- Hokukano, 2008
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A large platform at Hōkūkano - Hōkūliʻa 16511, 2007
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A platform heiau a mile inland, walled on three sides and open to the ocean on the fourth. - Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007
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Kona resident Junior Kanuha, now passed, told me that his father helped to reconstruct this heiau. Unfortunately it suffered major damage in a large earthquake a year or so after this image was made. - Paniau, 2006
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Portions of the residence of Lonoikamakahiki, according to the Kekahuna map, now near the swimming pool. Kekahunaʻs source of cultural information, Naluahine Kaʻopua, lived close to this spot according to the map. - Holualoa, 2006
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The abrupt end of the vast holua (downhill sledding ramp) at Holualoa. - Lekeke, 2007
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Graves from the battle at Kuamoʻo - Hāpaiaʻliʻi, 2007
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Before the reconstruction of the platform - Hāpaialiʻi 2013
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The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono. - Keʻekū, Kawawamalu, 2009
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The pōhaku kiʻi (petroglyph) of Kawāwāmalu at Keʻekū. Kawāwāmalu was an invading chief from Maui Island who was defeated and sacrificed at Keʻekū. Note that his head falls into a large crack in the stone. - Kaūpūlehu, 2009
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An oral tradition exists that families in this area offered pule (prayers) at this flat pōhaku - and at one other nearby - Kapuanoni, 2008
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The remaining portion of Kapuanoni, truncated by a hotel swimming pool. The hotel and its pool have been demolished since this image was made, and the heiau is to be reconstructed. - Kaneheilani Heiau, 2009
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A heiau for training in lua. - Keolanahihi, 2008
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A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - Holualoa, 2007
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The end of the vast Holua Loa at Keauhou. Cultural anthropologist Marion Kelly and Kenneth Emory witnessed the bulldozing of the lower portion of the heiau for the construction of the resort on the other side of the road. The landowner arranged for the demolition to happen on a Sunday, according to Marion Kelly.