County: Maui
Site_Name: Wai'oli Heiau.
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Halawa
Site_Function: Heiau Open terr/platfrm
Complex: Yes
Tax_Map_Key: 5-9-03:11
State_Site_Number: 50-60-05-315
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A01-027
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: Llyod and Ruth Short
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: Wai'oli Heiau, in Halawa Valley complex, located at the mouth of a large side valley on the S. Stokes, "...land also called Wai'oli, so heiau may have another name. Foundations are small and consist of two adjoining stone terraces. Terrace on S is 30 feet, W to E, and 18 feet, S to N. Terrace on the N is a foot higher, 30 feet, W to E, and 8 feet, S to N."
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, 1971, Vol. 80, pp. 228-236 T.J. Riley, 1970, Molokai Studies, 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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