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Curriculum Vitae –2014

William Stanley AYRES Professor 1218 Department of University Of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403-1218 USA Telephone: 541-346-5119/5102 (home; 541-232-8363) Fax 346-0668 email: [email protected] website: http://pages.uoregon.edu/wsayres/ Education Ph.D. Tulane University, New Orleans, , 1973 Dissertation: "The Cultural Context of Religious Structures" B.A. University of , 1966

Areas of Interest

Archaeology: island and coastal , settlement-subsistence studies, chiefdom development, landscape archaeology, archaeometry and provenance studies, historic sites and cultural conservation, computer graphics; area focus: Old World archaeology; (especially , ); SE Asia, including Taiwan; Thailand, Mediterranean Islands. : classification and relationships of Oceanic and Southeast Asian languages; linguistic data on migration : ethnography of landscape, fishing cultures, ethnoarchaeology; the of Oceania and SE Asia.

Field Research Experience

2012 Greece. Island archaeology and ethnoarchaeology, University of Athens. 2011 Field studies at , Pohnpei, Micronesia. September. Architectural site mapping and paleoethnobotany August-Sept 2010 Archaeological research on early Austronesian landscape and ceramics: Taiwan. 2008 Archaeological research on Pohnpei, Micronesia. July-August. 2005-06 Austronesian Aboriginal landscapes study (preliminary), Taiwan, July-August. 2004 Easter Island projects; UNESCO-JAPON Archaeological Conservation Project. 2004 Archaeology and Linguistics Research and Training: Rism Project, Aug- September, on Pohnpei and Mwoakilloa Atoll, Micronesia 2004 Taiwan Austronesian Aboriginal Place Names Project. July-August. 2003-5 Easter Island projects; UNESCO- Archaeological Conservation Project. 2003 Archaeological Research/Training Project, Pohnpei, Micronesia, Jan 2003 2002 Initial UNESCO/Japan Easter Island project, August 2002 2002 Archaeological Research/Training Project, Pohnpei, Micronesia, Jan 2002 2000 Archaeological Survey, Island of Hawai'i (with A. Haun). 1998-99 Archaeology Research and Training Project, Pohnpei, Micronesia (with S. Fitzpatrick and C. Descantes). September 1998, June-July 1999. 1997-99 Historic Preservation Training Project, Palau, Micronesia (with S. Fitzpatrick and C. Descantes). 1994-95 Summers, Research and documentary film production on Pohnpei, Micronesia; Odyssey Productions, Portland, and Discovery Channel, NY Ayres vitae 2

1992 Easter Island, Tongariki Restoration Project 1987-89 Pohnpei, Micronesia, June-July. 1988 Thailand, museum and site visits 1985-86 American Samoa, summers. 1985 Pattani, South Thailand, January-July, Fulbright project. 1984 Pohnpei, Nan Madol Archaeology, April-July. 1977-80 Archaeological Field Research on Ponape, Micronesia, during summers. 1973 NSF funded research on Easter Island, January-September. 1970-71 Field research in as archaeologist at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. (with Yosihiko Sinoto and Kenneth P. Emory) 1968 Archaeologist and supervisor of reconstruction for the Easter Island Committee () and the International Fund for Archaeological Program on Easter Island, East Polynesia, February-August. (with William Mulloy)

Teaching Experience

2012 NCSA/AHA Study Abroad Program, Athens, Greece; Mar-June, 2012. 2007-08 Visiting Professor of Anthropology, Dept. of Anthropology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 1988-pres Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. 1988 Visiting Professor, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Jan-Mar., Institute for Southeast Asian Studies. 1982-88 Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology University of Oregon. 1976-82 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon. 1973-76 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Instructor, 1971-73.

Courses Taught: Introductory Anthropology and Archaeology, Old World , Pacific Islands Archaeology, Prehistory of SE Asia, Ceramic Analysis, Ethno- archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Spatial Archaeology, Lithic Analysis in Archaeology, Prehistory of East Asia, Pacific Islands Studies, Scientific Aids in Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management, Ethnology of Oceania, Anthropological Linguistics, Archaeological Method and Theory. Special Teaching: "Discover Oregon: Freshman Advising Seminar."

Administrative Experience

2006-pres Program Director, Pacific Islands Studies, University of Oregon (Center for Asian and Pacific Studies) 2000- Associate Director, Asian Studies, for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Oregon 1996-99 Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon 1987-97 Director, Pacific Islands Studies Program, University of Oregon and 99- continuing 1988-94 Associate Director, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Univ. of Oregon 1986-94 Chair, Asian Studies Program, University of Oregon 1977-89 Grant Administration. Ponape Archaeological Survey; continuing intermittently 1974-75 Anthropology Program Coordinator (Acting Chairman) Ayres vitae 3

Research Positions

1970-71 Archaeologist at the B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai’i, March 1970- January 1971. 1968 Archaeologist and Supervisor of Reconstruction for the Easter Island Committee of the Republic of Chile and the International Fund for Monuments Archaeological Program on Easter Island.

Publications: Ayres, William S.

