Marshall Islands Maloelap Atoll
Eclectic Bibliography

compiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann




Geography and Geology Botany Zoology Economy Anthropology & Archaeology History Development Public Health

 

Geography and Geology



Fosberg, F.R
1990. A review of the Natural History of the Marshall Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin. 330. Washington: Smithonian Institution.

Laird, W.E
1981Soil Survey of Airik, Arno, Mili and Taroa; Marshall Islands.United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, in conjunction with the office of the High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Department of Resource and Development, Government of the Marshall Islands; United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; and University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; April 1981. 76 pages. Ms. on file, National Archives of the Marshall Islands.
Discussion of the soil types on the four islands investigated. Discusses soil properties in terms of land use, chemistry, sanitatary facilities, building site development, construction materials and water management. uses generalised soil classification for the Marshall Islands.Mapping of soil units was conducted on 1940s airphotos.


Laird, W.E
1989Soil Survey of the islands of Airik, Arno, Majuro, Mili and Taroa; Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service.


Spennemann, Dirk H.R
1989Geomorphological survey of Torwa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. 5 - 12 September 1989. Geomorphological Report DRS-GEO 2 (1989). Ms on file at the Alele Museum, P.O.Box 629, Majro, Republic of the Marshall Islands 96960
The report describes the effects of erosion which occurred on Taroa, Maloelap since the end of the Japanese occupation.

 

Botany



Fosberg, F.R
1990. A review of the Natural History of the Marshall Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin. 330. Washington: Smithonian Institution.

 

Zoology



Fosberg, F.R
1990. A review of the Natural History of the Marshall Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin. 330. Washington: Smithonian Institution.

 

Economy


 

Anthropology and Archaeology



Adams, W.H. & R.E.Ross
1989Progress Report of Intensive Archaeological Survey of Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Report to the Micronesian Endowment for Historical Preservation. Ms. on file, Alele Museum, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.


Adams, W.M., R.E.Ross & B.L.Krause
1990Archaeological Survey of Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Report prepared for the Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation. March 10, 1990.


Bartsch, W.H
1986Wreck Discovery: Unknown Maloelap. After the Battle, 54. London: Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd. Pp. 28-41.


Poyer, L
1990Final Report Micronesian Resources Study, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Ethnography component. Report prepared for the Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation. February<1990.


Spennemann, D.H.R
1989 Report on the skeletal remains from the manshelter of Barracks Building A, Torwa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. OSTEOLOGICAL REPORT DRS 51 (1989). Ms. on file. Alele Museum, P.O.Box 629, Majro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The report describes some human remains recovered from a Japanese man-shelter next to barracks building A of the main baracks area. Torwa had been a Japanese military installation in World War II and had been severely bombed by the US Forces. The remains seem to have been overloked by Japanese bone recovery groups.

1989Report on a human femur from the south-western coast of Torwa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. OSTEOLOGICAL REPORT DRS 52 (1989). Ms. on file. Alele Museum, P.O.Box 629, Majro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The report describes a single human femur found on the shore of Eoon-epje Island, Maloelap Atoll.

1989Osteological analysis of human remains from site MI-Mj-20, found at Laura Beach, Majro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Osteological Report DRS 53 (1989) Ms on file at the Alele Museum, P.O.Box 629, Majro, Republic of the Marshall Islands 96960
The report describes a series of human bones which were found eroding from the historic cemetery MI-Mj-20 at the tip of Laura Beach.

 

History



Bartsch, W.H
1986Wreck Discovery: Unknown Maloelap. After the Battle, 54. London: Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd. Pp. 28-41.


USSBS
1947United States Strategic Bombing Survey, The American campaign against Wotje, Maloelap, Mille and Jaluit. Washington: Naval Analysis Section, United States Strategic Bombing Survey.

 

Development


 

Public Health





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