| Manavai. The
feature is comprised of a cluster of five disturbed manavai
with a cave in the southwest (#3) structure.
The cave opening is about 75cm high by 50cm wide. The interior of the cave
measures about 1m high and slopes downward to its western side. At the
entrance is a horse skull and inside are more animal bones, piled against
the western wall. The overall dimensions of the manavai cluster are: 19m
south to north by 17.5m east to west. Each manavai
measures about 6m in diameter. There is a mata`a
(“A”) in the north side of the wall of manavai
number 2. Presently sugarcane, banana, wild grasses, thistle, and rhubarb
are growing inside the manavai.
Because this cluster is on the side of the valley, the manavai are terraced; numbers 4 and 5 are built at the same
elevation, while 1, 2, and 3 are built slightly higher. Structures 4 and 5
are deeper on the inside and seem to have been excavated in their
construction or use, with walls built along the inside of the holes.
Structures 1, 2, and 3 have walls built up from the ground. |
