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TMK : ( 3 ) 8- 1- 008 : 00 + ' Report No . 827- 031821 Methods Archival research was conducted at the Hamilton Library Hawai'i and Pacific Collection at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa,the University of Hawai'i at Hilo Hawaiian Collection,the Land Survey Office and the Archives Division of the Hawai'i Department of Accounting and General Services, the Bishop Museum Archives; the State Historic Preservation Division library in Hilo,the State Survey Division,and the Hawai'i State Public Libraries in Honolulu and Hilo. The field work portion of the project consisted of a 100% surface examination of the parcel with the surveyors walking transects at 10-meter intervals. Ground surface visibility throughout the parcel was fair to good.The sites identified during the survey were flagged with pink and blue flagging tape and their locations were determined with the aid of a Spectra Precision Mobile Mapper 20 device using the North American Datum (NAD) 1983 datum.The accuracy of the GPS device for a single point is+/- 1 to 3 meters.This accuracy was increasedby taking multiple points including property corners and overlying the plotted points on a scaled map using AutoCAD software. The sites, as defined for this study, consist of features situated less than 15.0 meters apart. Features located more than 15.0 meters apart were assigned separate site designations. Exceptions to the 15 meters distance threshold consisted of the three ranch walls segments identified during the project.These walls are clearly historic in age and were given separate site designations regardless of their proximity to other nearby features. Features identified during the project consist of three rock wall (Sites 31144, 31145, and 31146) and a complex of historic features(Site 31147).The extents of the walls were determined using the GPS device with heights and widths taken at various locations using a hand tape. A standardized site form was also prepared for each of the walls and photographs were taken. The Site 31147 historic complex was documented by preparing a scaled plan map using hand tapes and compasses and feature forms.The features of the site were photographed. Subsurface testing during the initial AIS consisted of the excavation of one 0.5 by 0.5 meter test unit (TU-827.1), undertaken at Site 31147, Feature A. Additional excavation was undertaken at Site 31147 at the request of SHPD. This consisted of the excavation of six 1.0 by 1.0 meter units conducted at the following: Feature C(TU-827.827.5), Feature G(TU-827.3), Feature H (TU-827.2), Feature T(TU-827.4), Feature W(TU-827.6), and in the former location of the Paris Hotel (TU-827.1a). The excavation locations are presented in Figure 25 in the Findings section of this report. The units were excavated in stratigraphic layers and terminated on bedrock or in culturally sterile soil.The layers were excavated within 20 cm levels within the stratigraphic deposits.The percentage of gravel, pebble, cobble and boulder inclusions were estimated for each stratigraphic layer.This was calculated by estimating the percentage of inclusions in each level within a layer.These percentages were added and then averaged,creating an estimated layer percentage. Standardized excavation records were prepared after the completion of each stratigraphic layer.The soil removed during excavation was screened through 1/a"mesh hardware cloth and 100%of the cultural material was collected. The portable remains were placed in paper bags labeled with the appropriate provenience information. Charcoal samples were deposited in aluminum foil pouches and placed in properly labeled paper bags. Following the excavations,section drawing depicting the stratigraphy was prepared and post-excavation photographs were taken. Collected cultural material was transported to Haun & Associates' laboratory for analysis. The collected cultural materials were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed.Artifacts were analyzed to determine morphological type, condition, degree of completion and material. Standard typological classifications were used for all artifacts. Quantitative analysis included a determination of total weight and total number of identified fragments (TNF) per taxon.The master accession record of the recovered cultural material is presented in Appendix A. HAUN &ASSOCIATES 16