2014 Burial Practices in the Archaeological Record on Pohnpei, Eastern Micronesia William S. Ayres and Katherine Seikel. To appear in Monuments and People in the Pacific, Studies in Global Archaeology 19, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University. Accepted for publication. Peer reviewed 2014 The Stone Statues at Ura Uranga Te Mahina, Rapa Nui. William S. Ayres, Joan Wozniak, and José Miguel Ramírez. To appear in Monuments and People in the Pacific, Studies in Global Archaeology 19, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University. Accepted for publication. Peer reviewed. 2013 Austronesian Cultural Heritage: Historic Preservation and Archaeological Conservation in the Western Pacific. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures. 7(1):39-59. http://www.shimajournal.org/current.html Peer-reviewed. 2013 The Archaeology of Nan Madol and Temwen, Pohnpei: Site Distributions, Architecture, and Early Agricultural Features. William Ayres, M. Levin and K. Seikel. Historic Preservation Office, Pohnpei, FSM. (expanded edition; 200 pp). Peer reviewed. 2012 Archaeological Survey, Architectural Studies, and Agricultural Analysis, Nan Madol and Temwen, Pohnpei. Historic Preservation Office, Pohnpei, FSM. (Senior author, with M. Levin and K. Seikel; electronic format report. Peer reviewed. 2010 Chiefdoms and networks in the later prehistory of Micronesia. Invited paper for Pacific Roots Symposium. University of the South Pacific. Suva, . 2010. Paper accepted. 2009 Archaeological Remains at Angier-Karian, Nan Madol, With Supplemental Studies at and Temwen, Pohnpei, FSM. Submitted to Historic Preservation Office, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. (with K. Seikel and M. Levin; 101 pp). 2009 Review of Archaeology and Culture in : Unraveling the Nusantao, by Wilhelm Solheim. Rapa Nui Journal 23(1):73-74. 2008 Comment, Variable Development of Dryland Agriculture in Hawai’i. Current Anthropology 49(5):771-802. Peer-reviewed. 2007 Intra-island source variability on Tutuila, American Samoa, and prehistoric basalt adze exchange in Western Polynesia-Island . Archaeology in Oceania 42: 65-71. (with Q. Winterhoff, J. Wozniak, and E. Lash). Peer reviewed 2006 Archaeological Training Programs in Emerging Micronesian Island Nations. Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 5(1/2): 568-579. (2007) Peer reviewed. 2003 Status Architecture and Stone Resources on Pohnpei, Micronesia: Experiments in Stone Transport. In Pacific Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Richard Shutler, Jr., ed., C. Sand, D. Burley, pp.109-121. Noumea, New Caledonia: CNRS. (with C. Scheller). 2003 Island Archaeology and Issues of Political Centralization: Micronesian Evidence. In World Islands in Prehistory, International Insular Investigations, V Deia. W. Waldren and Ensenyat, eds., pp. 57-67. London: Archaeopress British Archaeological Reports (BAR) No. 1095. Ayres vitae 4

2003 A Shared Responsibility: Archaeological Training Projects in Micronesia, 1997-99. In Indigenous People and Archaeology, T. Peck, E. Siegfried, and G. A. Oetelaar, eds., pp. 175-184. Calgary: Chacmool Archaeological Association. (second author with S. Fitzpatrick). 2002 Archaeology in American Samoa: Maloata, Malaeimi and Malaeloa. In Archaeology of Easter Island and the Pacific. Pacific 2000, Kamuela, Hawai'i. pp. 227-235. Los Osos: Easter Island Foundation. (Ayres, William S., J. Wozniak, G. Robbins and Epi Suafo’a). 2001 Training in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. CRM, Cultural Resource Management, 24(1):48-50 (with Emensio Eperiam). 2000 Easter Island Archaeology: Research on Early Rapanui Culture. (co-edited with C. Stevenson) Los Osos, Ca.: Easter Island Foundation. (edited book). 2000 Easter Island Obsidian Artifacts: Typology and Use-wear. In Easter Island Archaeology: Research on Early Rapanui Culture, C. Stevenson and W. Ayres, eds., pp. 173-190. Los Osos: Easter Island Foundation. (with Robert Spear and F.R. Beardsley). 2000 Analysis of Cremations from Ahu Ko Te Riku, Easter Island. In Easter Island Archaeology: Research on Early Rapanui Culture, C. Stevenson and W. Ayres eds., pp. 125-131. Los Osos: Easter Island Foundation. (with Becky Saleeby). 2000 A Correction: Ayres’s review of Skjolsvold’s (ed), Archaeological Excavations at , Easter Island. Journal of the Polynesian Society 109(2)217-218. 2000 Late Prehistoric--Early Historic Easter Island Subsistence Patterns. In Easter Island Archaeology: Research on Early Rapanui Culture, C. Stevenson and W. Ayres eds., pp. 191-203. Los Osos: Easter Island Foundation. (with B. Saleeby and C. Levy). 2000 Pacific Islands Program Enhancement at the University of Oregon. Bulletin 3, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Oregon, 1998. (volume co-editor) 1999 "Definition, Ownership and Conservation of Indigenous Landscapes at Salapwuk, Pohnpei, Micronesia." In The Archaeology and Anthropology of the Landscape: Shaping your landscape, P. Ucko and R. Layton, eds., pp. 298-321. Proceedings, World Archaeological Congress-3. London: Routledge. (with Rufino Mauricio) 1999 Migrations, Monuments, and Complex Societies. Archaeology at the University of Oregon 2(1):11-14. 1999 Review of Rapanui: Tradition and Survival on Easter Island, by Grant McCall, for American Ethnologist. 26(1):264-265. 1998 Archaeological Investigations of Stone Adzes and Quarries on Easter Island, In Easter Island in Pacific Context: South Seas Symposium, pp., 304-311. Los Osos: Easter Island Foundation. Ayres, William, Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Joan A. Wozniak, and Gordon Goles. 1998 Lithic Resources and Uses of Stone in Oceania. In Easter Island in Pacific Context: South Seas Symposium pp., 277-278. Los Osos: Easter Island Foundation. 1998 Review of Easter Island by Jo Anne Van Tilburg and Easter Island Archaeology at Anakena by A. Skjolsvold, for Journal of the Polynesian Society 107(2):210-212. 1998 Editor of "Self Expression: An Experiential Viewpoint on Art and Education: A Lecture by Soru Subam, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Papua New Guinea." Occasional Paper, Pacific Islands Studies, University of Oregon. (with D. Eisler). 1997 Provenance Study of Lithic Materials in Micronesia. In Prehistoric Long-Distance Interaction in Oceania, ed. by M. Weisler, New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 21, pp. 53-67. Auckland. (with G. Goles and F. R. Beardsley) 1997 Pohnpei Archaeology Component: Salapwuk Archaeology: Survey of Historic and Cultural Resources of . San Francisco: Micronesian Endowment for Ayres vitae 5

