Bobcat Trail Habitation Cave

Bobcat Trail Habitation Cave is an archaeological site in the upland interior of Hawaiʻi within North Kona, where ancient Hawaiians used a lava-tube cave as living quarters in a dry plateau landscape. Evidence shows this inland area was used from about A.D. 700 into the 18th century, long before and after the nearby royal center associated with King ʻUmi in the 16th century. The site shows how Hawaiʻi’s uplands formed part of a wider seasonal economy: people hunted birds, gathered wood and plants, collected water from cave drips, and stored sandalwood there for later transport to coastal communities.

Honalo, Hawaii · United States