Mollusca
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Jul 1958
label: Collection Date
content: Mar 1955
name: label: Collector
content: Raymond C. Gosda
label: Collector
content: Dr. Frank Mahony
label: Donor Name
content: Raymond C. Gosda
notes: label: Notes
content: SURFACE FINDS. 13 SMALL SHELLS; 3 FRAGS OF SMALL SHELL; 2 LARGE FRAGS OF TRIDACNA SHELL. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR, "THERE IS EVIDENCE OF DTONE WORK AROUND ALL SIDES OF THE NARROW STEEP MOUNTAIN TODP; HOWEVER, SOME OF IT IS OF JAPANESE ORIGIN AS THE MOUNTAIN WAS FORTIFIED BY THEM IN WORLD WAR II. ACCORDING TO TRUCKESE LEGEND, TON ACHAU IS THE PLACE OF THE FIRST SETTELMENT ON MOEN ISLAND. BUT THE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT IS TOO SMALL A PLACE TO BE USED A S A PERMENANT OCCUPATION SITE." COLLECTED THE FRAGS FOR "POSSIBLE USE IN C14 TEST." REFER TO ACCESSION FILE FOR MAPS. (SR JONES 11/96)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 50
place: label: Place
content: Moen Island, Chuuk Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Trukese
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content: Anthropology
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content: Archaeobiology
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Mollusca
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 224545
label: USNM Number
content: A420466-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Archaeofauna
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia Mollusca