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Submitted by torwen on Tuesday, 16 July 2013  Page Views: 3527

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Pu'u O Mahuka
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 20.969 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawai'i  Nearest Village: Pupukea
Latitude: 21.641727N  Longitude: 158.058694W
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
4 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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5 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
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Pu'u O Mahuka
Pu'u O Mahuka submitted by torwen : Pu'u O Mahuka heiau, outline of a hele building on the upper platform (Vote or comment on this photo)
Pu’u O Mahuka (“hill of escape”) heiau is the largest heiau on the island of O’ahu. It covers roughly two acres of land and sits on the northern hillside of the Waimea valley, overlooking Waimea Bay.

It was declared National Historic Landmark as early as 1962, due to its importance to Hawaiian culture and history.

Constructed in the early 17th century, Pu’u O Mahuka was remodelled several times to adapt to the needs of the changing high chiefs (ali’i nui). At first the upper (mauka) enclosure was built with a paved floor of basalt and coral boulders, then a paving of smaller stones (‘ili ‘ili) was laid over the boulders. The upper enclosure represented a typical luakini heiau, dedicated to the war god Kukailimoku, with an oracle tower, ki’i figures, a lele altar, drum tower, and hale buildings which housed sacred water and artefacts needed for ceremonies.

Later a second and third enclosure were added which provided for domestic activities and suggest a prolonged stay of the royal court in the heiau (cf. Kolb 1999 who excavated heiau on Maui and demonstrated diverse usage periods and reorganisation of the heiau investigated).

At around 1819 the heiau was abondend and the site used for agricultural purposes. The larger middle enclosure was probably used for cultivation. Smallish stone mounds around the outside of the heiau walls probably originated from clearance activities to make space for crops. Up to the 1960s pineapple was grown around the heiau.

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Pu'u O Mahuka
Pu'u O Mahuka submitted by torwen : Pu'u O Mahuka heiau, recent offerings (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pu'u O Mahuka
Pu'u O Mahuka submitted by torwen : Pu'u O Mahuka heiau, platform pavement consisting of basalt and coral (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pu'u O Mahuka
Pu'u O Mahuka submitted by torwen : Pu'u O Mahuka heiau, Stone Mounds surrounding the enclosure, probably remnants from the removal of the Stone paving to make place for cultivation after the abandonmont of the heiau (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pu'u O Mahuka
Pu'u O Mahuka submitted by torwen : Pu'u O Mahuka heiau, platform (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pu'u O Mahuka
Pu'u O Mahuka submitted by torwen : Pu’u O Mahuka heiau, view over Waimea Bay with enclosure wall in foreground

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