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County: Hawaii
Site_Name: Hakuma Refuge Cave.
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Puna
District: Puna
Ahupuaa: Kupahua
Site_Function: D-Rockshel/lavatube
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-2-03:
State_Site_Number: ?
BM_site_number: 50-Ha-A22-001
Project_Number: 042 43
Entered_By: RG
Entry_Date:
Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-09-11 00:00:00
National_State_Park_Site_Number:
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Map_ID_Number: 2 maps; I-11 Konia 2
Photo_ID_Number: Ha(a)124-125
Slide_ID_Number:
Surveyor: Barrera/Barrere
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 00MAY1971
Excavation: 65 acres
Form_of_Ownership: Public
Owner: Hawaii Land Corporation
Owner_Address: Hilo, Hawaii
Field_Notes: 1 fieldnotes; VI-42
Bag_Notes:
Dating:
History: TL 1971.60
Status:
SiteType: Hakuma Refuge Cave. Lava refuge cave with an entrance opening 2,000'SW of the Roman Catholic church, and another opening in the middle of the face of the cliff overlooking the sea. Entrance protectively blocked with stonework of flat basalt slabs, carefully laid. Latitude: 19-21-00 Longitude: 154-58-56
Bibliography: Hudson (ms p.96-7); Map by Kekahuna (Ha-A-18); article by Kekahuna in Advertiser, Mar.9, 1952(Puna Sites); DRS 71-6, pp. 19,20.