Hiiiory — An Archaeological Sur-i'cy of Halcakala 253 



HALEAKALA GROUP 



Haleakala proper consists of two peaks and a high connect- 

 ing ridge, on the south rim of the Crater. On Summit Number i 

 of Haleakala we found l\v far the largest stone structure in the 

 Crater region. It has the appearance of a heiau with a base 57 feet 

 by 36 feet, extending lengthwise along the ridge. The supporting 

 wall on the east is 18 feet high, on the west 12 feet, on the north 

 6 feet, and on the south 15 feet. The top is 24 by 15 feet, roughly, 

 and consists of two level spaces, the one on the east is 6 feet 

 square and is sunk al3(mt 2 feet, the other is 6V2 feet square and 

 half a foot higher. A wall several feet thick separates these two 

 level places; and in front of the eastern one extends a platform 

 15 fee; long and 6 wide, almost overhanging the rim of the Crater. 

 Two survey cairns have been erected on the edifice. Otherwise it 

 is well preserved. On and near this structure ten pebbles were 

 found. 



Just east of Summit Number i, in a dip of the ridge, is a 

 large, rectangular s':one shelter, 2y'^''2 feet long, 8 feet wide on the 

 eas*", 3 feet wide on the west, with walls averaging 2 feet high, 

 measured on the inside. There are two fireplaces 9 feet apart and 

 2 feet square. The eastern one contains i inch of solid earth 

 covering 7 inches of white ash ; in the other was found two 

 inches of soil covering small pieces of burnt wood. Below the 

 large shelter are four or five smaller shelters in ruins. 



Half an hour's walk farther along the crest of the ridge 

 brought us to another rectangular shelter, 6V2 feet wide and i3;J/< 

 feet long, with walls 3 feet high. Among the scattered rocks of 

 the enclosure, a fireplace. 3 feet square, was found against the 

 south wall. Other smaller shelters lie on the near-by slope. Fifty 

 yards east in the lowest part of the ridge between the summits of 

 Haleakala Mountain we discovered a platform with a flat stone- 

 paved top, 4J/^ by 8 feet, and 34 inches high, extending east and 

 west. A few small shelters in ruins lie 50 yards beyond, one 

 a small wall a foot high around the mouth of a cave. 



A platform crowns Summit Number 2 and near at hand are 

 six small shelters in ruins. The platform was 20 feet long, 3 or 4 

 feet wide, with the wall towards the Crater 3 feet high. A survey 



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