Ancient Marianas History

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Geology of Saipan, Mariana Islands; part 2, Petrology and soils: Chapter B, petrology of the volcanic rocks, USGS Professional Paper 280-B (pp. 127-174). Washington, D.C. U.S. Geological Survey.

Spoehr, A. 1957 Marianas prehistory: Archaeological survey and excavations on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. Fieldiana: Anthropology 48. Chicago Natural History Museum Stuiver, M. and G.W. Pearson 1986 High-precision calibration of the radiocarbon time scale, A.D. 1950-500 B.C. Radiocarbon 28(2B):805-838. Stuiver, M. and P.J. Reimer 1993 Extended 14C data base and revised CALIB 3.0 14C age calibration program. Radiocarbon 35:215-230. Thompson, D.M. 1979 Marianas Plain Pottery from the Tanapag Site, Saipan. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Anthropology Dept., University of Iowa. Thompson, L. 1932 Archaeology of the Mariana Islands. B.P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 100. Tracey, J.I., Jr., S.O. Schlanger, J.T. Stark, D.B. Doan, & G.H. May 1964 General geology of Guam, USGS Professional Paper 403-A. Washington, D.C. U.S. Geological Survey.

--Darlene Moore, MA, an archaeologist, has been president of Micronesian Archaeological Research Services (MARS) since its inception in 1992. She participated in field projects located in Utah and Nevada and completed a Master’s degree from the University of Guam in 1983. MARS, an archaeological consulting firm, is based on Guam. Moore has completed archaeological projects located on Guam, Rota, Tinian, Saipan, and Yap. She analyzes the pottery recovered from the various sites that MARS has worked on in the Mariana Islands, focusing on how the pottery industry changed over time. She is also interested in understanding the role pots played in the past.

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