Ahuaʻumi, 2004
13860 hits
The wall in the foreground is part of an enclosure that may have been constructed in historic times to hold animals
Ahuaʻumi, 2004
12341 hits
Koʻa, 2004
11948 hits
A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma.
Koʻa, 2004
12081 hits
A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma, or more correctly, a fishing heiau.
Kapuanoni, 2004
15136 hits
A heiau in the complex at Kahaluʻu said to have been built or enlarged by Kalaniopuʻu. The hotel has since been demolished by the landowner.
Ahuolono, 2004
7484 hits
A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road
Haleolono, 2005
16672 hits
The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono.
Keʻekū, 2005
8314 hits
The hotel in the background has since been demolished and the heiau reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fields.
Kealakowaʻa, 2006
18646 hits
A heiau associated with canoe building. It had been reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fiends, but suffered major damage in a large earthquake several years after this image was made.
Paniau, 2006
18961 hits
The residence of Lonoikamakahiki at Paniau, according to the Kekahuna map. Now, the location of the Keauhou Surf and Racket Club.
ʻŌhiʻamukumuku, 2007
18517 hits
The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou.
Holualoa, 2007
20078 hits
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.
Hoʻopalahuli (?), 2007
19230 hits
The name is mentioned in the 1930 Reinecke study, and may refer to this unusual structure that rises sharply up the side of a bluff and straddles a fissure at the top.
Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007
19470 hits
A cruise ship lies anchored in the distance. It is dangerous to add diacritical marks to heiau names, since that limits possible interpretations. However, here is one guess: "Rainfishhealth Heiau." 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.
Hāpaiaʻliʻi, 2007
25186 hits
Before the reconstruction of the platform
Hapaialiʻi, 2008
19459 hits
After the heiau was rebuilt by Billy Fields, a noted dry-stack stone mason.
Kapuanoni, 2008
22690 hits
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.
Makoleʻa, 2008
19150 hits
The heiau mauka of Keʻeku, associated with the aliʻi wahine Makoleʻa. It has since been reconstructed, along with Keʻekū and Hāpaialiʻi Heiau.
Keolanahihi, 2008
18679 hits
A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona.
Keolanahihi, 2008
18645 hits
ʻĀimakapā, 2009
15688 hits
A linear heiau structure in ʻAimakapā loko iʻa (fishpond). Sand dunes at the makai side of the pond needed to be opened in order to fill it with water.
Keʻekū, Kawāwāmalu, 2009
12332 hits
The pōhaku kiʻi (petroglyph) with the head falling into the water is said to depict the invading aliʻi Kawāwāmalu who was killed and then offered as a mōhai (sacrificial offering) at Keʻeku.
Kaʻūpūlehu 19201, 2009
15518 hits
A possible fishing heiau at the beach, adjacent to a konane (Hawaiian checkers) game board pecked into the lava.
Kaʻūpūlehu 19206, 2009
17315 hits
A probable habitation enclosure near salt pans.
Hōkūliʻa 16457, 2010
15260 hits
Kakapa Bay, 2010
14756 hits
A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean.
Ahuaʻumi, 2004
18802 hits
Kalanikauhi (?), 2004
18952 hits
The name is mentioned in the 1930 Reinecke study, and may refer to this structure.
Hāpaialiʻi, 2004
18891 hits
Before the reconstruction of the heiau by stone mason Billy Fields. Keʻeku Heiau lies in the distance.
Ulupalehua, 2004
19031 hits
Paniau, 2006
26157 hits
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.
Hōkūliʻa 16511, 2007
27818 hits
A platform heiau a mile inland, walled on three sides and open to the ocean on the fourth.
Kaūpūlehu, 2009
23023 hits
An oral tradition exists that families in this area offered pule (prayers) at this flat pōhaku - and at one other nearby
Keʻekū, Kawawamalu, 2009
23387 hits
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.
Kaūpūllehu kiʻi pōhaku, 2010
19763 hits
Near salt pans at the beach. A kiʻi depicting a waʻa (canoe) - perhaps with the sun above.
Lekeke, 2010
19692 hits
Graves at Lekeke battlefield, Kuamʻo