MICRONESICA A Journal of the University of Guam DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES OF MICRONESIA AND RELATED AREAS
Supplement No. 2, October 1990
ISSN 0026-279X
RECENT ADVANCES IN MICRONESIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Selected Papers from the Micronesian Archaeology Conference September 9-12, 1987
Edited by
Rosalind L. Hunter-Anderson Water and Energy Research Institute, University of Guam , Mangilao, Guam 96923
UNIVERSITY OF GUAM PRESS
MICRONESICA A Journal of the University of Guam Devoted to the Natural Sciences in Micronesia Founded by Benjamin C. Stone in 1964
EDITOR: CHRISTOPHER S. LOBBAN The Marine Laboratory, University of Guam UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923, U.S.A.
Editorial Board:
C. E. BIRKELAND, The Marine Laboratory, University of Guam L. G. ELDREDGE, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
F. R. FosBERG, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D .C. M. J. LEVIN, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. M. MARSHALL, Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City J. E. RANDALL, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii R. H. RICHMOND, The Marine Laboratory, University of Guam D . H. RuBINSTEIN, Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam B. C. STONE, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii J . H. UNDERWOOD, Dept. Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson
MICRONESICA is a forum for original research in the fields of physical and social anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and ethnology; systematic and ecological botany and zoology, marine sciences, and related disciplines concerned primarily with Micronesia and adjacent areas. MICRONESICA is published twice a year (June and December) by the University of Guam. Subscription prices: Individual $15 per volume, Institutional $25 per volume (including any Supplement). Views expressed by the authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the University, the editors or printers.
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MICRONESICA A Journal of the University of Guam DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES OF MICRONESIA AND RELATED AREAS
ISSN 0026-279X
Supplement No. 2, October 1990
RECENT ADVANCES IN MICRONESIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Selected Papers from the Micronesian Archaeology Conference September 9-12, 1987
Edited by
Rosalind L. Hunter-Anderson Water and Energy Research Institute, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam 96923
UNIVERSITY OF GUAM PRESS
CONTENTS
v vu 1-2
Preface ................ . ........................ . ... . C. S. Lobban Foreword .. . . . .... .... . ..... .... .... . ....... .. R. L. Hunter-Anderson Resolutions of the Conference Archaeology and Ethnohistory
5-16 17-32 33 - 46 47 - 64 65-74 75 - 88 89- 98 99-116
Coming from where? An introduction to Recent Advances in Micronesian Archaeology . .. . .. . . ... . .. . .... . R. L. Hunter-Anderson & M. W. Graves Nan Madol pottery, Pohnpei ... . ... ... ...... .. ....... ... . . 1. S. Athens Pots as tools: The Marianas case ........... . ... ..... ..... . B . M . Butler Lime-encrusted shell artifacts and the prehistoric use of slaked lime ....... . .. . .. . . .. ...... .. ..... .. .............. . .... 1. Carucci & S. Mitchell Application of phytolith analysis to reconstruction of past environments and subsistence: Recent research in the Pacific ..... . .. .. .. .. ... D . M. Pearsall Principles of organization in the outer islands of Yap State and their implications for archaeology ....... ..... ........... W. H. Alkire & K. Fujimura Getting to the truth of the matter: Prospects and limitations of oral traditions for archaeological interpretation in Pohnpei, Micronesia .. . .. . ... S. Falgout "The pleasure of speculation and conjecture:" Early Euro-American visions of Nan Madol and their relevance to post-modern archaeological investigations . .... .. . .... .. . ...... ... .... . .. ....................... D . Hanlon
117- 124 Social complexity on Truk and in the Marianas: Lack of correspondence between anthropological models and historical evidence . . ...... K. E. Knudson 125- 136 Terraces and traditions of Uluang: Ethnographic and archaeological perspectives on a prehistoric Be1auan site . ....... L. 1. Lucking & R . 1. Parmentier 137-152 Some overlooked complexities in the study of Pohnpei social complexity .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Petersen 153- 170 An ethno-archaeological investigation of Yapese mortuary behavior .. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. B. Pickering
171 - 186 Kosrae pottery, clay, and early settlement . .. ...... . ... .... ... 1. S. Athens 187- 212 Pohnpei's position in eastern Micronesian prehistory .... . ...... W. S. Ayres 213- 230 Radiocarbon dating, sea-level change and the peopling of Belau ... .. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. B . Masse 231-240 Archaeological investigations on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Micronesia ... . ... ... . . .... . . ..... . .. .............. K. Shun & J. S. Athens 241 - 246 Thoughts on land and sea peoples in Southeast Asia and their possible relationships to initial settlement of Micronesia ...... . . ... ... W. G. Solheim II 247- 260 Prehistoric settlement in eastern Micronesia: Archaeology on Bikini Atoll , Republic of the Marshall Islands .. . ........ . . .. . ...... . .... C. S. Streck 261 - 274 Prehistoric use of the interior of southern Guam . . . . T. Dye & P. L. Cleghorn 275- 290 Prehistoric social complexity on Pohnpei: The Saudeleur to Nahnmwarki transformation .... ..... . . .. .. . ..... ... . . . ... J. E. Bath & 1. S. Athens
291-302 The evolution of complex stratification in eastern Micronesia ... J. G. Peoples 303-316 Formation of a complex society in an island situation ... . ...... . ... T. Ueki Physical Anthropology
317 - 322 The physical anthropology of Micronesia: A brief overview ....... . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M . Pietrusewsky
323-348 Micronesians, Asians, Thais, and relations : A craniofacial and odontometric perspective .. . ... ... .... . . .. .... . . .. C. L. Brace , M. L. Brace, Y. Dodo, K . D. Hunt, W. R . Leonard, Y. Li, S. Sangviehien , X. Shao & Z . Zhang 349-362 Paleopathological observations on human skeletal remains from Rota, Mariana Islands: Epidemiological implications ........ . . .. .. D . B. Hanson 363-372 Micronesia to Macromongolia: Miera-Polynesian craniometries and the mongoloid population complex ... ... ....... ............. W. W. Howells 373 - 402 Craniometric variations in Micronesia and the Pacific: A multivariate study ............... . .. .. ..... .. .. . ... ... . ......... .. .. M . Pietrusewsky
403-416 Origin and affinity of the prehistoric people of Guam: A dental anthropological assessment. ...... . .. . .. .... ....... .. . ....... ...... . C. G. Turner 417-430 Population studies and historic demography : Context of microevolution in Micronesia .......... .. . .. . ... . .. .... ............ .. J . H . Underwood 431-434 Physical anthropology in Micronesia: A closing statement .. J. H . Underwood