County: Maui
Site_Name: Pi'ilani Hale Heiau
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Hana
District: Hana
Ahupuaa: Honomaele
Site_Function: Heiau Open terr/platfrm
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-3-02:4
State_Site_Number: 50-50-13-102
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-A10-001
Project_Number: 026 90
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Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-08-27 00:00:00
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Photo_ID_Number: Ma(b)1 to Ma (b)13
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Surveyor: Walker/Cordy
Survey_Type: Recon. Survey/ Intensive Mapping
Survey_Date: 1974/Jul-Aug 1970
Excavation: 60 acres
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden/Hana Comm. Ass. The Oceanic Found
Owner_Address: Honolulu, Hawaii
Field_Notes: 1 field notebook:VI-26
Bag_Notes: N/A
Dating: N/A
History: No BM Acc/Loan No.
Status:
SiteType: Pi'ilani Hale Heiau; largest heiau found on Maui, 340 x 425'; a stone platform terraced in several steps on N and E sides, S and W sides enclosed by wall. Top appeared to be entirely paved. National Historic Register. Latitude: 20-48-27 Longitude: 156-02-35
Bibliography: DRS 70-9 Piilanihale Heiau Project Phase I/W.M. Walker, 1931, Arch. of Maui, Site 102, pp. 177, 178; plans 178a, 178b. T.G. Thrum, 1917, Maui's Heiaus and Heiau Sites Revised, Thrum's Hawaiian Annual, p. 61; refers to Piihale as Honomaile. See BPBM report and maps. I. Ashdown, 1971, The Broad Highway of Maui, Wailuku, Maui, p. 52 Statewide Inventory, 1974 Photos: BM 14713. Sterling - photo #4
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