. The state does not recognize this as a pre-contact structure. However, Marion Kelly several archaeologists with PhDs identify this structure as probably pre-contact.
Mānoa heiau (?), 2012
1798 hits
An unrecorded structure built on a prominent natural basalt outcrop with clear alignments, walls, platforms and one upright stone. The state does not recognize this as a pre-contact structure. However, Marion Kelly several archaeologists with PhDs identify this structure as probably pre-contact.
Mānoa heiau (?), 2012
1805 hits
An unrecorded structure built on a prominent natural basalt outcrop with clear alignments, walls, platforms and one upright stone. The state does not recognize this as a pre-contact structure. However, Marion Kelly several archaeologists with PhDs identify this structure as probably pre-contact.
Mānoa heiau (?), 2012
1709 hits
An unrecorded structure built on a prominent natural basalt outcrop with clear alignments, walls, platforms and one upright stone. The state does not recognize this as a pre-contact structure. However, Marion Kelly several archaeologists with PhDs identify this structure as probably pre-contact.
Enclosure at Waʻahila, 1998
2297 hits
The intact enclosure at Waʻahila, before the destruction of the low wall in the foreground by downhill mountain bikers. The site is now occupied by the tents of a homeless person.
Pōhaku within an enclosure, Waʻahila, 2002
2293 hits
Downhill mountain bikers destroyed the rear / mauka wall of the enclosure in order to construct the ramp, which allowed them to jump over the pōhaku and become airborne.
The platform above Leinakaʻuhane, 2017
175 hits
Lua paʻa (pit) at Kalākīkī
156 hits
Albert Silva near his home in ʻŌhikilolo, 2012
171 hits
Site O2
182 hits
A low enclosure.
Site O2 in the mountains above Honolulu.
352 hits
A low enclosure. Note the ki (ti) plants.