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Archaeological investigations in the Hopukani and Liloe Springs area of the Mauna Kea Adz Quarry, Hawaii : a data summary report

Author:
McCoy, Patrick Carlton
Title:
Archaeological investigations in the Hopukani and Liloe Springs area of the Mauna Kea Adz Quarry, Hawaii : a data summary report
Year:
1986
Pages:
vi, 95, [94] leaves
Subject:
Archaeological surveying Mauna Kea Mauna Kea antiquities
Summary:
Archaeological investigations of three sites in the Hopukani Spring and Liloe Spring areas of the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry, on the island of Hawaii, yielded a large body of new data on this yet poorly known region of the quarry that encompasses lands above and below modern treeline at the c 9500 ft elevation. Test excavations of a small overhang shelter at Hopukani Spring (10,400 ft) revealed a small assemblage of waste flakes, hearths and faunal remains suggestive of a temporary, short-term occupation. A much larger and more diversified collection of lithic artifacts and organic materials was recovered in the survey and test excavations of Hopukani Rockshelter (10,160 ft), the only previously known base camp in this region of the quarry. Investigations of the isolated site in the subalpine forest at Liloe Spring (8921 ft) resulted in the definition of site boundaries and acquisition of data pointing to the existence of an open camp site at this lower elevation locality. The chronology for this region, based on a total of eight radiocarbon dates for the three sites, spans a period of some 700-800 years beginning c. A.D. 1000 and terminating some time prior to 1800.
Collection:
Monographs