Still more native Hawaiian remains have been found at the site of General Growth Properties' planned mixed-use project in Kakaako -- but this time, the setting makes archaeologists think there could be many more still undiscovered.

The state Historic Preservation Division has now counted 53 sets of iwi at the site. But it was the nature of the latest finds -- in what appears to be a large burial pit -- that concerns the state agency, which has asked General Growth for further archaeological excavation.

The agency already has asked General Growth to redesign its $100 million project in order to preserve in place 30 sets of iwi discovered earlier.

Meanwhile, Thomas Dye, president of the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, estimates that there are actually hundreds more remains to be unearthed at the site, which he considers a rare archaeological find.