County: Maui
Site_Name: Papakea Heiau
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Hana
District: Hana
Ahupuaa: Nuu
Site_Function: Heiau A-Walled enclosure Open terr/platfrm I-Burial
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-8-
State_Site_Number: 50-50-16-159
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-A30-001
Project_Number: 090
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Surveyor: Walker
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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Form_of_Ownership: Private
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SiteType: Papakea Heiau; a medium-sized heiau, 73 x 64 feet, walled all the way around, has a large paved court, and 2 higher terraces. The excavation of a small 10-foot square platform at N corner revealed a grave. Not located by survey.
Bibliography: W.M. Walker, 1931, Arch. of Maui, Site 159, p. 231, and figure 44, p. 231a Maui Sites, Compiled by E.P. Sterling I. Ashdown, 1971, The Broad Highway of Maui, Wailuku Statewide Inventory, 1974
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