Laupahoehoe Nui: Archaeology of a High-Risk Landscape on Windward Hawai'i Island

dc.contributor.author	Mills, Peter R.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-12T21:59:03Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-12T21:59:03Z
dc.date.issued	2003-01-01
dc.description.abstract	<p>Laupahoehoe nui is an <em>ahupua 'a</em> (traditional Hawaiian land division) encompassing approximately 2,500 acres in the Hamakua district of Hawai'i Island, with a spectacularly remote and scenic 150-acre coastal terrace that is separated from the extensive upland region by a 1,200 foot-high cliff. To reach the coastal terrace today, one faces the options of an expensive helicopter ride, or kayaking over large swells along the cliff-ridden coastline from Waipi'o Valley, or taking a long and strenuous hike over cliffs and gullies to reach Waimanu Valley, and then picking your way over large loose boulders along the shoreline, crossing landslides at the base of the precipitous cliffs. The hike must be planned so that one traverses the boulder- strewn beaches at low tide, while some surging surf still reaches waist-level. Even then, one needs to cross under the crushing pressure of Kaimu Falls before arriving on the terrace.</p>
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/64603
dc.subject	Laupahoehoe Nui
dc.subject	Hawai'i Island
dc.title	Laupahoehoe Nui: Archaeology of a High-Risk Landscape on Windward Hawai'i Island
dc.title.alternative	Laupahoehoe Nui
dc.type	Research paper
dc.type.dcmi	Text
prism.number	2
prism.volume	17

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