County: Maui
Site_Name: ?
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Halawa
Site_Function: D-Rockshel/lavatube G-Shrine
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 5-9-6:
State_Site_Number: 50-60-05-315
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A01-787
Project_Number: 013 14
Entered_By:
Entry_Date:
Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-08-20 00:00:00
National_State_Park_Site_Number:
Misc_Site_Number:
Map_ID_Number: 68 orig maps; 1-4,5: 23 maps and fig;1-8 (old sys)
Photo_ID_Number: Mo(a)1-46
Slide_ID_Number:
Surveyor: Kirch/Riley/ Hendren
Survey_Type: Excavation/Research
Survey_Date: 24APR1971
Excavation: 550 acres
Form_of_Ownership: ?
Owner: Bishop State
Owner_Address: Honolulu, Hawaii
Field_Notes: 10 field note; VI-13-14
Bag_Notes:
Dating: C14
History: TL1970.67 JDW 6-2-89
Status:
SiteType: Rock shelter/shrine ? Site consists of a large boulder forming a natural overhang shelter 4m across, and closed by a semi-circluar wall roughly layered and trapezoidal in X-section. Built up of sub-angular basalt stones. No indication of a doorway. No cultural debris, midden, or features on the surface. Area was test-pitted; no artifacts were recovered. EXCAVATION.
Bibliography: P.V. Kirch, 1975, PAR 24 Photos: B/W
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