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Naue, Halalii, and Hanakahi and to collect archaeological speci- 
mens. Of the 1o1 slingstones picked up in the Crater, none were 
artificially shaped. They may have been used by natives in hunt- 
ing flocks of plover. We excavated and then restored 5 platforms, 
HO, terraces, and 2 alius. 
The construction of the terraces and platforms was deter- 
mined and some evidence obtained regarding their age and pur- 
pose. <A satisfactory explanation of these structures must await 
a comparative study of Hawaiian stone structures elsewhere. 
The small terrace (fig. 3,D) under the northeast dike in the 
Halalii Crater appears to have been constructed to conceal the 
human remains found there, but it is unlikely that all the structures 
in Halal were built for this purpose. Some of them, in particular 
the skilfully made top terrace in the series of five, may antedate 
all burials. 
During the course of the work I gained the impression that 
the facts are opposed to the view that the terraces and platforms 
are either house foundations, fortifications, places for hiding things, 
or burial sites. The only feature which these mysterious structures 
seem to have in common is a square or rectangular paved flat 
surface, from I to 6 feet above the ground, from 3 to 20 feet wide, 
and from 4 to 40 feet long. The terrace may have served a dif- 
ferent purpose from the platforms, but if a flat surface was the 
result desired, they may have been use! for a single purpose as 
altars upon which sacrifices were laid. An altar would naturally 
assume the shape of a platform when erected on level ground, 
and of a terrace when erected upon a slope. If these platforms 
are altars and peculiar to the Haleakala region, they would repre- 
sent altars to a special or local deity, perhaps to Lilinoe, Goddess 
of Haleakala. 
Note By T'Homas G. THRUM 
The various ruins described by Mr. Emory are probably 
associated with the contentions of the ancient kings of West Maui 
for the coveted districts of Kaupo, Kipahulu, and Hana with its 
strategic point, Kauiki. That the route through the crater by way 
of Kaupo Gap was the established course, is evidenced by the stone- 
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