Historic Preservation and U.S. National Park Service. (with Rufino Mauricio). 1996 Provenance Determination of Easter Island Volcanic Glass Artifacts. Archaeological Chemistry, Proceedings of the American Chemical Society. pp. 47-63. (with F. Beardsley and G. Goles). 1995 Easter Island Stone Images and Architecture. In La Terra del [The Land of the Moai], edited by Giuseppe Orefici, Centro Studi Recerchi Ligabue. (in Italian). 1995 Geiseler's Easter Island Report: An 1880s Anthropological Account. Annotated, edited translation of Geiseler's Die Öster_Insel. Eine Stätte prähistorischer Kultur in der Südsee (Easter Island: A Prehistoric Culture in the South Seas), 1883. Asian and Pacific Archaeology. Honolulu: University of Hawaii. 1995 Pacific Islands Studies Program Enhancement at the University of Oregon. Bulletin 3, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. 1995 Review of The Rock Art of Easter Island: Symbols of Power, Prayers to the Gods, by G. Lee. Asian Perspectives 34(2):315-317. 1995 The Hunter-Gatherer to Food Producer Transition in Southern Thailand. In Archaeology of Northeast Asia and the Pacific Regions, Festschrift for Professor S.N. Rhee, pp. 65- 88. Seoul: Korean Ancient Historical Society. 1995 Review of The To'aga Site: Three Millennia of Polynesian Occupation in the Manu'a Islands, American Samoa, by P. Kirch and T. Hunt. American Antiquity 60(2):583-84. 1995 Pacific Islands Language Study at the University of Oregon. Bulletin 3, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. 1994. (with Sidney Kinnaman). 1992 Nan Madol, Pohnpei. SAA Bulletin. Vol. 10, Nov. 1992. Society for Amer. Archaeology. 1992 Indigenous Landscapes, Historic Preservation, and Environmental Conservation. In Environment and Archaeology: Emerging Trends and New Techniques for Heritage Management and Sustainable Development in Tropical Forest Areas. New World Conference on Rescue Archaeology, AG. Pantel, K.A. Schneider, and G. Loyola-Black, eds, pp. 280-294. Atlanta/San Juan: Organization of American States, US Forest Service (with R. Mauricio). 1991 Characterization of Easter Island Obsidian Sources. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 11:179-187. Proceedings of the 14th Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Meetings, Yogyakarta. (with F. Beardsley and G. Goles). 1990 Pohnpei's Position in Eastern Micronesian Prehistory, Micronesica, Supplement 2: Proceedings, Indo Pacific Prehistory Association, , 1990, pp. 187-212. 1990 Mystery Islets of Micronesia. Archaeology Jan-Feb 1990, pp. 58-63. 1990 Prehistoric Food Production in Micronesia. In Pacific Production Systems: Approaches to Economic Prehistory, ed. Douglas Yen and M.J.M. Mummery, pp. 211-227. Papers from a Symposium at the XVth Pacific Science Congress, New Zealand. (with Alan Haun). Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. 1988 The Settlement Complex. In First International Congress: Easter Island and East Polynesia. Vol.1. Archaeology, ed. by C. Cristino F., P. Vargas C., R. Izaurieta S., and R. Budd P., pp. 95-119. Santiago: Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Estudios Isla de Pascua. 1988 Review of Prehistory in Oceania by J. Terrell, American Antiquity, 1987, 53(4):876-877. 1988 Review of Tikopia: Prehistory and Ecology of a Polynesian Outlier by Kirch and Yen 1982. Asian Perspectives, 1987. 25 (2):143-145. 1987 Stone Adzes from Pohnpei, Micronesia. Archaeology in Oceania 22: 27-31. (with R. Mauricio). 1986 Easter Island Subsistence. Journal de la Société des Océanistes 80, Tome XLI, for June 1985, pp. 103-127. Paris. Ayres vitae 6

