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These images are from our visit to the Kukaniloko site on 4/12/00. Present
were Karen Meech (UH/IfA), Clive Ruggles (Leicester University, UK),
Elaine Mahoney (Mililani HS), Beverly Lynn-Wilson (UH/IfA), Jana
Pittichova (UH/IfA), Tom Chun (Kamehameha Schools), and Doug Fernandez.
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| Site overview to the NE |
Site overview toward the west |
Overview of the site. |
Profile (west) of the
Waianae mountain range shows the form of a reclining pregnant woman. |
Sunset |
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| Carved diamond shaped stone.
May have had a calendrical purpose and astronomical orientation. |
Close up of petroglyph on
diamond-shaped stone |
Diamond-shaped stone near
sunset showing the shadow alignment in the petroglyph. |
Diamond-shaped stone near
sunset showing the shadow alignment in the petroglyph. |
Sunset petroglyph - faint radial
lines in the petroglyph may have marked the months. |
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| Possible reflecting pool
for watching the zenith passage of celestial objects |
Closeup of one of the
possible reflecting basins |
Another worked stone at the site
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| Beverly, Clive and Jana |
Clive Ruggles |
Elaine and Doug |
Jana and Tom |
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