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AD 1390 -1670 and AD 1390- 1650)(Borthwick et al. 1997). It is possible that these subsurface deposits may continue onto the subject property and that some of the surface features may have initially been constructed contemporaneously. Borthwick et al. (1997:17) commented on the possibility of early occupation in this area: The project area, which is within the shoreline zone (Cordy 1995), is situated directly across (east) Ali'i Drive and an excellent canoe landing beach site, presently known as "Magic Sands." During the pre - historic era the prized canoe landing may have made the project area and vicinity one of the earlier or pioneer locales along the Kona Coast. The possibility that the habitation sites were initially utilized early in the settlement of the Kona coast is the basis for the second research question posed: 2) Is there a pre- Contact component to Sites 18002, 18004 and 18005? The goal of this question is to determine if the sites were utilized in the pre - Contact period as well as attempting to determine the earliest dates of utilization. Investigations will attempt to recover datable material from stratigraphic proveniences containing traditional anthropomorphic associations (such as levels containing traditionally manufactured Iithic material or levels at which basal structural components of the features are embedded) and submit them for radiocarbon analysis. Although the previous investigations at Site 18002 did not reveal the age of utilization, cultural materials recovered did indicate that permanent habitation likely occurred at this rather large platform. Based on the morphology of Site 18005, it was conjectured that permanent habitation occurred at this platform as well. The proximity of these two structures to one another and their location near the coast suggest the possibility that these two sites may have been associated structures within a traditional Hawaiian residence known as a kauhale. Kauhale have been described as a group of structures comprising a single planter's homestead (Handy & Handy 1972:290). Typically, the kauhale consisted of several structures including the common, or sleeping house (hale noa), the men's house (hale mua), a cooking house, a menstrual house (hale pe'a), a canoe house (halau wa 'a) and various work areas (separate for men and women) such as the house for making tapa (hale ku 'a). This use of separate structures was dictated by the kapu system. Men and women occupied separate structures for eating and working. Handy and Handy (1972:301) discuss this separation of roles between the sexes: The division of labor in the kauhale was very definite in old Hawaiian times. Under the system of strict kapu where the sanctity of the male was concerned, it was necessary that men of the household be guarded against contamination of their food and working gear by women, who were periodically "tmclean." Hence, the production and preparation of food devolved upon men (as did likewise the offerings to the family gods in the mua), not upon women as later came to be the custom after the formal overthrow of the old religious system (see Handy and pukui, 1958, pp. 9, 10). This basic principle led to an infinitude of restrictions upon what could or could not be done by whom, in connection with the simplest activities of daily living. 13 EXHIBIT B