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I’hulo In \ndri* K.imuti
/ fm rrsit i .in hnroloyist ll illi.im Ayrrs uses <i t om/iutor to rr
i rr.itr .mi it'llt strut ton's hr has stuitiril on the isl.mtl ol
PohnfM'i.
Professor searches
for island's mysteries
H\ ( hristopher Bl.iir
I mcr.ild Sew s I ditor
1'ieri summer for ihr past I I
rears l ihversiti anthrnpologi
pruiessoi William Avers li.is
been using c oil! ellllim.il ill
i haecdngv methods v\ illi
Mime help Irom ,i i umpulei
lu unearth the rem.iins nl .in an
i lent civilization nil an islaml
ill the I'at itu
Ahout I at It) vears ago. tlie
inhahilaiits I’nhnpei began
building a i (implex ut artdir nil
islets i.dled Nail Madnl and
I lie site Ilet aillc the spu it mil
and )>ol it it a I i enter nl their is
land
l nd.il . the islets appeal tn be
little more than rochv mounds
when the tide goes nut and
mam ate so eroded In the
uales that the\ disappear be
Heath the water's surfai e when
the tide t nines bai h in Some nl
the larger ones namelx the
main tomb Nan Ihiuwas still
stand Ii to feet above the
tide, and (.over as mm h as -tot)
square feet
A\ers said he is still tiling to
determine when must nl the is
lets on till' southeast coast ut
I’ohnpei about d.7(l<) miles
southwest ol Hawaii and 2ii
miles across at its widest point
were built
"One ol the most important
com lusicms has been an under
standing of how long il look In
build (his complex," Ayers
said. "Were just now begin
ning get some details about
whim they first started building
the islets, and when vve know
that. ii i' i an see I bat il really
evolved as a complex over a
thousand or so \ears
\t i imting to radioi arbon
dating, t unstrui tion on the is
lands began around A I) >0(1
\vers said. Workers moved
huge columns and boulders ot
volt anic rot k to the site mak
ing the tonndations bu tombs
and residences tor ilnets and
native priests The foundations
were then tilled in with ground
i oral
Nan Madoi reni bed its peak
boasting more than 1.000
residents about 1,000 years
age under the Delelir 'em
pile. ” a i onlederat ion of
i tiiefs H\ then, the huge tombs
and other structures now seen
bad been constructed, and the
islands were used lor sacred re
ligious ceremonies to the in
habitants' gods
Ayers said the island ot
I’ohnpei never really det lined
bet uusc the island was able to
withstand smallpox and (ihris
lianitv brought In visiting Mu
ropeans, and its i ultural s\ stem
of < (nets and lower i tuels con
tinues today
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