- 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
12385 hits - 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. - 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. - Ahuolono, 2004
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A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road - Iniʻikawai Heiau, 2005
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A heiau within a resort complex in Kahaluʻu. - Haleolono, 2005
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The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono. - 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. - Haleolono, 2006
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One of several platforms near Haleolono. - 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. - Paniau, 2006
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The residence of Lonoikamakahiki at Paniau, according to the Kekahuna map. Now, the location of the Keauhou Surf and Racket Club. - ʻŌhiʻamukumuku, 2007
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The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou. - 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. - Hoʻopalahuli (?), 2007
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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
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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. - 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. - Hāpaiaʻliʻi, 2007
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Before the reconstruction of the platform - Hapaialiʻi, 2008
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After the heiau was rebuilt by Billy Fields, a noted dry-stack stone mason. - 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. - Makoleʻa, 2008
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The heiau mauka of Keʻeku, associated with the aliʻi wahine Makoleʻa. It has since been reconstructed, along with Keʻekū and Hāpaialiʻi Heiau. - Keolanahihi, 2008
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A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona. - Keolanahihi, 2008
18705 hits - Hōkūliʻa 16742, 2009
17690 hits - 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. - Keʻekū, Kawāwāmalu, 2009
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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
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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. - Hōkūliʻa 16457, 2010
15338 hits - Kakapa Bay, 2010
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A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean. - Ahuaʻumi, 2004
18890 hits - 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. - Kalanikauhi (?), 2004
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The name is mentioned in the 1930 Reinecke study, and may refer to this structure. - Hāpaialiʻi, 2004
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Before the reconstruction of the heiau by stone mason Billy Fields. Keʻeku Heiau lies in the distance. - Hāpaiali’i Heiau, 2004
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Before the reconstruction of Hāpaiali’i. The hotel in the distance has since been demolished. - Kualiʻiliʻi Heiau, 2004
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A heiau in Kailua-Kona on the grounds of a gated condominium complex. - Ulupalehua, 2004
19138 hits - Haleolono, 2005
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The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono. - Haleolono , 2006
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One of several platforms at Haleolono. - Holualoa, 2006
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The abrupt end of the vast holua (downhill sledding ramp) at Holualoa. - 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. - 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. - Lekeke, 2007
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Graves from the battle at Kuamoʻo - Hāpaialiʻi 2013
25109 hits - Hokukano, 2008
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A large platform at Hōkūkano - Kaneheilani Heiau, 2009
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A heiau for training in lua. - 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 - 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.