Choose filters
Cancel
Validate
Choose filters
Validate
Validate
Validate
- Paniau, 2006
19331 hits
The residence of Lonoikamakahiki at Paniau, according to the Kekahuna map. Now, the location of the Keauhou Surf and Racket Club. - ʻŌhiʻamukumuku, 2007
18889 hits
The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou. - Holualoa, 2007
20442 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
19578 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. - Kaūpūlehu, 2009
17221 hits
Not long ago, elderly residents of Kaūpūlehu visited this stone to offer prayers, according to a person connected with the district. - Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007
19868 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
25633 hits
Before the reconstruction of the platform - Hapaialiʻi, 2008
19812 hits
After the heiau was rebuilt by Billy Fields, a noted dry-stack stone mason. - Kapuanoni, 2008
23110 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
19534 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
18962 hits
A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - Keolanahihi, 2008
20274 hits
A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - Keolanahihi, 2008
18927 hits - Hōkūliʻa 16742, 2009
17924 hits - ʻĀimakapā, 2009
15851 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
12520 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
15832 hits
A possible fishing heiau at the beach, adjacent to a konane (Hawaiian checkers) game board pecked into the lava. - Kaʻūpūlehu 19206, 2009
17671 hits
A probable habitation enclosure near salt pans. - Hōkūliʻa 16457, 2010
15584 hits - Kakapa Bay, 2010
15060 hits
A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean. - Ahuaʻumi, 2004
19202 hits - Ālula, 2005
20111 hits
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
20010 hits
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. - Kalanikauhi (?), 2004
19324 hits
The name is mentioned in the 1930 Reinecke study, and may refer to this structure. - Hāpaialiʻi, 2004
19275 hits
Before the reconstruction of the heiau by stone mason Billy Fields. Keʻeku Heiau lies in the distance. - Hāpaiali’i Heiau, 2004
18975 hits
Before the reconstruction of Hāpaiali’i. The hotel in the distance has since been demolished. - Kualiʻiliʻi Heiau, 2004
19771 hits
A heiau in Kailua-Kona on the grounds of a gated condominium complex. - Ulupalehua, 2004
19423 hits - Haleolono, 2005
24964 hits
The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono. - Haleolono , 2006
18233 hits
One of several platforms at Haleolono. - Holualoa, 2006
26239 hits
The abrupt end of the vast holua (downhill sledding ramp) at Holualoa. - Paniau, 2006
26689 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
28322 hits
A platform heiau a mile inland, walled on three sides and open to the ocean on the fourth. - Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007
27967 hits
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. - Lekeke, 2007
26047 hits
Graves from the battle at Kuamoʻo - Hāpaialiʻi 2013
25477 hits - Hokukano, 2008
29858 hits
A large platform at Hōkūkano - Kaneheilani Heiau, 2009
22995 hits
A heiau for training in lua. - Kaūpūlehu, 2009
23459 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
23836 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
20145 hits
Near salt pans at the beach. A kiʻi depicting a waʻa (canoe) - perhaps with the sun above. - Lekeke, 2010
20069 hits
Graves at Lekeke battlefield, Kuamʻo - Keolanahihi, 2010
18326 hits
Junior Kanuha, now deceased, the kahu of Keolanahihi - Haleokaʻili, 2015
2798 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
2629 hits
Said to be a navigation heiau. - Kaiholena, 2015
2414 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. - Kaiholena, 2015
2382 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
2544 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
2473 hits
The nearly-intact corner of a large coastal structure, the same one in three other images in this collection. - Kaiholena, 2015
2504 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.