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<< Text Pages >> Pi'ilanihale Heiau - Ancient Temple in United States in The West

Submitted by bat400 on Thursday, 09 November 2006  Page Views: 10031

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Pi'ilanihale Heiau
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 880.727 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Hana
Latitude: 20.803600N  Longitude: 156.03975W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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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Pi'ilanihale Heiau by bat400 on Thursday, 09 November 2006
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Click on the Flash Earth location button, then switch to Yahoo Maps to see the best aerial view of the heiau. You may need to pull back.
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