County: Hawaii
Site_Name: Kukii Heiau
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Puna
District: Puna
Ahupuaa: Halekamahina, Kula
Site_Function: Heiau
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-4-02:2
State_Site_Number: 50-10-46-2500
BM_site_number: 50-Ha-A08-001
Project_Number: 055 321
Entered_By: RG
Entry_Date:
Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-09-17 00:00:00
National_State_Park_Site_Number:
Misc_Site_Number:
Map_ID_Number: 29 maps; I-12 Konia 2
Photo_ID_Number: Ha(a)145-146
Slide_ID_Number:
Surveyor: Thrum/Stokes/Hudson/Bevacqua/Dye
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 00NOV1961; 1972
Excavation:
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Kapoho Land & Development Co. Ltd.
Owner_Address: ?
Field_Notes: 4 fieldnotes; VI-55; IV-HI.13
Bag_Notes:
Dating:
History: TL 1972.78
Status:
SiteType: Kukii Heiau. On the hill of the same name, 67 by 120', built by Umi of lava blocks, or slabs, well fitted. Now in ruins; portions of walls only remaining. Some of its stones were brought down by Kalakaua in 1879, which went into the foundation of the palace.
Bibliography: Thrum, 1908, p.40; Stokes, Heiaus Hawaii, p. 588; Hudson, site 106; Bevaqua and Dye DRS 72-3: 8, fig. 2. Photos: B/W 3377B; VP120-1 to 6
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