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However. Avers theorizes
people from another another is
land defeated the builders of
Nan Nladol before the burope
.ms arrived, and subsequent
rulers allowed the island com
plex to decline Whether this
takeover was a violent one is
unknown
"Evidence of fighting or war
tare is prettv diffic.uIt to find in
most cases ini hiding tins one
unless thev built forts. Ayers
said "There are some forts on
I’ohnpei. but in Nan Madol
there are very tew artifacts rei
ogni/able as weapons
"Thev weren't particularly
warlike, although tending in
the later time periods and even
in recent history has taken
place between clans." he said
Hazards to Ayers and his stu
dents in the field are few. he
said There are no snakes on
I’ohnpei. and no spiders tfi.it
are "seriously poisonous."
Ayers said one of the greatest
danger he and his students
have had to face over the years
has been falling coconuts
And although there are no
traps or pitfalls in the tombs
the an haeologists have investi
gated. Avers said he is careful
when investigating burial
grounds on I’ohnpei
"Some of the Pohnpeians to
day are still very concerned
about our disturbing sacred
places tombs and tilings like
that that they have religious
feelings about," he said "I'm a
little leery myself in going into
the tombs sometimes I recog
nize it as a special place.
"A good deal of our time is
spent talking with loc al people
land owners as well as the
i hiefs. to get their permission
to i arry out the work bet a use
they're very protet live of their
own past, as they should be
he said
Ayers' trips to the island the
past three years have been
funded b\ the National Endow
men! for the Humanities He
said the Itritish Broadcasting
Compam ma\ make a dot.u
mentary about the islands and
ins work this summer In that
event. Avres said tie and Ins
workers will trv to recreate lor
the filmmakers the efforts used
to make tombs and Nan Madol
stria tores
Much is still unknown about
Nan Madol and its builders
Avers said, adding that there
are rumors of underwater stria
lures the ancient Pohnpeians
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vertical (.olumns too feel under
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\vers said llu- i olumns may hr
ii.ilur.il coral formations Hut it
they were made by the ant lent
I’nhnpeians .is local tr.ulllioii
i l.ums Avers said their ( ulture
may have been more advanced
at building than had previously
been believed
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with the brush and the pith as
important art Ideologist s tools
and Avers said it lias helped
him rei onstriu t the Nan Sladol
site "without lilting a stone
Each archaeological site has
from one to ten or more ruins
or artifai Is. and em h artifac t is
given a number Every roc k is
measured by band, plotted on a
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