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A new archaeological field survey of the site of Nan Madol, Pohnpei

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AT-1156

Nan Madol

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Peer-reviewed field survey documenting Nan Madol's archaeological landscape and refining site-scale observations; supports an Indigenous Pohnpeian archaeological framework rather than a lost-continent attribution.

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Nan Madol's monumental complex is securely situated within Pohnpeian history and Saudeleur-era chiefly ceremonial authority.

Answer / theory: The strongest evidence points to Pohnpeian builders connected to Saudeleur-era chiefly authority. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.
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The claim that ancestral Pohnpeians could not have built Nan Madol and that it requires a lost advanced civilization is unsupported by the cataloged chronology, sourcing, survey, and political context.

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Pohnpeian stone-moving traditions are evidence about cultural memory and meaning; the catalog does not establish their supernatural elements as a literal physical technology.

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