Anthony J. Ramirez (standing) shaking hands with Danny Duenas
 
 
 
Darlene R. Moore, M.A. President & Senior Archaeologist of Micronesian Archaeological Research Services (right), Sandy Lee Yee, M.A. Archaeologist and Field Director of International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc (IARII) Territory of Guam (center) and Anthony J. Ramirez (left)
 
 
 
Anthony J. Ramirez (right) and David G. DeFant, Senior Archaeologist
of SWCA Environmental Consultants (left)
 
 
 
John Gerber, President of the Pacific War Museum Foundation (right) and Anthony J. Ramirez (left)
 
     
     
   
     
 
“A Fish Tale: From the Prehistoric Period to the Present”
By Judith R. Amesbury, Micronesian Archaeological Research Services
 

Judith R. Amesbury of Micronesian Archaeological Research Services presented the history of fishing in the Mariana Archipelago, the talk was entitled “A Fish Tale: From the Prehistoric Period to the Present.” held January 22, 2009.

Amesbury explained that the earliest inhabitants of the Mariana Islands were excellent fishermen. The analysis of fish bones from archaeological sites shows that they caught not only reef fishes, but large open-ocean fishes like mahimahi and marlin. The Spanish put a stop to the open-ocean fishing in the late 1600s and 1700s by forbidding the Chamorros to travel from island to island and by burning their canoes. In the 20th century the people of the Mariana Islands were able to reclaim their heritage as great open-ocean fishermen.

Amesbury, who has been an archaeologist in Guam for 25 years, will discuss the recent results of fishbone analysis for the sites at Mangilao Golf Course and Ylig Bay.

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Merizo residents attend lecture titled "An Historical Burial Site in Malesso, Guam"
seated front to back Joe San Agustin, Joseph Barcinas, Tom Barcinas and Mr./Mrs.
Wyttenbach-Santos
  
     
 
Archaeologist and Field Director Sandy Lee Yee, M.A. of International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc (IARII) Territory of Guam, has shared her findings on the Malesso burial site, an area that was discovered during a GPA trench excavation. The site includes details of the early church, priest's rectory (Malesso Kombento) and village cemetery, as well as remnants of a cobblestone pavement not recorded
before.

The lecture titled: An Historic Burial Site in Malesso, Guam was held 6:30pm, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at the University of Guam School of Business and Public Administration Building -Anthony Leon Guerrero Multi Purpose Lecture Hall (ROOM #129).

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