County: Maui
Site_Name: Keawanui Fishpond, also called Mikimiki or Hinau Pond.
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Keawanui
Site_Function: O-Fish ponds
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 5-6-06:
State_Site_Number: 50-60-04-322-163
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A13-001
Project_Number: 091
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Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-10-06 00:00:00.000
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Map_ID_Number: 1 map I-19 Konia 2
Photo_ID_Number: Roll case K3, M3, L3, N3
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Surveyor: Barrera/Emory/Kelly
Survey_Type: Historical overview
Survey_Date: 1962 01JAN1974
Excavation:
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Bishop Estate
Owner_Address: 567 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813
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History: No BM Acc/Loan No.
Status:
SiteType: Keawanui Fishpond, also called Mikimiki or Hinau Pond. A loko kuapa (pond made by building a wall on a reef), of 54.4 acres; wall c. 2000 feet long, functioning during the time of Kihapiilani; still in use in 1971; site included in the Statewide Inventory of 1974.
Bibliography: 17925, J.R. Cobb, Commercial Fisheries of Hawaiian Islands, Bulletin of U.S. Fish Comm. Vol. 23, part 2 69025, C.C. Summers, 1971, Molokai: A Site Survey, PAR 14, Site 163, p. 108; figure 48, p. 109 67125, J.F.G. Stokes, Notes on Polynesian Fish Traps and Ponds, Letter, BPBM 41475, A.D. Kahaulelio, Fishing Lore, Ms. BPBM Statewide Inventory, 1974 D.B. Barrrere, 1971, ms. in file on Bishop Estate lands, Secretary's office. Plan on Reg. Map #3010,"Gov't Fish Ponds, Island of Molokai", in State Survey Office. Photos: Aerial photo 11/21/49, 11/13/41
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