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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Pi'ilanihale HeiauCountry: United States Region: The West Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Hana
Latitude: 20.803600N Longitude: 156.03975W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Temple on Maui, Hawaii.
Among the Hawaiian heiau - sacred ceremonial centers - Pi'ilanihale is the largest.
On the Islands of Hawaii the temple sites are normally raised stone platforms. Buildings, walled enclosures, and statuary were then built or set into place on the platform. Pi'ilanihale's multilevel patform is larger than a football field.
Micheal Kolb (Northern Illinois University) has dated the initial building to 1200AD. He theorizes that the multiple building phases indicate a change in religious practices associated with the rise of a ruling system based on an elite nobility.
The site is located in a tropical garden and is a National Historic Landmark.
This Live Science article gives more detail. Similar information can be found in the October issue of American Archaeology magazine.
Also: Kahana Garden website.
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