County: Maui
Site_Name: Hoouluulu Ai Heiau in Opuluwai Village. DUPLICATE OF A27-148.
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Hana
District: Hana
Ahupuaa: Kahuai to Kepio
Site_Function: A-Walled enclosure Open terr/platfrm S-Animal encl,pens R-Other site type K-Irrig:pondfld/terr Heiau
Complex: Yes
Tax_Map_Key: 1-7-03:
State_Site_Number: 50-50-16-528/148 (DUPLICATE OF A27-148)
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-A27-020
Project_Number: 090
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Surveyor: Connolly
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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Form_of_Ownership: Mixed
Owner: Multiple ownership
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SiteType: Hoouluulu Ai Heiau Heiau in Opuluwai Village; a small walled enclosure, 21 feet square, at Puhilele point. Inside is pave with large, flat beach stones and pieces of branch coral. Wall is 4-5 feet high and is 3 feet thick. Outside to E is a rough platform. Lines of stones marking off potato patches surround heiau on 3 sides, suggesting its use as place of worship for crops. See also Ma-A27-6. Village complex which includes three heiau.
Bibliography: W.M. Walker, 1931, Arch. of Maui, Site 148, p. 219 Sites Index, Card File, Dept. of Anthro., BPBM Statewide Inventory, 1974 Photos: by E. Sterling
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