EXCAVATION AT IRAS, AIRPORT SITE. SEE MICRONESIAN REPORTER, SECOND QUARTER, 1978. ARCHAEOLOGY. ALSO PETROGLYPHS 1978 - Reel 3052

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  • Photo 1 - Bulldozer strips clay to prepare for excavation. In foreground, Nesema of Iras Village picks shells from the screen. (N-3052.01).
  • Photo 2 - Patricia Parker records information on old Iras recounted by Katin. (N-3052.02).
  • Photo 3 - The dig in progress. Ywo Moses and Iras volunteer carefully "take down" an excavation unit. (N-3052.03).
  • Photo 4 - Along one of the backhoe trenches, Osaichy Sapo, the youngest crew member, examines a find. (N-3052.04).
  • Photo 5 - Burial site and skeleton exposed in dig, later reburied at new Iras Village. (N-3052.05).
thumbnail image of: Bulldozer strips clay to prepare for excavation. In foreground, Nesema of Iras Village picks shells from the screen. (N-3052.01).
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thumbnail image of: Patricia Parker records information on old Iras recounted by Katin. (N-3052.02).
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thumbnail image of: The dig in progress. Ywo Moses and Iras volunteer carefully 'take down' an excavation unit. (N-3052.03).
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thumbnail image of: Along one of the backhoe trenches, Osaichy Sapo, the youngest crew member, examines a find. (N-3052.04).
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thumbnail image of: Burial site and skeleton exposed in dig, later reburied at new Iras Village. (N-3052.05).
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