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for inclusion on the NRHP, is a complex of aboriginal Hawaiian dryland cultivation <br /> and habitation remains. This area of approximately 3 by 18 miles extends from Kailua <br /> south to Ho'okena. <br /> A total of 251 separate sites, comprising of 36 functional types, were identified within <br /> the project area. These sites were discovered to contain a wide range of formal feature <br /> types, which were reduced to 14 general functional categories. These general <br /> functional interpretations include habitation, possible burial, agriculture, indeterminate, <br /> boundary, ceremonial, habitation-possible burial, marker, transportation, habitation- <br /> ceremonial, habitation-refute, ceremonial-possible burial, storage, and quarry. Of the <br /> 251 identified sites, 166 have been assessed as significant solely for information <br /> content. Of these 166, 158 are recommended for further data recovery. For the eight <br /> remaining sites in this group, no further work has been recommended. Forty-nine sites <br /> are assessed significant for information content and as tentatively significant for cultural <br /> value, pending further data collection. At the present, these 49 sites are recommended <br /> for preservation "as is", pending the results of the proposed testing. Nineteen sites are <br /> assessed as significant for information content, as excellent samples of site types, and <br /> for cultural significance. These 19 sites are recotmended for further data collection, <br /> to be followed by preservation with some level of interpretive development. Of the <br /> remaining 17 project site areas, seven are assessed for information and cultural values, <br /> with recotrtmendation of further data collection. Five sites are assessed as significant <br /> for informational content value, pending further data collection. <br /> <br /> 17. U.S.D.A. Soil Type: Punaluu (rPYD), Kaimu (rKED) and Aa lava flows (rLV) series. <br /> The Kaimu extremely stony peat (rKED) is well-drained, thin organic soil that varies <br /> from 3 to 8 inches in thickness. Water permeates rapidly and runoff is slow, with <br /> virtually no erosion hazard. Nearly 85 percent of the subject property is covered by <br /> this soil. The Aa lava flows (rLV) soil is essentially A'a lava which generally consists <br /> of rough and broken masses of clinkery lava, with practically no soil covering. Surface <br /> water percolates readily though the rough and broken lava. The Kaimu (rKED) <br /> -5- <br /> <br />