Archaeology and Oral Historyof the Japanese Lighthouse at Yap
From Habele Institute
Hunter-Anderson, Rosalind L.; Moore, Darlene R. (1995). "Archaeology and Oral Historyof the Japanese Lighthouse at Yap". ISLA: A Journal of Micronesian Studies. 3 (2): 257–278. ISSN 1054-9390.
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Abstract: The archaeological remains of the Japanese lighthouse at Dalap, in Lebinaw Village, Gagil Municipality, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, are described and interpreted. Yapese lighthouse builders were interviewed, and details of their construction efforts and their wartime recollections and experiences are presented. A contemporary Yapese dance chant, which includes references to the American bombing of the lighthouse, is included as part of the oral history of this traumatic time in Yap
