Maui/Lana`I Island Burial Council Site-Inspection September 24, 2009
Place: Kula Community Center, Lower Kula Road across of Holy Ghost Church.
Issue: Strong Possibility of Multiple ….(I REPEAT)….Multiple Ancient Hawaiian Burials.
Kealahou Ahupua`a (Kula Ridge Mauka Project - 116 Homes Planned Development)
On Thursday, September 24, 2009 the Maui/Lana`I Island Burial Council will hold a Site-Inspection at Kealahou Ahupua`a (270+ acre area) mauka of the Kula Community Center. The site area extends from Lower Kula Road (makai) up to Kekaulike Avenue (mauka); across Keahuaiwi Gulch (north), down from Kekaulike Avenue to Kula Highway, south of Kamehameiki Road.
A planned development of 116 homes is being pursued by a local developer on these lands. Human remains were recently disturbed without an Archaeology Monitor present. When questioned by Chairman, Charles K. Maxwell Sr. at the July 30, 2009 Burial Council Meeting on Maui, Principle Investigator, Robert L. Spear, Ph.D. of Scientific Consultant Services, Inc., the Archeology Firm hired by the developer for the project answered that the [Excavation] permit did not require a monitor,
Apparently a burial mound was cross-sectioned by heavy equipment during Road Grading Activities that exposed and disturbed iwi tupuna. Within the project area (see attached map) are over 300 possible burial mounds clearly visible. See for yourselves. Join us by attending this sure-to-be informative, if not sobering meeting.
Foster Ampong
Email; kekahunakkeaweiwi@yahoo.com
Note: Updates to be posted here.
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