County: Hawaii
Site_Name: Mahinaakaka Heiau.
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Puna
District: Puna
Ahupuaa: Keahialaka
Site_Function: Heiau Open terr/platfrm
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 1-3-08:15
State_Site_Number: 50-10-46-2517
BM_site_number: 50-Ha-A11-001
Project_Number: 055
Entered_By: RG
Entry_Date:
Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-09-17 00:00:00.000
National_State_Park_Site_Number:
Misc_Site_Number:
Map_ID_Number: 29 maps; I-12 Konia 2
Photo_ID_Number: Ha(a)145-146
Slide_ID_Number:
Surveyor: Bevacqua/Dye
Survey_Type:
Survey_Date: 1972
Excavation:
Form_of_Ownership:
Owner:
Owner_Address:
Field_Notes: 4 fieldnotes; VI-55; IV-HI.13
Bag_Notes:
Dating:
History: TL 1972.78
Status:
SiteType: Mahinaakaka Heiau, near Pohoiki, a platform heiau, 41 x 75', built up 6' high on the sea side of the road. N wall has double construction for about half its height nearly the whole length, and the E end rounded out some 10' or more, not quite the height of the main structure. Ceremonial feature or protection from the sea; not determined. Latitude: 19-27-24 Longitude: 154-50-56
Bibliography: Becacqua and Dye; DRS 72-3: 13. Thrum, 1908, p. 39. Stokes; Heiaus Hawaii, pp. 586, 587. Photos: B/W, 3377A
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