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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Pu'u O MahukaCountry: 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
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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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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