County: Hawaii
Site_Name: ?
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Kona
District: N.Kona
Ahupuaa: Kaupulehu
Site_Function: A-Walled enclosure D-Rockshel/lavatube N-Temp. field sheltr R-Other site type
Complex: No
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BM_site_number: 50-Ha-D22-065
Project_Number: 330
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Surveyor: Carter
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1985
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Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Bishop Estate/Barnwell Ind.
Owner_Address: 2828 Paa Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96819
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SiteType: This site consissts of an elongated shelter cave located on the eastern slope of a pressure ridge (Site D22-6). The entrance to the shelter cave faces east, and is 2.2m wide. The interior ceiling height is 70cm, and the interior linear depth is approximaately 10m. Other features include a walled shelter on top of the ridge, which is approximately 2m long, and averages 80cm high. A midden scatter and an occasional fragment of coral litter the surface of this ridge. At the base of the ridge to the west is a cluster of five cairns. Average dimensions of the cairns are 50 x 70 x 50cm. Three of the cairns had a single waterworn boulder either incorporated in the cairn or lying nearby._Midden present. Age unknown.
Bibliography: Carter, Laura, 1985, An archaeological reconn. of the makai parcel of Kaupulehu Ahupuaa, Morth Kona, Hawaii. Ms 020585
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