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Af <br /> Lfferentiate between residences and hetau archaeologically? We <br /> till haven't answered basic questions such as these about the <br /> �a3or kinds of features associated with archaeological sites and <br /> Lnci ent Hawaiian culture. <br /> The Kona District on the island of Hawaii is distinctive, <br /> because it was inhabited by the upper classes of Hawaiian society, <br /> the ali 'i. They especially favored the land divisions (ahupuata) <br /> of Holualoa and Kahaluu. John R,einecke, during his archaeological <br /> survey of 1930, reported that the ahupuata of Kahaluu probably <br /> had the greatest number of archaeological sites to be found anywhere <br /> on the island. William Ellis, who made a tour of the island in <br /> 1823, reported densely populated villages along the coast (of <br /> Kona) , numerous temples, and abundant farmlands inland. John <br /> Papa Ii, the Hawaiian historian, reported (in 1812) these lands <br /> were residences of the important chiefs of his time. The highest <br /> chiefs of Hawaii favored the lands of Holualoa and Kahaluu as <br /> dwelling places, because the land had good climate, an abundance <br /> of food, and good surfing ground. <br /> Presumably, Kona has always been a popular dwelling place, <br /> and would be a likely location to study the development of Hawaiian <br /> social organization in situ, from initial colonization through <br /> historic times. <br /> We need to know more about the daily lives of the ali `i; <br /> the kinds of houses they lived in, their wealth, and their physical <br /> characteristics. Our surface survey of A13.'i Drive reavealed that <br /> the new road will cut through an area which was densely inhabited <br />