County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Kawekiu shelter (04).
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Kona
District: Honolulu
Ahupuaa: Kuliouou, Honolulu
Site_Function: D-Rockshel/lavatube
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 3-8-14
State_Site_Number: 50-80-15-4003
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-A02-003
Project_Number: 156
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Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-10-30 00:00:00
National_State_Park_Site_Number:
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Map_ID_Number: 4 maps II-4 Konia 2
Photo_ID_Number: Oa(a)97
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Surveyor: Emory/Sinoto
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1955; 1975
Excavation:
Form_of_Ownership: State
Owner: State of Hawaii
Owner_Address: Honolulu, Hawaii
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SiteType: OLD MUSEUM SITE NUMBER--0-4 Kawekiu shelter. On same ridge as Makaniolu shelter. Has two small, very low, inconspicuous entrances, 20' up the bluff at head of talus slope, one on the NW and one on SW. Shelter approx. 20 x 30'; ceiling reaches maximum of 6' above floor, but the average height is 4'. EXCAVATION. ARTIFACTS.
Bibliography: K.P.Emory/Y.H.Sinoto, 1961, Oahu Excavations, BPBM #49, p. 34. Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, p. 272
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