39/59
Home / Kīpuka /

Unusual zig-zag structure, Kalaeloa, 2008

08_7 Raceway4.jpg ʻEwa Beach International Golf CourseThumbnailsPlatform in area 1746, Kalaeloa, 2001ʻEwa Beach International Golf CourseThumbnailsPlatform in area 1746, Kalaeloa, 2001ʻEwa Beach International Golf CourseThumbnailsPlatform in area 1746, Kalaeloa, 2001ʻEwa Beach International Golf CourseThumbnailsPlatform in area 1746, Kalaeloa, 2001

This puzzling zig-zag structure barely escaped destruction by an organization that leased an adjacent parcel for car racing. Not visible in the image are upright stones forming the walls of the structure - a traditional construction technique in Tahiti sometimes also seen at Kalaeloa. Some archaeologists maintain that this is a modern military training structure, based on the presence of barbed wire.