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large stones near the bottom of the crater had already been utilized 
in the construction of the other two platforms. 
The slightly larger south platform (Pl. XX, B) is rectangu- 
lar, measuring about 26 by 16 feet. Its height along the north 
front is 2 feet, but the back is merely indicated by a single course 
of stones. Across the platform is laid a row of small stones 
making the northern end a nearly square enclosure. Our excava- 
tion of this structure proved that the walls had not been trenched 
or buried by sliding or drifting sands. The upper division had 
been excavated to a depth of 2 feet by Mr. Aitken. We excavated 
a pit 4 feet deep below the apparently undisturbed strata of cinders 
in the lower division and sunk a trench along the front outside 
wall, but discovered no shells, artifacts, nor skeletal ma‘erial. 
The excavation of the east platform to a depth of 5 to 7 feet 
below its surface and then under the walls gave us likewise 
nothing. This platform is 12 feet along the bulging north side, 
H2 feet on the south, 15% feet along the east, and 11 feet on the 
west. The highest part of the surrounding wall is on the west 
side, where it is 32 inches high. 
On a knoll at the southern foot of Naue Cone is a small 
platform. Its top is not flat like the others but curved up very 
noticeably toward the south. ‘his platform is 20 inches high, 
4 feet wide and 11 feet long, extending east and west and is built 
solid of local s‘one on lava bedrock. We discovered this fact by 
taking down the structure, restoring it again immediately as we 
were always careful to do. Near this platform we picked up four 
water-worn pebbles the size of a large egg. 
BURIAL AHU IN KAMOA O PELE 
Ten minutes’ walk across the sands southwest of Puu Naue 
brings one to the low break in the wall of Kamoa o Pele, a cinder 
cone, colored an even, soft red. On the floor of its crater is an 
mae (Pl. XX A.) 
* Ahu as the term is used in this paper is a cairn built for some pur- 
pose by Hawaiians. In Polynesia the word ahwu signifies heap, or pile, and 
was often used to designate a stone memorial pile. 
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