4.12 Test Excavation 167 (T-167) - Honolulu Rail Transit Project

Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i Job Code: KALIHI 23 Kewalo Test Excavations 162 – 178Summary: T-172A was excavated to a depth of 1.60 mbs, and beneath the water table at 1.50mbs. The stratigraphy of T-172A consisted of fill strata overlying natural sediment to the watertable. The stratigraphy generally conformed to the USDA soil survey designation of Fill land(FL). A total of 47 historic artifacts were collected from T-172A, Stratum Ic. One of the bottlesdates to the 1920s-1940s and was distributed by an O‘ahu bottler. The large number of variedcolored tiles may be flooring or wall tiles of a structure or construction debris, dating to the midtwentieth century. No cultural resources were identified within T-172A.HHCTCP City Center (Section 4) AIS Report, Vol. IV C 828TMK: [1] 1-2, 1-5, 1-7, 2-1, 2-3 (Various Plats and Parcels)