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

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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