A new archaeological field survey of the site of Nan A new archaeological field survey of the site of Nan Madol, Pohnpei
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2015-05-01
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Nan Madol, sometimes called the ‘Venice of the Pacific,’ is a mortuary and administrative site built from columnar
basalt, boulders, and coral. It is made up of artificial islets that stretch over 83 hectares of lagoon on the volcanic
high island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia and is pivotal to our understanding of ancient
Pohnpeian society. Nan Madol was first mapped in its entirety in 1910 by the German explorer Paul Hambruch and
in the century since then the site has been re-surveyed and maps of varying levels of detail have been published.
Here we report on the first full coverage field survey of the site’s artificial islets employing high precision GPS.
The survey dataset has been made available for download as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) layer at
the data clearinghouse website: The Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR). We also report a matching annotated
list of variant place names used in the literature and some brief information on the function of islets from oral
traditions. This report, the digital map, and the annotated list of islets are aimed to provide future researchers
with a baseline database.
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