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County: Maui
Site_Name: Popoiwi/Keakalauae/Kanemalohemo/Hanakalauai/Paukela Heiau DUPLICATE OF SITE A27-14, AND ALSO A27-17, A27-141
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Hana
District: Hana
Ahupuaa: Kahuai
Site_Function: Heiau I-Burial
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-7-02:2
State_Site_Number: 50-50-16-140 (Duplicate of A27-14, A27-17, AND A27-141)
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-A27-001
Project_Number: 090
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Surveyor: Connolly
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
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Owner: multiple ownership
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SiteType: Popoiwi/Keakalauae/Kanemalohemo/Hanakalauai/Paukela Heiau, one of Kaupo's largest heiaus and also credited to King Kekaulike about 1730. Greatest dimensions are 168 x 330 feet. It was used as a puuhonua (place of refuge). Latitude: 20-38-37 Longitude: 156-06-56
Bibliography: W.M. Walker, 1931, Arch. of Maui, p. 210 and figure 33, p. 210a L.J. Soehren, 1963, Arch. Survey of East Maui, p. 86 Maui Sites, Compiled by E.P. Sterling Photos: Sterling, #6 Statewide Inventory, 1974 Mapped by Joe Marciel, 1929; plan in BPBM