County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Mauna Kapu Platform
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Ewa
District: Ewa
Ahupuaa: Honouliuli
Site_Function: Open terr/platfrm G-Shrine
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 9-1-
State_Site_Number: 50-80-08-136
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-B06-004
Project_Number: 165
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Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-04-17 00:00:00.000
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Surveyor: Rosendahl/McAllister
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 00OCT1976
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Form_of_Ownership: Federal
Owner: U.S. Army
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SiteType: Mauna Kapu platform. A small platform, 4 to 6 feet square, of coral/basalt stones. Thought to have been built by Hawaiians, who considered it sacred, and is believed to be an altar. Now destroyed.
Bibliography: P. Rosendahl, 1976-77, USASCH Inventory, Oahu J. McAllister, 1933, BPBM Bulletin #104, Arch. of Oahu, Site 136, p. 107 Sterling/ Summers, 1962, BPBM Press, Sites of Oahu, p. 32
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