West Loch, Oahu (Geographic Keyword)
1-2 (2 Records)
Pollen samples were collected from five locations in site 3324, a buried pondfield system at West Loch. Backhoe Trench 4-41, as well as Cores 1 and 2 were collected from Area 4, which included buried fishponds. Backhoe Trench 4-41 was opened immediately outside Buried Fishpond 3322. Cores 1 and 2 were collected inside the Buried Fishpond 3322 location. Local tradition has it that the area of Fishpond 3322 functioned as a taro field, then rice field in historic tines. Cores 3 and 4 were...
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL DEPOSITS NEAR WEST LOCH, OAHU (1987)
Pollen samples were collected in conjunction with the archaeological survey of an historic settlement on the edge of West Loch in the flood plain of the Honouliuli Stream. Pollen samples were collected from trenches through areas that displayed probable fishpond or pond field sediments. These locations have been identified with the assistance of both historic information and examination of the sediments. Pollen analysis was oriented toward the recovery of pollen types that would indicate...