1986 The Austronesian Expansion: Review of Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago, by P. Bellwood. Science 232:1280-1281. 1985 Archaeology in Southern Thailand. In Rusamilae, pp. 83-86. Pattani: Prince of Songkla University (with Khate Ratanajarana; in Thai). 1985 "Archaeological Perspectives on Food Production in Eastern Micronesia." Proceedings of Symposium on Prehistoric Intensive Agriculture in the Tropics (ANU), Ian Farrington, ed., British Archaeological Reports. Int. series 232, pp. 455-473. 1985 "Micronesian Prehistory: Research on Ponape, Eastern ." Proceedings of the Xth ICAES Post_Plenary Symposium 'Recent Advances in Indo-Pacific Prehistory,' Poona, India. 1978, pp. 399-409. 1984 The Acheulean in Asia? A review of Research on Korean Paleolithic Culture. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1984. (with Song Nai Rhee). Vol. 50, pp. 35-48. 1983 "Archaeology at Nan Madol, Ponape." Bulletin 4 of the Indo_Pacific Prehistory Association, Canberra. pp. 135-142. 1981 Easter Island Fishing. Asian Perspectives, William Mulloy Memorial Volume. Vol. XXII:61-92. 1981 Easter Island Archaeology Twenty-five Years after the Norwegian Expedition. A Review of the Ahu A Kivi-Vai Teka Complex. Asian Perspectives, William Mulloy Memorial Volume. Vol. XXII:93-99. 1981 Subsistence and Settlement on Ponape, Micronesia. Micronesian Archaeological Survey Reports No. 4. (Ponape Archaeological Survey Report 78-2). Saipan: Historic Preservation Office. 1981. 176 pp. (with Alan E. Haun and Craig Severance). 1980 Ponape Archaeological Survey: 1977 Research. Micronesian Archaeological Reports No.1. Saipan: Historic Preservation Office. (with A. E. Haun).

Selected pre-1980 publications: 1979 Archaeological Survey in Micronesia. Current Anthropology 20(3):61-92. 1971 Radiocarbon Dates from Easter Island, East Polynesia. Journal of the Polynesian Society 80(4):497-504. 1970 Archaeological Survey and Excavations: Kamana-Nui Valley, Moanalua, South Halawa Valley, Halawa. Report 70-8. Revised edition 1971. Honolulu: Anthropology Department, Bishop Museum. [other pre-1980 publications not included here]

Selected Research/Consulting Reports (recent)

2012 Archaeological Survey, Architectural Studies, and Agricultural Analysis, Nan Madol and Temwen, Pohnpei. Submitted to the Historic Preservation Office, Pohnpei, FSM. (with M. Levin and K. Seikel; electronic format report). 2009 Archaeological Remains at Angier-Karian, Nan Madol, With Supplemental Studies at Sokehs and Temwen, Pohnpei, FSM. Submitted to Historic Preservation Office, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. (with K. Seikel and M. Levin; 101 pp). 2006 Recent Archaeological Investigations in Malaeloa, Afao and Asili, American Samoa. Report 06-1, Pacific Island Archaeological Laboratory, University of Oregon. (with Q. Winterhoff and D. Rigtrup). 2006 Report to UNESCO on Rapanui Archaeological Site Conservation (in progress). 2004 Report to Research Institute for the Study of Man, Columbia University. Ayres vitae 7

2004 Archaeological Inventory Survey: TMK: 3-9-5-14:6, Por. 7, 29. Land of Honu’apo, Ka’u District, Island of Hawai’i. Report 013-071500. Haun and Associates, Keaau, Hawai’i.; by Alan Haun, Dave Henry, and William S. Ayres. 2004 Proyecto Unesco-Japón-Rapa Nui: “Preservation of the Archaeological Patrimony of the Isla de Pascua.” A Report on Field Conservation for Archaeological and Cultural Resources on Rapa Nui, Chile, 2002-2004, Rapa Nui (in progress). UNESCO reports. 2004 Site Conservation at Nan Madol, Pohnpei. Pohnpei State Historic Preservation Program. October 2004. 2003 Report on Training Program in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Mangement, Pohnpei, Micronesia. 2002 Archaeological Mapping Training Project: A report on 2002 field projects on Palau and Pohnpei, Micronesia. April 2002. Submitted to University of Guam/Sasakawa Foundation. 2001 Final Performance Report on a Project for Pacific Islands Studies Program Development (Grant 84.016), Prepared for the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program, U.S. Dept. of Education, rev. 2001. 2001 Palau Archaeological Mapping Training Project: A report on 2000 field project on Palau, Micronesia. April 2001. Submitted to University of Guam/Sasakawa Foundation. (with Scott Fitzpatrick). 2001 Final Performance Report on a Project for Pacific Islands Studies Program Development (Grant 84.016), Prepared for the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program, U.S. Dept. of Education, rev. 2001. 2001 Palau Archaeological Mapping Training Project: A report on 2000 field project on Palau, Micronesia. April 2001. Submitted to University of Guam/Sasakawa Foundation. (with Scott Fitzpatrick). 2000 Archaeological Inventory Survey, Land of Honu'apo, Ka'u District, Island of Hawai'i (Tmk: 3-9-5-14:6,por. 7, 29). Report to C. Brewer Corporation, Hawai'i. (with A. Haun, senior author). 1999 Malaeimi Research Project, Report on American Samoa Community College- University of Oregon Field School in Archaeology, Summer 1998. 1999 Historic Preservation Field Archaeology Training/Mapping Project: A Report on the 1998 Project, Pohnpei, Micronesia. June 1999. To Bishop Museum/East-West Center, Hawaii. 1998 The Nan Madol Archaeological and Historic Preservation Project: Research at Pahndipap and Peikapw (1995). Submitted to Historic Preservation Office, Federated States of Micronesia and Pohnpei State. 63 pp. 1998 Historic Preservation Field Archaeology Training/Mapping Project: A Report on the 1997 Project, Palau, Micronesia. Feb. 1998. Submitted to Bishop Museum/Sasakawa Foundation. 1997 Second-Year Performance Report on a Project for Pacific Islands Studies Program Development (Grant 84.016), Prepared for the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program, U.S. Dept. of Education, 1997. 1997 Report on USDE Title VI Program Directors' Meeting, March 1997. Office of International Education, Washington, D.C. Submitted to the UO Office of International Affairs. 1993 An Archaeological Heritage Preservation and Restoration Project for Rapa Nui. Ayres vitae 8

