page_title: Archeological Sites at Kawela
section_title: Recent history
hierarchical_section_title: Archeological Sites at Kawela / Recent history
caption_attribution_description: English: The area of Kawela on the island of Molokai n Hawaii was the site of two important battles, and has several historic sites
context_page_description: Archeological Sites at Kawela are a number of archeological sites at or near the settlement of Kawela on the southern coast of Molokaʻi, the northernmost of the islands of Maui County, Hawaii. It was the site of two battles in Hawaiian history.
context_section_description: The area now has a few vacation homes along the shore, and one subdivision of 120 2-acre (8,100 m²) lots that are zoned for agriculture on the hills. Wadsworth Y. H. Yee, in the Hawaii Senate from the Republican Party of Hawaii proposed the development in the 1970s. Ground was broken on December 20, 1980.
  Wetlands and an ancient fishpond near the shore are preserved in the Kakahaiʻa National Wildlife Refuge and Kakahaiʻa park administered by Maui County.
  There are 21 which are separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 
  The names used in the NRHP all start with the words "Archeological Site" and then an optional list of site numbers from a survey done by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum when the development was proposed  with a letter "T" followed by a dash, and then a state site identifier which four numbers separated with dashes, starting with "50-60" indicating the 50th state of Hawaii and the county of Maui County, a map quadrant, and site within the state registry. 
  The sites are scattered through the area, and are located on private property so generally not accessible to the public.
  The sites are:
caption: Kawela lies across a narrow channel to Lānaʻi island
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