County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Kalaiokahipa Ridge. (Nawaiuolewa--legendary).
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Koolauloa
District: Koolauloa
Ahupuaa: Kahuku
Site_Function: D-Rockshel/lavatube I-Burial R-Other site type
Complex: Yes
Tax_Map_Key: 5-6-05:
State_Site_Number: 50-80-02-267
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-F04-008
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Surveyor: McAllister
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1930
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SiteType: Kalaiokahipa Ridge. (Nawaiualewa--legendary). The many caves in the porous formation were used as places of burial by the old Hawaiians. On Waimea side is an overhanging ledge where formerly hung two stalactites, resembling a woman's breasts, from which water continually dripped. (See Site F4-13).
Bibliography: J. G. McAllister, 1933, Arch. of Oahu, site 267, p. 154 Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, pp. 151, 152
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