Report on the UNESCO-Japan Funds in Trust Mission to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), August 1993. Submitted to UNESCO, Paris 1993 Interdisciplinary Pacific Islands Studies Program at the University of Oregon. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, August 1993. 1992 Nan Madol Archaeology. Final Report, 1987-90. Submitted to National Endowment for the Humanities, April 1992. 1990 "Salapwuk Archaeology: 1989 Survey of Historic and Cultural Resources of Pohnpei State." Submitted to the Micronesian Resources Survey, March 1990. 163 pp. (with R. Mauricio). 1990 "Report on Geochemical Sourcing of Archaeological Materials, Nan Madol Project, Pohnpei, Micronesia." Report submitted to the American Anthropological Association-Wray Found. for grant support in interdisciplinary research, (35 pp.) 1989 "Nan Madol Archaeology: 1988 Interim Report." Submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C. 1987 "Tutuila Archaeological Survey: 1985." Submitted to the Historic Preservation Office, American Samoa (with David Eisler).

Recent Grants Received (last fifteen years)

2014 Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Oregon, grant for research travel. 2013 Faculty Research Award, University of Oregon, for archaeological research on Easter Island (Rapanui). 2010-11 Archaeological research on early Austronesian ceramics: Taiwan. Support from Lokey CAMCOR Microanalysis lab, University of Oregon (in kind). 2010 Archaeological Survey, Architectural and Agricultural Analysis: Nan Madol and Temwen, , 2010. Federated States of Micronesia and Pohnpei State Historic Preservation Programs and U.S. National Park Service. This includes six students supported in the field. 2009 Travel grant for 24th International Cartography Conference Chile, November 2009, from the US National Committee to the International Cartographic Association. Conference in Santiago, Chile. 2008 Invited International Delegate, with support, Pacific Roots Symposium, Suva, Fiji 1-5 Dec. 2008, French and Fijian governments. 2008 Micronesia-Taiwan Relationships as expressed in early ceramic technology. Internal grant: Vice Provost for Research (For 08-09). Initiated in summer 08. 2008 Identification and Mapping of Selected Architectural Complexes at Nan Madol, Pohnpei. Federated States of Micronesia Historic Preservation Program, FSM Government, 2008. (with grad students Katherine Seikel and Reecie Levin; $9,800). 2007-08 National Science Council of Taiwan (through National Taiwan University). Year Faculty Support plus travel and research support. $60,000. 2007 Identification and Mapping of Selected Architectural Complexes at Nan Madol, Pohnpei. Historic Preservation Program, Federated States of Micronesia. (with K. Seikel). 2005 Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, small grant for travel to Micronesia, Jan 2006. 2005 Stone Adze Production and Distribution, American Samoa. National Science Foundation. Dissertation grant for Q. Winterhoff. 2004 Project Development Grant, Taiwan. External Grant Fund, University of Oregon. 2003 Research Institute for the Study of Man, Columbia University, for graduate field training, $20,000 2003-05 UNESCO/CHILE Preservation of the Archaeological Cultural Heritage of Easter Island, Ayres vitae 9

