As Mauna Loa opens rifts and flows molten lava, and with a bow to Pele, petroglyphs from the Ka'u district, near South Point, Big Island
Ancient figures near grinding slick
Papamū, a stone board for the game kōnane; located in shelter protected by a bouldered wall
Above, petroglyph figure facing the sea; detail below, note small head and waving? hands
Appearance as power figure. 
Above, two figures looking to the sea; detail below.
This style more recent than the rectilinear-style figures; style may determine a general chronology.
NOTES
— Ka’u, Big Island Hawaii, 2009, photos and notes, Douglas Beauchamp
— Recommended: Spirit of Place: Petroglyphs of Hawai'i (1999) by Georgia Lee and Edward Stasack
— Ka’u, Big Island Hawaii, 2009, photos and notes, Douglas Beauchamp
— Recommended: Spirit of Place: Petroglyphs of Hawai'i (1999) by Georgia Lee and Edward Stasack
Addendum: Configuration of Stone
Configuration a word. Description founded on a quest for understanding. As all words.
Stone an image of stone, an appearance of fundament beyond language.
Configuration as word seeks to grasp appearance beyond the boundaries of duration.
Configuration a word. Description founded on a quest for understanding. As all words.
Stone an image of stone, an appearance of fundament beyond language.
Configuration as word seeks to grasp appearance beyond the boundaries of duration.
Consider figures in place. Consider a stone game board played with white shells smoothed by the sea.
Consider variations on “Configuration” per Wiktionary:
— Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
— Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
— The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
— The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
— A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
— Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
— Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
— The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
— The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
— A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
