County: Maui
Site_Name: Wehelau'ulu Fishpond (S.E. Molokai Archaeological District)
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Manawai
Site_Function: O-Fish ponds
Complex: Yes
Tax_Map_Key: 5-6-04:
State_Site_Number: 50-60-04/05-322
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A13-011
Project_Number: 090
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Surveyor: Connolly/Summers
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1957 1974
Excavation:
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Julia Allday
Owner_Address: ?
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SiteType: Wehelau'ulu Fishpond. A loko kuapa (pond made by building a wall on a reef), of 8 acres. The 1770-foot wall was square- shaped, beginning in West Ohia, and extending into Manawai, (see Figure 1, p. 14). There were 3 makaha in S wall. Walls now completely destroyed; however, the foundations may be seen on aerial photographs.
Bibliography: 69025, C.C. Summers, 1971, Molokai: A Site Survey, PAR 14, Site 170, p. 112; figure 1, p. 14 17925, J.R. Cobb, 1902, Commercial Fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands, Bulletin of U.S. Fish Comm. Vol. 23, part 2 Photos: Aerial photo 11/21/49
Site_Name: Wehelau'ulu Fishpond (S.E. Molokai Archaeological District)
Island: Molokai
Traditional_District: Molokai
District: East Molokai
Ahupuaa: Manawai
Site_Function: O-Fish ponds
Complex: Yes
Tax_Map_Key: 5-6-04:
State_Site_Number: 50-60-04/05-322
BM_site_number: 50-Mo-A13-011
Project_Number: 090
Entered_By:
Entry_Date:
Updated_By:
Updated_Date:
National_State_Park_Site_Number:
Misc_Site_Number:
Map_ID_Number:
Photo_ID_Number:
Slide_ID_Number:
Surveyor: Connolly/Summers
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1957 1974
Excavation:
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Julia Allday
Owner_Address: ?
Field_Notes:
Bag_Notes:
Dating:
History:
Status:
SiteType: Wehelau'ulu Fishpond. A loko kuapa (pond made by building a wall on a reef), of 8 acres. The 1770-foot wall was square- shaped, beginning in West Ohia, and extending into Manawai, (see Figure 1, p. 14). There were 3 makaha in S wall. Walls now completely destroyed; however, the foundations may be seen on aerial photographs.
Bibliography: 69025, C.C. Summers, 1971, Molokai: A Site Survey, PAR 14, Site 170, p. 112; figure 1, p. 14 17925, J.R. Cobb, 1902, Commercial Fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands, Bulletin of U.S. Fish Comm. Vol. 23, part 2 Photos: Aerial photo 11/21/49
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