Chile. Chief Archaeologist. ($500,000 project; continuation for 2001-04). 2003 Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, small grant for travel to Japan, June-July 2003. 2003 Continuation: Archaeological Survey and Historic Preservation Training Project for Pohnpei and Palau, Micronesia. University of Guam and the Sasakawa Foundation, Japan. 2002 Grant for instructional innovation, EDTEC program, University of Oregon, 2002-2004, $12,000 2004 UNESCO/CHILE Preservation of the Archaeological Cultural Heritage of Easter Island, Chile. Chief Archaeologist. ($1,000,000 project) (continuation from 2001). 2001 , Washington, D.C., Senior Fellowship, for 2000-2001 (Spring). 2001 Sasakawa Foundation/University of Guam, Year 2 of 3 years; Summer 2001 project for research and training in archaeology and historic preservation, Federated States of Micronesia (Pohnpei) and Republic of Palau, $30,000 2001 University of Oregon, Summer Research Award, $5,000 2001 Professional/writing grant for Pohnpei Archaeology, Win 02, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies 2001 Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, UO, grant for Southeast Asian Studies speakers series, 2001-2002, $9,000. 2001 Grant for conducting summer field school for American Samoa Community College for the third year, August 2001; $3,000. US Park Service. Research on early Samoan stone tools and ceramics. 2001 Research project on Micronesian archaeology. Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Oregon. 2000 Request to serve as archaeological consultant for a proposal developed by EuroChile Institute, Santiago Chile, entitled "Proyecto: Estrategias Y Acciones Para La Conservación, Uso Y Aprovechamiento Sustentable De Los Recursos Patrimoniales De Isla De Pascua [Easter Island]." Nov 2000. 2000 Northwest Academic Computing Consortium for 3D-Imaging of Artifacts. (with Jeff Clark, State University). 2000- Archaeological Survey and Historic Preservation Training Project for Pohnpei and 2003 Palau, Micronesia. University of Guam and the Sasakawa Foundation, Japan. 1998 and 99 Training Project and Research in Palau on Historic Preservation and early Stone Quarrying from East-West Center, Hawaii. 1998 and 99 Mapping Training and Research Project on Pohnpei, Micronesia, from Bishop Museum/East-West Center, Hawaii. 1998-99 Grant for conducting summer field school for American Samoa Community College. 1997 Bishop Museum/Sasakawa Foundation grant for historic preservation training. 1996-97 Reactor Sharing Program Grant, Oregon State University, for geochemical provenance study of Easter Island stone materials and ceramics, with G. Goles. 1996 Skaggs Foundation for Archaeology and Site Conservation, Nan Madol, Pohnpei 1996 Easter Island Lithic Study: Neutron Activation Sample Processing. Oregon State University Radiation Facility. 1995 The Discovery Channel/Odyssey Productions for archaeological research on Pohnpei filmed as a television documentary. 1995 Historic Preservation Grant for Pohnpei Training Session and Nan Madol Project, US National Park Service. 1995-97 U.S. Department of Education, Undergraduate International Studies and Languages Program, for "Humanities in the Pacific Islands: Language, Culture and Art," University of Oregon, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. Ayres vitae 10

1994 Travel grant and support for World Archaeological Congress-3, New Delhi, World Archaeological Congress. 1993 Social Science Research Initiative Grant, University of Oregon for Easter Island archaeology. 1992 President's Initiative for Undergraduate Teaching, University of Oregon, for Computer Graphics in Teaching Archaeology. 1992-94 U.S. Department of Education, Undergraduate International Studies and Languages Program, for "Pacific Islands Studies Program," University of Oregon, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. 1991 U.S. Department of Education, Undergraduate International Studies and Languages Program, for "Interdisciplinary Pacific Islands Studies Program." 1987-90 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Nan Madol Archaeology (including 10 private foundation supplemental grants; Wenner-Gren Foundation, Skaggs Foundation, AAA-Wray Foundation). 1988-92 Reactor Sharing Program Grant, Oregon State University, for geochemical provenance study of Pohnpei building materials and ceramics, with G. Goles. (3 grants). 1987 Geo-Anthropology Planning Grant, University of Oregon (Co-Investigator), ceramic technology and lithic database projects. 1987 Faculty Research Award, summer 1987, University of Oregon 1986 Northwest Inter-Institutional Exchange Grant, USIS (Participant). Exchange with Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, for 1987. 1986- Participant in the University of Oregon's Southeast Asia grant from the US Dept. of Education, 1986-87, 1989-90; Center, 1990-94, 1995- 1986 University Innovation Grant for teaching "Archaeology for Educators" during summer 1986 (renewed for 1987). 1985-86 Samoa Archaeological Survey, Historic Preservation Office, American Samoa. 1983-84 National Geographic Society grant for archaeological project at Nan Madol, Ponape.

Selected pre-1980 grants:

1977- Numerous grants for field work on Pohnpei, Micronesia. 1979 US National Academy of Sciences travel grant for the Xth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, New Delhi and Pune, India. 1976 American Philosophical Society grant for study of ethnological collections at Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, and the Smithsonian Institution. 1973 National Science Foundation grant for "Excavation of Habitation Sites on Easter Island. 1973-1974. 1969 Wenner-Gren Foundation grant for dissertation research. Easter Island.

Fellowships

2001 Senior Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, for "Material Culture and Archaeology, Nan Madol, Pohnpei, Micronesia" (Spring 2002). 2001 Summer Research Fellowship, University of Oregon. 1991 National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Fellowship for Nan Madol Research and Writing. 1984 Fulbright Award for archaeological consulting and teaching at the Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, Thailand, Jan-July, 1985. Ayres vitae 11

1982 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for archaeological consultation and research in Japan (April-August).

Consultantships/Review Panels

UNESCO, Global Heritage Fund, Australian National University, Fulbright/CIES; Institute for International Exchange; History Channel; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Oxford Bibliographies Online; U.S. Dept. of Education, Javits Fellowship Program (1991-95, 98); BBC Television; National Science Foundation; National Taiwan University, Taiwan; National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; National Park Service; National Geographic Society; various university presses and journals. I was nominated and served as the chief archaeologist to represent Chile in UNESCO's Japan Funds in Trust program on Easter Island, (2001-2005).

