County: Maui
Site_Name: Kii or Pohakuloa Heiau.
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Halawa
Site_Function: Heiau Open terr/platfrm
Complex: Yes
Tax_Map_Key: 5-9-01:2
State_Site_Number: 50-60-05-315
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A01-024
Project_Number: 013 14 90
Entered_By:
Entry_Date:
Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-08-13 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: N/A
Surveyor: McCoy/Kirch/Riley/Hendren
Survey_Type: Recon. Survey/Excavation/Research
Survey_Date: 00JUL1969 1974
Excavation: 550 acres
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: George Murphy
Owner_Address: N/A
Field_Notes: 10 field note; VI-13-14
Bag_Notes: N/A
Dating: C14
History: TL1970.67 JDW 6-2-89
Status:
SiteType: Kii or Pohakuloa Heiau, in Halawa Valley complex. Generally known as Pohakuloa among the local natives, but one native claimed Kii was name of heiau, and Pohakuloa was name of land. Originally, there existed a series of terraces faced with stone, and paved with stones and earth. Main feature is the line of large boulders forming the S boundary of the heiau. Reputed to have been used for human sacrifice.
Bibliography: MS 091873; PAR 24 P.V. Kirch, NZAA, 1970, Vol. 13, #1, pp. 23-26 P.V. Kirch, NZAA, 1971, Vol. 14, pp. 47-61 P.V. Kirch, JPS, Vol. 80, pp. 228-236 T.J. Riley, Molokai Studies, 1971, Dept. of Anthro., U of H, pp. 11-25 C.C. Summers, Molokai, A Site Survey, 1971, PAR 14 P.V. Kirch, editor, Prehistory and Ecology in a Windward Hawaiian Valley: Halawa Valley, Molokai, 1975, PAR 24, p. 185
Site_Name: Kii or Pohakuloa Heiau.
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Halawa
Site_Function: Heiau Open terr/platfrm
Complex: Yes
Tax_Map_Key: 5-9-01:2
State_Site_Number: 50-60-05-315
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A01-024
Project_Number: 013 14 90
Entered_By:
Entry_Date:
Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-08-13 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: N/A
Surveyor: McCoy/Kirch/Riley/Hendren
Survey_Type: Recon. Survey/Excavation/Research
Survey_Date: 00JUL1969 1974
Excavation: 550 acres
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: George Murphy
Owner_Address: N/A
Field_Notes: 10 field note; VI-13-14
Bag_Notes: N/A
Dating: C14
History: TL1970.67 JDW 6-2-89
Status:
SiteType: Kii or Pohakuloa Heiau, in Halawa Valley complex. Generally known as Pohakuloa among the local natives, but one native claimed Kii was name of heiau, and Pohakuloa was name of land. Originally, there existed a series of terraces faced with stone, and paved with stones and earth. Main feature is the line of large boulders forming the S boundary of the heiau. Reputed to have been used for human sacrifice.
Bibliography: MS 091873; PAR 24 P.V. Kirch, NZAA, 1970, Vol. 13, #1, pp. 23-26 P.V. Kirch, NZAA, 1971, Vol. 14, pp. 47-61 P.V. Kirch, JPS, Vol. 80, pp. 228-236 T.J. Riley, Molokai Studies, 1971, Dept. of Anthro., U of H, pp. 11-25 C.C. Summers, Molokai, A Site Survey, 1971, PAR 14 P.V. Kirch, editor, Prehistory and Ecology in a Windward Hawaiian Valley: Halawa Valley, Molokai, 1975, PAR 24, p. 185
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