County: Maui
Site_Name: Kalua O Lapa Cave
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Others
District: Makawao
Ahupuaa: Kalihi, Makawao
Site_Function: I-Burial
Complex: Yes
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State_Site_Number: 50-50-14-1017
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-B04-005
Project_Number: 090
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Surveyor: Connolly
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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SiteType: Kalua O Lapa Cave; a burial cave on upper level to the left with 20-30 skeletons. Cave is relatively undisturbed with no sign of modern artifacts. Reported by F.G. Howarth, (Entomology Dept., BPBM) (Reported intact by Dr. Walter C. Schuiling of San Bernardino County Museum, Bloomington, California on July 25, 1972. Apparently no disturbance: 42 skulls, and scattered bones. R.J. Hommon.) Latitude: 20-37-01 Longitude: 156-25-02
Bibliography: 9025, Sites Index. Card File, Dept. of Anthro., BPBM Highways of the Island of Maui, Map--revised 1960 Statewide Inventory, 1974
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