Recent Papers Presented (selected, since 1987)

2014 “Colonization of Eastern Micronesia: The Place of Pohnpei.” William S. Ayres Invited paper: Spatial Dynamics in Oceania/La pratique de l’espace en Océanie Découverte, appropriation et emergence des systèmes sociaux traditionnels. Paris, January, 2014. 2013 “Peopling the Past: Contemporary Views of the Archaeologically-Known Pacific Islands“ Invited paper for “Island Studies: West Coast Canada and Beyond” 2013 Conference, Gabriola Island, BC. (Athabasca University, Thompson Rivers University, and Vancouver Island University) May 10-12, 2013. Sole author. 2013 “Architectural Analysis of Stone Monuments from Pohnpei, Micronesia.” K. Seikel and W. Ayres (junior author). Invited paper at symposium on Micronesia, Society for American Archaeology, annual meeting, Honolulu, HI, April 2013. 2012 “The Stone Statues of Ahu Ura Uranga te Mahina, Rapa Nui.” W. Ayres, J. Wozniak, and J. M. Ramírez Aliaga. 8th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, Santa Rosa, CA. Easter Island Foundation. 2012 “Mortuary Architecture on Pohnpei: A Case Study from Temwen Island.” A. Craib, D. Stanzak, K. Seikel, and W. Ayres. 8th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, Santa Rosa, CA. Easter Island Foundation. 2012 “Prehistoric Food Production in Pohnpei, Micronesia: Archaeological and Preliminary Paleoethnobotanical Evidence.” M. Levin and W. Ayres. . 8th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, Santa Rosa, CA. Easter Island Foundation. 2012 “Evidence for Prehistoric Food Production Systems on Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia: Preliminary Results” M. Levin and W. Ayres. Society for American Archaeology Annual meeting, (poster). May 2012. 2012 American School of Classical Studies Conference, Athens. Interdisciplinary Session on Archaeology, Invited by conference organizer, Prof. Lilian Karali. “Islands: Pacific Islands as Microcosms and Seascapes.” May 2012. 2012 “Pacific Islands archaeology and environmental change.” Invited lecture, University of Athens, Greece, Spring 2012. 2011 “Colonization and Culture Change on Pohnpei: 2500 years of Island Adaptation in Micronesia. Invited paper for Symposium: Agents of Globalization in the Asian-Pacific Context. 22nd Pacific Science Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2011. 2011 “Megalithic Architecture in Island Environments: Pacific Cases.” Invited paper at the 2nd Island Dynamics Conference: Taking Malta out of the box, Malta, May 2011 (with Reidar Ayres vitae 12

Solsvik, Kon Tiki Museum). 2010 “The Status of Chicken as a Prehistory Dietary Component, Rapa Nui, Polynesia.” Invited paper at the International Council for Archaeozoology, 11th international Conference, Paris 23 - 28 August 2010. 2009 “Archaeological Perspectives on Monumental Architecture from Pohnpei, Micronesia.” Invited paper for the symposium, “Monumental Architecture in the Pacific,” 19th Congress, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Hanoi, Vietnam, 29 Nov-05 Dec, 2009. Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology. 2009 Participant. Eleventh International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics. Aussois, France. 22-26 June 2009. 2009 “Historic Preservation Programs and Projects in Pohnpei, FSM.” Pacific Island Archaeology in the 21st Century: Relevance & Engagement Conference. Koror, Republic of Palau, July 2009. (with J. Lebehn). 2008 Chiefdoms and Networks in the late Prehistory of Micronesia. Invited Participant, Pacific Roots Symposium, University of the South Pacific. Suva, Fiji, 1-4 Dec. 2008 Interactions between Micronesians and Euro-Americans in Early 19th Century Pohnpei. Symposium: Contact, Conflict, and Accommodation: Entangled Identities in Colonial Settings, 2008 Annual Meeting, American Society for Ethnohistory, November. (with K. Seikel). 2008 Evolutionary Efflorescence on Easter Island. Presented at “'Island' as a metaphor for investigating eco-systems, landscape, and identity.” World Archaeological Congress, Dublin. Paper presented by co-author Reidar Solsvik. July 2008. 2008 Historic Preservation and Archaeological Conservation in the Western Pacific: Austronesian Culture Heritage. Invited Paper presented at the Austronesian Workshop, Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. May 2008. 2008 Writing up Graduate Research and Dissertations in the Social Sciences. Invited lecture. Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. April 2008. 2008 The Archaeology of Early Austronesian migrations. Guest Lecture, National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu, Taiwan. March 2008 2008 Culture Change on Easter Island (Rapa Nui): Early Polynesian Colonization and Chiefdom Evolution. Invited paper, Lecture series, Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. March 2008. 2008 Developments in Early Austronesian Colonization and Oceanic Adaptation. Invited Paper presented in the Workshop on Post-Lapita Oceanic Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. March 2008. 2008 Cultural Heritage Preservation in Pacific Islands Nations. Guest Lecture, presented at the Museum of Prehistory, Taidong, Taiwan. March 2008. 2008 “Early Austronesian Culture.” Invited Lecture, National Museum of Prehistory and Academia Sinica, Taidong, Taiwan. March 2008. 2008 Ayres, William S., K. Seikel, and M. Levin. Identification and Mapping of Architectural Complexes at Nan Madol, with Supplemental Research at Ipwal, Sokehs, and Temwen, Madolenihmw, Pohnpei 2008. (presented by Jason Lebehn, Pohnpei Historic Preservation Office, in August 2008). 2007 Material Culture, Landscapes and Anthropological Knowledge. Keynote Address for International Conference 2007: Data and Interpretation: On Contemporary Understanding of Anthropological Knowledge. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. November 2007.

