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Each morning the team transfers from ship to shore, landing through
this channel which was dynamited into the reef in 1963. At low tide,
shown here, getting from boat to reef is tricky; at high tide the
boat can sometimes run onto the sand. At mid-tide cross seas and
rips are common, as is high surf. TIGHAR photo by Andrew McKenna.
The village on Nikumaroro was abandoned in 1964 due to drought.
This is one of the few buildings left standing, a concrete block
kitchen which was attached to the Government House. TIGHAR photo.
This is a medium-sized example of a coconut crab, Birgus latro. Once
common throughout the Pacific, they are now endangered and protected.
TIGHAR photo.
This photo shows the Seven Site cleared for work in 2001. The tank
in the foreground was apparently placed there as a temporary cistern
by villagers who found the bones in 1940. TIGHAR photo.
The methodology used for opening possible features is standard archeological
procedure. This excavation, from 2001, shows the layering and gridding
techniques supervised by Thomas F. King, Ph.D. TIGHAR photo.
Dr. King (right) and Ric Gillespie examine a feature approximately
half-way through excavation. Sites are protected with a tarp to prevent
heat stroke; temperatures regularly exceed 100°F in the sun.
TIGHAR photo.
Materials removed from features are screened so that small objects
of interest can be retrieved. Clockwise from lower left: Jim Morrissey
(not on NikuV team); Gary Quigg; Chris Kennedy (not on NikuV team);
Bill Carter; Skeet Gifford (not on NikuV team); Kar Burns; John Clauss.
TIGHAR photo.
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