Pohnpei Training page images:
Field group discussing mapping and recording issues related to an archaeological site consisting of a paved walkway, stone house foundations, a well, and numerous stone terraces at Imwinsapw, Sokehs, Pohnpei. From left to right: Derlisa Ardos, Rosenda Etse, Kristen Vanwert, Retti Lawrence, Scott Fitzpatrick, Lisa Andon, and Lerleen David. Fitzpatrick, University of Oregon graduate program, was the field archaeologist; Vanwert, University of Montana, an archaeological assistant.
Derlisa Ardos of the Pohnpei State Historic Preservation Office at a tomb plaform located inside a stone-walled structure (lolong) at Imwinsapw, Sokehs, Pohnpei. (photo: W.S. Ayres)
View of the southeast end of the tomb enclosure (lolong) at Imwinsapw, Sokehs, Pohnpei. Archaeological Field Assistant Ray Ladore surveys the results of the site clearing. At the start of the training project the site was totally overgrown with dense vegetation. (photo: W.S. Ayres)
Derlisa Ardos and Lisa Andon of the Pohnpei State Historic Preservation Office, Pohnpei, FSM, work with Kristen Vanwert, right (University of Oregon training program staff), to record some data points using a GPS unit (Global Position System) at the famous Nan Douwas enclosure at Nan Madol, Pohnpei. (photo: W.S. Ayres)
Mapping the corner of a tomb enclosure at Imwinsapw, Sokehs, Pohnpei. Lerleen David, left, and Rosenda Etse, from the Pohnpei Historic Preservation Office creating a plan map of stone architectural details.
Retti Lawrence, right, of the Pohnpei State Historic Preservation Office, Pohnpei, FSM, works with Christophe Descantes, left (University of Oregon training program staff), to create computer images of mapped stone architecture from the traditionally-important Imwinsapw site, Sokehs.