Pu'uhonua o Honaunau
A Hawaiian pu'uhonua (place of refuge) on the Big Island's west coast, enclosed by a massive dry-stone Great Wall, where anyone who broke a kapu (sacred law) or a defeated warrior could seek sanctuary and absolution. The adjoining royal grounds held the Hale o Keawe temple, burial place of generations of ali'i (chiefs).
Dated events and their evidence
- 1475 CE disputed
royal residence complex established (traditional chronology, ali'i nui Ehu-kai-malino) source - 1650 CE mainstream
Hale o Keawe heiau built as a royal burial temple source
Where
19.4219° N, 155.9103° W
Sources
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