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County: Maui
Site_Name: Puu Naio Cave
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Others
District: Makawao
Ahupuaa: Kaunauhane, Makawao
Site_Function: D-Rockshel/lavatube Open terr/platfrm R-Other site type F-Uprt stne/nat.feat I-Burial
Complex: No
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State_Site_Number: 50-50-14-1009
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-B02-003
Project_Number: 085
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Surveyor: Hommon
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1973
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SiteType: Puu Naio Cave; lava tube, refuge cave, 453m long. A total of 48 structures were found in the SE section of the cave. Included are platforms, terraced platforms, walls, cairns, mounds, single-stacked cairns, upright slab, pavement and trail. Human skeletal remains consist of dozens of small fragments of bone. ARTIFACTS. NE: 20-37-23/156-24-05 NW: 20-37-10/156-23-57 SE: 20-37-11/156-23-56 SW: 20-34-59/156-24-06
Bibliography: 15901, P.S. Chapman/P.V. Kirch, 1974, Arch. Excavations at Seven Sites, SE Maui, BPBM Statewide Inventory, 1974 Photos: B/W, M179 35/37; M180 0/9