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County: Maui
Site_Name: Koula Heiau
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Others
District: Makawao
Ahupuaa: Kanahena, Makawao
Site_Function: Heiau A-Walled enclosure Open terr/platfrm
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 2-1-04:77
State_Site_Number: 50-50-14-195
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-B06-001
Project_Number: 090
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Surveyor: Hommon
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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SiteType: Koula Heiau; 50 x 77 feet. A high platform with low walls enclosing an L-shaped portion; constructed of basalt blocks with pebbles in the pavement. Some coral present. Terrace platform in each arm of the L. Following notes by K.P. Emory on site card: "Plan by Walker. Stokes described as an agricultural heiau with a platform within an enclosure. Stokes also has a plan, M.1 Not found in search, December 27, 1972. Not seen by Stokes, but described to him."
Bibliography: 75975, W.M. Walker, 1931, Arch. of Maui, Site 195, p. 266, and fig.63 (?, not yet located). 67220, J.F.G. Stokes, 1918, More Maui Heiau, in Maui Sites by Stokes/Thrum Maui Sites, Compiled by E.P. Sterling Photos: by Sterling