County: Hawaii
Site_Name: ?
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Kona
District: N.Kona
Ahupuaa: Kaupulehu
Site_Function: R-Other site type Open terr/platfrm N-Temp. field sheltr D-Rockshel/lavatube
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: ?
State_Site_Number: ?
BM_site_number: 50-Ha-D22-092
Project_Number: 330
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Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-05-01 00:00:00.000
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Photo_ID_Number: BPBM Neg No Ha(a)-603-9;
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Surveyor: Carter
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1985
Excavation:
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Bishop Estate/Barnwell Ind.
Owner_Address: 2828 Paa Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96819
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SiteType: Shelter and associated features. Entered through a paved area with the interior at the entrance paved with stepped terraces. Natural ledges are also incorporated into other platforms along the interior of the cave sides. A large cairn is located immediately to the right of the entrance and main platform. There is much evidence of looting by pot hunters; human cranium fragment, wood fragments, a waterworn pebboe, coconut fragments.
Bibliography: Carter, Laura, 1985, An archaeological reconn. of the makai parcel of Kaupulehu Ahupuaa, Morth Kona, Hawaii. Ms 020585
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