County: Hawaii
Site_Name: Puukohola Heiau.
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Kohala
District: S.Kohala
Ahupuaa: Kawaihae 2, S. Kohala
Site_Function: Heiau A-Walled enclosure Open terr/platfrm
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 6-2-01:53
State_Site_Number: ?
BM_site_number: 50-Ha-E05-001
Project_Number: 007
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Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-07-16 00:00:00
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Map_ID_Number: N/A
Photo_ID_Number: Ha(a)13
Slide_ID_Number: N/A
Surveyor: Thrum/Stokes/Kikuchi Cluff
Survey_Type: Recon. Survey/Intensive Mapping/Testing
Survey_Date: 28NOV1961/101969
Excavation: 5 acres
Form_of_Ownership: Public
Owner: Queen's Hospital/US A.C.E.
Owner_Address: 1301 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813
Field_Notes: N/A
Bag_Notes: N/A
Dating: N/A
History: N/A
Status: N/A
SiteType: Puukohola Heiau. Combines terrace, platform and wall features in a remarkable way; platforms are interior portions. Appears built entirely of water-worn stones, but it had a partial veneer of ala stones selected with great care and nicety. Pookanaka class. Walled on ends and mauka side; seaward side open and terraced. Latitude: 20-01-50 Longitude: 155-49-28
Bibliography: Thrum, 1908,p. 43; Stokes, p. 594; Ii, Fragments, p. 17; Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs, pp.150,154-5,158,180,350; Ellis, 1917, pp. 71-73, 290; Folder H15.1 and E5-1. Ms 070064, (State #64650), L.J. Soehren, 1964, Arch. Survey of Shores of Ouli/Kawaihae, S. Kohala, Hawaii, pp. 10, 11 B/W photos: 1558, 1465, 1033, 1032, 1031
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