Loaloa Heiau

Loaloa Heiau
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest city	Kaupo, Hawaii
Coordinates	20°38′24″N 156°7′17″W / 20.64000°N 156.12139°WCoordinates: 20°38′24″N 156°7′17″W / 20.64000°N 156.12139°W
Built	1730
NRHP Reference #	66000301[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHL	December 29, 1962[2]

Loaloa Heiau is located in Kaupo on Maui. This is one of the few remaining intact examples of a large luakini heiau (state level temple where human sacrifice was performed)^[2] Once the center of an important cultural complex around Kaupo, oral tradition attributes the construction of the temple at about 1730 AD to Kekaulike, King of Maui, who lived at Kaupo and died in 1736.^[2]

Its site number is HASS-50-MA-A28-1. It was excavated in 1931.^[3][4]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Loaloa Heiau". National Historic Landmark Quicklinks. National Park Service. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
3. Dunbar, Helen R. (August 10, 1987). "Loaloa Heiau" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Inventory Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
4. "Loaloa Heiau" (pdf). Photographs. National Park Service. Retrieved 22 May 2012.