Kaunolu Village Site

Infobox_nrhp | name =Kaunolu Village Site
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Lāna'i City, Lanaʻi, Hawaii
lat_degrees = 20
lat_minutes = 44
lat_seconds = 5
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 156
long_minutes = 57
long_seconds = 52
long_direction = W
locmapin = Hawaii
area =
architect=
architecture=
designated= December 29, 1962cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=194&ResourceType=Site
title=Kaunolu Village Site |accessdate=2008-06-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000303

Kaunolu Village Site is located near Lānaʻi. This former fishing village, abandoned in the 1880s, is the largest surviving ruins of a prehistoric Hawaiian village. The archaeological site is very well-preserved and covers almost every phase of Hawaiian culture. [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/66000303.nl.pdf NHL Summary] ] [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/66000303.red.pdf NHL Red book] ]

Later it was a favored deep sea fishing spot of King Kamehameha I before being abandoned in the 1880's

It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1962.

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