Presenter(s): Haden Kingrey − Anthropology, History
Faculty Mentor(s): Matthew Napolitano, Scott Fitzpatrick
Poster 10
Research Area: Archaeology
Funding: National Geographic, UO Global Studies Institute, Edna English Trust for Archaeological Research, and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
The oldest identified sites on Yap are identified by presence calcareous sand tempered (CST) pottery from deeply stratified deposits. With few exceptions, CST pottery, made from locally produced clay, has been recovered from Rungluw and Pemrang, two sites in southern Yap, western Micronesia (northwest tropical Pacific). Although poor preservation conditions and small sample sizes make it difficult to reconstruct vessel size, detailed analysis of sherds demonstrates at least two sub-types. Recent excavations at Pemrang have yielded the largest sample of CST pottery ever recovered and allow for inter- and intra- site comparison. Results will help us understand the poorly understood early settlement of Yap.