A Late Pre-Contact Domestic Habitaiton Area and Garden in Ahahola Ahupua 'a, Ko'olau District, Kaua' i.

Abstract

The following paper presents the results of an archaeological inventory survey undertaken of the 12.38acre Anahola Subdivision G and Gl (1MK 4-8-12:06, 4-8- 13 :15 and 16, and 4-8-18:26) in the ahupua 'a of Anahola, Ko'olau District (presentday Kawaihau District), on the island of Kaua' i. Archaeological investigations of the property were conducted for the Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DIIlfL) by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) between April 7 and 11, 1997. State Site 50-30-04-627 was encountered during the course of backhoe excavations in a DHHL residential property along Hundley Road. The site consisted of seven subsurface features suggesting the presence of a pre-Contact native Hawaiian habitation area and nearby household garden in the dune sands. Radiocarbon dating of wood charcoal encountered within a domestic refuse midden yielded a 2 Sigma calibrated calendrical date of AD 1455 to 1675.