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A large complex of sites lies within a gated development on the coast below the town of Captain Cook.
Images made on 4X5 film on visits between 2004 and 2018.
Ahuaʻumi, 2004
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The wall in the foreground is part of an enclosure that may have been constructed in historic times to hold animals
Ahuaʻumi, 2004
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Ahuaʻumi, 2004
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Ahuaumi, 2004
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Old government road
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The road was built in the 19th century, probably by prison labor. Public access along the road is still protected by law.
Ahu o Lono, 2018
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A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road
Ahuolono, 2004
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A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road
Kaʻūpūlehu 19201, 2009
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A possible fishing heiau at the beach, adjacent to a konane (Hawaiian checkers) game board pecked into the lava.
Kaʻūpūlehu 19206, 2009
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A probable habitation enclosure near salt pans.
Kaūpūllehu kiʻi pōhaku, 2010
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Near salt pans at the beach. A kiʻi depicting a waʻa (canoe) - perhaps with the sun above.
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
Kaūpūlehu, 2009
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Not long ago, elderly residents of Kaūpūlehu visited this stone to offer prayers, according to a person connected with the district.
Kakapa Bay, 2018
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Possibly a house platform
Kakapa Bay, 2010
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A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean.
Kakapa Bay, 2018
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A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean.
Kua Bay Heiau, 2005
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A large structure at Kua Bay, possibly a fishing heiau
Koʻa, 2004
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A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma.
Koʻa, 2004
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A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma, or more correctly, a fishing heiau.
Kaloko, 2009
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An upright stone in the surf, said to be a boundary marker.
ʻĀimakapā, 2009
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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.
Puʻuoina Heiau, 2018
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The large structure adjacent to the fishtrap at ʻAiʻōpio. Signs at this heiau mistakenly identified it several years ago as Halemanō Heiau, which may lie under water outside of the entrance to Honokōhau Harbor.
Haleolono, 2006
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One of several platforms near Haleolono.
Haleolono , 2006
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One of several platforms at Haleolono.
Haleolono, 2005
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The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono.
Haleolono, 2005
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The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono.
Ālula, 2005
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One of several platforms at Haleolono, this one in a parking lot. The name of the heiau, according to a local Hawaiian Kumu Hula, is Ālula.
Ālula, 2005
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One of several platforms at Haleolono, this one in a parking lot. The name of the heiau, according to a local Hawaiian Kumu Hula, is Ālula.
Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007
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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.
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.
Laʻaloa Heiau, 2018
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Along Aliʻi Rd.
Kuʻemanu Heiau, 2018
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Kealakowaʻa, 2006
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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.
Keolanahihi, 2010
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Junior Kanuha, now deceased, the kahu of Keolanahihi
Keolanahihi, 2008
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A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona.
Keolanahihi, 2008
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A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona.
Keolanahihi, 2008
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Kaneheilani Heiau, 2009
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A heiau for training in lua.
Haleaʻama Heiau, 2018
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Hale Aʻama Heiau at the Keolanhihi complex, according to the Kekahuma map, which identifies it as a surfing heiau. Nobody now surfs in that area; it is possible that wave patterns have shifted. Or perhaps its connection with surfing is ceremonial and indirect.
ʻŌhiʻamukumuku, 2007
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The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou.
Ulupalehua, 2004
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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.
Kapuanoni, 2004
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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.
Kapuanoni, 2009
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Hapaialiʻi, 2007
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Before the reconstruction of Hapaialiʻi and the demolishing of the Outrigger Hotel.
Hāpaiali’i Heiau, 2004
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Before the reconstruction of Hāpaiali’i. The hotel in the distance has since been demolished.
Hāpaiaʻliʻi, 2007
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Before the reconstruction of the platform
Hāpaialiʻi 2013
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Hāpaialiʻi, 2004
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Before the reconstruction of the heiau by stone mason Billy Fields. Keʻeku Heiau lies in the distance.
Hapaialiʻi, 2008
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After the heiau was rebuilt by Billy Fields, a noted dry-stack stone mason.
Keʻekū, 2005
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The hotel in the background has since been demolished and the heiau reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fields.