Koholalele Hamakua EA PBR Final TMK No. 4-2-005:001

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HAMAKUA LAND SALE: KOHOLALELE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Due to the site's long history of field clearing, sugar growing and harvest, there is a lack of archaeological sites, features and artifacts. The archaeological inventory resulted in locating four archaeological sites consisting of eight rock mounds, all a result of rock clearing for field preparation. The four sites are all located on the north half of the site within an unnamed tributary gulch to Koholalele Gulch. The rock mounds are all loosely constructed piles of angular and subangular large cobbles and small boulders. None of the mounds showed evidence of stacking or facing and bulldozer push could be found at some of features. In addition to the AIS, comments to the Draft Environmental Assessment included a community member's research into Koholalele. The comment letter and accompanying research is included in Appendix E (Peralto). The research was provided to, "add to the historical information already provided in the Draft EA, for the period of time prior to 1890. It is not meant to serve as a complete history of this important ahupua`a ". The research includes a timeline relating to events relating to Manini heiau which was located in the ahupua`a of Koholalele, including, Umi's use of the heiau before overthrowing his brother, Hakau; Kamehameha Pai`ea's ceremony in the late 1700's and the heiau's eventual destruction in the mid- 1800's (Peralto, Appendix E). As it relates to Manini heiau, Kalakaua writes, "the canoe of Waahia was stranded on the beach at Koholalele, on the Island of Hawaii. Not far off was the old heiau of Manini" ( Kalakaua 1990:190). The text does not provide an exact location of the heiau, but it's indication that the heiau was "not far off' from the canoe stranding suggests that the heiau was likely along the coast. Excavations at the eight features found on the project area lands confirmed that there are no subsurface features below the mounds. The AIS concludes that the eight mounds were formed for field preparation and no further testing is recommended. 4 -2