Pu'uhonaua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii

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WACC documents associated with archaeological work at the park.

Site Name Keywords
Hale-o-Keawe • B-105 • B-107 • B-108 • Ki'ilae Village • Ancient Heiau Platform • Old Heiau Site

Site Type Keywords
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Non-Domestic Structures • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Archaeological Feature

Culture Keywords
Hawaiian • Historic

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Archaeological Overview • Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stabilization • Systematic Survey

Material Types
Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Human Remains • Metal • Shell • Ceramic • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical

Geographic Keywords
Hawaii • US (ISO Country Code) • United States of America (Country) • Hawaii County (County) • Big Island • Hawaii (State / Territory) • Oceania (Continent)

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Documents
  • Excavations at Site A-27: Archeology at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund J. Ladd.

    Site A-27, also known as the "Ancient Heiau Platform" or the "Old Heiau Site," was first proposed for study and excavation in 1963, but excavations were not funded until September, 1979. The following is the archeological excavation report. Previous work by the Bishop Museum is briefly reviewed and correlated with the present project. The work is based on the research design approved by the National Park Service (National Park Service 1977) in consultation with Bishop Museum staff and...

  • Hale-o-Keawe Archeological Report: Archeology at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund J. Ladd.

    This is a combined salvage, stabilization, and historical review of the Hale-o-Kea_ temple, City of Refuge National Historical Park, Honaunau, Kona, Hawaii. The historical data collected and submitted by Superintendent Russell A. Apple (1966) in a thesis for the complete restoration of the masonry platform, and the temple of the Hale-o-Keawe, are re-evaluated and analyzed for their archeological significance. (Editor's note: Russell Apple retired as Pacific Historian in 1981.) On the basis...

  • Ki'ilae Village Test Excavations: Archaeology at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau (1986)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund J. Ladd.

    On July I, 1961, by Act of Congress, 180 acres of land on the Kona coast on the island of Hawaii were set aside as the City of Refuge National Historical Park. The park is nearly two miles long and a half mile wide. It runs parallel to the beautiful Pacific Ocean forming the Kona coast. Along the coast and inland are numerous archeological features: bait cups cut into solid pahoehoe by the ancient Polynesians: papamu, a type of checkerboard used in the game of konane; ancient house and grave...

  • Test Excavations at Sites B-105, B-107, and B-108 (1986)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund J. Ladd.

    Covered in this one volume are three site reports for test excavations at the City of Refuge National Historical Park, Honaunau, Kona, Hawaii. Each is treated as a separate and complete report with photographic illustrations and maps, followed by a summary and discussion. Appended are two separate short papers dealing with coral, basalt, and sea urchin spine tools. Both are illustrated with pen and ink drawings of specimens in actual size. A tentative classification for all tool types...

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