Communication No. 2021-08- Simmy McMichael Testimony

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USDI/NPS NRNP Registration Form Holualoa 4 Archaeological District Page 13 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page 8 Holualoa 4 Archaeological District Hawaii County. HI name of property county and state Site 12 Subsurface cultural deposit. A sandy silt cultural deposit, 50-80cm in thickness, is located along the small cove of Holualoa Bay. Three pre -contact cultural layers within the deposit are marked by shell midden, fishing implements, volcanic glass, adze fragments, and basalt flakes (Yeast 1995). These layers date to A.D. 1640-1790. One post -contact layer, circa late 1800s, relates to MoTs occupation at the housesite along Holualoa Bay (Site 14) and is marked by buttons, nails, and ceramics. Site 13 Stone structure. Walls built of faced basalt boulders, cut basalt slabs, and concrete. Sections of wall remain standing and indicate a structure 5 by 5 meters and 3 meters in height. Structure probably housed the watertank for the pump house in the northwest corner of Site 8. Site 14 Historic house platform (Mors housesite, ca. late 1800s). Stone alignments on the west (5 meters long) and north (2 meters long) define the platform that is now covered with boulders pushed onto the site in the 1970s. Archaeological excavations indicated 2 upper post -contact cultural layers associated with occupation of the house and a lower pre -contact layer marked by shell, fish bone, and charcoal. Site 15 Platform. Stone -lined platform paved with rounded basalt and coral pebbles underlying the stone and mortar structure. Platform measures approximately 10 by 10 meters and mapped by Kekahuna and Kelsey as Keolonahihi's kahua-hate. Archaeological excavations suggests that the platform dates to the post -contact period (Yent 1995). Site 16 Platform. Small, raised platform that measures 15 by 6 meters and 1.5 meter in height. Labelled a hale pe'a (women's menstrual house) by Kekahuna and Kelsey. Keakealaniwahine Complex (No State Site Number) The Keakealaniwahine complex was mapped in 1950 by Kekahuna and Kelsey and again in 1994 (Hammatt 1994). The later survey identified 29 sites, including 7 sites from the previous 1973 survey for the Alii Drive Realignment in the mauka portion of the Keakealaniwahine complex (Ching et. al. 1973) (Map 11). The complex is often referred to as Keakealaniwahine's Residence, although the Pakiha enclosure is believed to be the actual house compound. This complex contains many religious sites, including 3 heiau. Most of the sites date to the pre -contact period (A.D. 1600-1778). The Keakealaniwahine complex consists of 16 contributing sites with multiple features, and the corrals constitute the 1 non-contributing structure. Site 17 Keakealaniwahine or Pakiha enclosure (State Site No. 50-10-37-3831). Large enclosure measuring 60 by 70 meters with 3 meter high stacked rock wails. Referred to as the residence of Keakealaniwahine (Ellis 1823; Kekahuna and Kelsey 1950). Interior features noted on Kekahuna and Kelsey's map are not readily evident today. Described as Ha'ulelani pu'uhonua or Pakiha Heiau by Stokes, 1906. Site 18 Mo'ipe Heiau. Paved platform measuring 25 by 20 meters with interior divisions. Recorded as a heiau ho'oulu'ai dedicated to the replenishment of the land with food (Kekahuna and Kelsey 1950). Site 19 Hualani Heiau (State Site No. 50-10-37-6319). Structure consisting of several paved platforms with interior divisions and walled enclosures. Recorded as a heiau ho'oulu (medicinal or healing heiau) where students were trained in la`au lapa`au. Separated from Mo'ipe Heiau to the west by an area of open, level ground. Site consists of 4 features: