Adz
Chris and I have gone up Mauna Kea twice looking for the adz quary that we are told lies somewhere near 11,000 feet. Apparently, lava broke out under a sheet of ice during the ice age and cooled very quickly, forming a dense, non-porous rock great for making tools. I am told rocks from this spot have been found throughout the Hawaiian islands. We thought it was be interesting to see the site and evidence of chiseling. We did find pretty dense rock and some evidence of human disturbance, but Chris doesn't think it was "the spot."
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| We also hiked up this puu near Onizuka Center at around 9,000 feet. |
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The quarry is actually quite easy to spot from the road, lok for the grey, fresh rock, very different than the weathered red rock. It is also quite spread out, with numerous sites at roughly the same elevation.
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