County: Maui
Site_Name: Luakona Heiau
Island: Maui
Traditional_District: Lahaina
District: Lahaina
Ahupuaa: Paunau, Kelawea Region
Site_Function: Heiau
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key:
State_Site_Number: 50-50-03-010
BM_site_number: 50-Ma-D05-003
Project_Number: 090 91
Entered_By:
Entry_Date:
Updated_By: CG
Updated_Date: 2009-10-06 00:00:00
National_State_Park_Site_Number:
Misc_Site_Number:
Map_ID_Number: 1 map I-19 Konia 2
Photo_ID_Number: Roll case K3, M3, L3, N3
Slide_ID_Number:
Surveyor: Walker/Thrum/Barrera/Emory/Kelly
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1974
Excavation:
Form_of_Ownership: Private
Owner: Pioneer Mill Co.
Owner_Address: ?
Field_Notes:
Bag_Notes:
Dating:
History: No BM Acc/Loan No.
Status:
SiteType: Luakona Heiau; remnant of heiau walls and platform, now used as foundation for native shacks. No orientation or plan of original structure could be obtained. Thrum says heiau was built by Hua-a-Pohakukaina. Informant Ulei mentioned under- ground passages which were blocked by a huge stone with the picture of a cow carved on it. This was the guardian of the heiau in some way. No trace of stone or passage could found. Destroyed.
Bibliography: 75975, W.M. Walker, Arch. of Maui, Site 10, p. 113 71175, T.G. Thrum, 1908, Thrum's Hawaiian Annual, p. 38 71475, T.G. Thrum, 1909, Thrum's Hawaiian Annual, pp. 44-54 Statewide Inventory, 1974
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