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  2. Puna-Kāʻu Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Puna-Kāʻu Historic District is an archaeological district located on the Puna-Kāʻu coastline in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.The district includes over 300 sites occupied by Polynesians from the 13th through 19th centuries.

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    File:Puna-Ka'u Historic District, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Pu`u Loa petroglyphs 1.jpg

  4. Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Features include loko iʻa (Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture fishponds), kahua (house site platforms), kiʻi pōhaku (petroglyphs), hōlua (stone slides) and heiau (religious sites). The ʻAiʻopio Fishtrap is a 1.7-acre (0.69 ha) pond, with a stone wall forming an artificial enclosure along the naturally curved shoreline of a bay.

  5. List of National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Hawaiʻi.The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]

  6. Waikoloa Beach - Wikipedia

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    There are approximately 30,000 historically significant petroglyphs, or stone carvings, in Waikoloa. They are potentially the closest thing to a written language that Ancient Hawaiians used. Although some petroglyphs are identifiable as human or animal shapes, many are more obtuse and abstract, with their meanings likely lost to history.

  7. Petroglyph - Wikipedia

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    A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America , scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images.

  8. Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Hale o Keawe was an ancient Hawaiian heiau originally built in approximately 1650 AD [6] as the burial site for the ruling monarch of the Island of Hawaii named Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku. [7] [8] It was built by his son, a Kona chief named Kanuha. The complex may have been established as early as 1475 under the aliʻi nui ʻEhu-kai-malino.

  9. Painted Rock Petroglyph Site - Wikipedia

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    The Painted Rock Petroglyph Site [1] is a collection of hundreds of ancient petroglyphs near the town of Theba, Arizona, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [2] The site is operated and maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and includes an improved campground as well as an informative walking ...