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Subject parcel (orange) and SMA boundary (dark red) as Identified by the Hawaii SMA Locator, h0ps.-Ilhistategis.maps, anis. comlaPosNiewerlindex.html?appid=f3O6O4a6Ofe64945af7442c7cO8l74f9 Historically, the 'Aina in this property, though seemingly barren, served as a place of major cultivation and habitation. A 2008 AIS prepared by Thomas Wolforth and Tyler Paikull -Campbell documented thirty-seven cultural sites, including platforms, terraces, kuaiwi, planting depressions, trails, and walls, in addition to 45 acres of terraform village that included burials and heiau. The upper elevation area was primarily used for habitation and agriculture (with radiocarbon dating back to AD 1400), The coastal portion included the terraform, and was the site of a village, including heiau, habitation, burials, and agriculture (dating back to AD 1200). At the time of the MAhele, d ryland kalo (and likely 'uala) were farmed in the mid and upper elevations, By 1914, the Magoon family purchased many acres within and surrounding this parcel, and the land was primarily used for cattle grazing. However, the rough Va terrain and the low rainfall have maintained a landscape that is not heavily invaded by non-native species nor degraded. The ancient and historic trail system traverses through the property, Segments of the ancient Ala Loa are represented by ancient meandering tread -paths along the coastline, often converging into ocean access areas and reappearing amidst the vegetation repeatedly to the north and south. The historic Ala Nui Aupuni can be located just inland of these coastal trails, providing an intact representation of a complex network of trails that can be found island -wide, These trails, along with coastal to upland trails which transect them, are a part of the Federally designated Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail corridor and the Na Ala Hele State Trails system, affording them both Federal and State protections. Because these trails have been identified and proven to exist prior to 1892, these trails are afforded legal protections by the Highways Act of 1892 and are owned by the State, regardless of the ownership of the property in its entirety.