Essays on the Marshallese Past

ISBN: XXX XXX XXX

Second edition

by Dirk H.R. Spennemann




PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
The Attols of the Marshall Islands
Erosion on Majuro Atoll

ORAL TRADITIONS AND ORAL HISTORY
The Story of Lijebake
The Story of Lojeik

TRADITIONAL SITES
Letao and the ironwood canoe

ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
Marshallese Dress
All Animals are marked and so shall you - Marshallese Tattoos
Marshallese Naming of Birds

TRADITIONAL MATERIAL CULTURE
Marshallese Canoes
Traditional Marshallese Stickchart Navigation
Traditional and modern house construction on the Marshall Islands
Breadfruit Peelers - old technology but still high tech
Traditional utilization of Mangroves

TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENT AND LAND MANAGEMENT
There is Only So Much Land To Live On - Population Control Measures In Traditional Marshallese Islands
Traditional Land Management in the Marshall Islands

TRADITIONAL FOOD
Arrowroot - Makmok. Famne food, clothes starch of modern staple?
Arrowroot flour: Food and other uses

ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeological Sites
Skeletal Remains - What we can learn from them
Compliance Archaeology

EUROPEAN HISTORY
The impact of an unnamed typhoon in 1918 on Majuro Atoll
Histrorical Demography of Majuro
A Japanese trading Station on Ailinglaplap

WORLD WAR II HISTORY
The fate of World War II Sites on the Central Pacific Islands
Historical Sites on Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll
Historical Sites on Mili Is., Mili Atoll
Historical Sites on Wotje Is., Wotje Atoll
The "Singapore Guns" British guns in the Marshall Islands
Aviation Archaeology in the Marshall Islands
Japanese Sea Plane Operations in the Marsall Islands
History and Archaeology of a B-24 bomber off Ajola I. Majuro Atoll
Japanese Colonial & Military Architecture in Micronesia
The women of Majuro, from Laura to Zelda

MISCELLANEOUS
Low technology reduction to damage to roofs and walls against strong winds
Archaeological sites
Traditional Material Culture and Skills
Historical Sites
National self-esteem and pride
Multi-Culturalism and Historic Preservation in Micronesia
The Need for Public Education


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CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au


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