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2007 Obsidian Use and Tool Production on Rapa Nui: Evidence from Ana Pu O Rangi Rockshelter. VIIth International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific Islands, Visby, Sweden 2007, August (with M. Levin and K. Seikel). 2007 Recent Archaeological Conservation Efforts on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile. 21st Pacific Science Congress, Naha, Okinawa. June. (with J.M. Ramiriez and R. Rapu.) 2006 Archaeological Training Programs in Micronesian Island Nations. International Pacific Preservation Symposium, Jan. 2006. Majuro, Republic of the . 2005 Prehistoric Adze Production, Malaeloa, Samoa. Poster, Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, , 2005. (with Quent Winterhoff). 2004 Samoan Stone Adze Provenance Studies. Easter Island and the East Pacific Conference, Vina del Mar, Chile, Sept. 2004. with Quent Winterhoff, Joan Wozniak. 2004 Proyecto Unesco-Japón-Rapa Nui: “Preservation of the Archaeological Patrimony of the Isla de Pascua.” A Report on Field Conservation for Archaeological and Cultural Resources on Rapa Nui, Chile, 2002-2004, Rapa Nui. Presented for the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales, Rapanui, Isla de Pascua, Chile, January 2004. 2003 Quarry Activities in Western Tutuila, American Samoa: A short step in a long distance interaction sphere. Poster presentation, 2003 American Anthropological Association meetings, Chicago. (With Q. Winterhoff, J. Wozniak, and E. Lash). 2003 Oregon Consortium for Asian Studies annual meeting, Portland Oregon 21-23 February, 2003 2003 Training in Historic Preservation and Archaeology, Sasakawa Foundation Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, June 2003. 2002 Technological Evolution of Early Ceramics in Central-Eastern Micronesia. Paper presented in Micronesian Archaeology Symposium, 17th Indo-Pacific Prehistory Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 2002. 2002 Linguistic and Archaeological Evidence for a Pohnpeian Interaction Sphere, Eastern Caroline Islands. Paper presented in Micronesian Archaeology Symposium, 17th Indo- Pacific Prehistory Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 2002. Also, symposium chair and panel presenter. 2002 American Anthropological Association annual meeting, New Orleans, November. To conduct faculty recruitment interviews 2002 "Island Archaeology and Issues of Ceramic Technological Change. Invited paper for Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, Denver, Colorado. April 2001 "Island Perspectives on Global Environmental Change: People/Nature Interactions in Microcosm." Archaeology Lecture Series, Oregon Museum of Natural History, Oct 2001. 2001 "Island Archaeology and Issues of Political Centralization: Micronesian Evidence." Resume for World Islands in Prehistory Conference, Deia, Mallorca, Sept. 2001. 2001 "Archaeological Expressions of Community Structure: Evidence from Southern Thailand." Presented at Joint NW Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies and Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Association Conference, Victoria, BC, Oct. 2001. Also, symposium chair and panel presenter, Southeast Asian Studies. 2001 Conference for Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Portland, 14-15 May, 2001 2000 Invited presentation of the film "Islands of Mystery: Nan Madol, Pohnpei," at the ICRONOS International Archaeological Film Festival, Bordeaux, France, Oct 2000. Honorable Mention for this film, for which I served as the archaeological consultant and co-editor. 2000 "Materials for Stone Adz Production on Easter Island."Pacific 2000 , Hawai'i, Aug, 2000. (with J. Wozniak, S. Fitzpatrick, and G. Goles). Ayres vitae 14

2000 "Archaeology in American Samoa: Maloata and Malaeloa.Pacific 2000, Hawai'i, Aug, 2000. (with J. Wozniak and G. Robbins). 2000 American Anthropological Association Meeting. San Francisco, Nov. 2000 (departmental recruiting). 1999 "A Shared Responsibility: Archaeological Training Projects in Micronesia." Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Canada Nov. 1999. (second author with Scott Fitzpatrick) 1999 Waseda-OUS Asia Pacific Conference, Portland, 28-30 Oct 1999. Conference symposium organizer: Area Studies and Study of the Globalization Process in Higher Education: Efforts at Conceptual, Administrative, and Research Integration at the University of Oregon. Paper: "The Pacific Islands in the Context of Area and Global Studies: Environments, Culture Change and Microstates" 1999 Society for American Archaeology, Chicago. Presented a paper: "A Preliminary Investigation of Yapese Stone "Money" Quarries in Palau, Western Caroline Islands, Micronesia. (with S. Fitzpatrick). 1999 1998 "Stone Use in Prehistoric Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia," an invited paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology meetings, Seattle. (senior author, with Fitzpatrick, Wozniak, and Goles). 1998 1998 Society for American Archaeology, Seattle. Invited chair of a session on Pacific Islands Archaeology. 1998 1997 "Historic Period Archaeological Sites and Islander-Visitor Interaction on Pohnpei, Micronesia." Invited paper presented at the Symposium: Archaeology as Historical Anthropology in the Western Pacific, Chacmool Conference, Calgary, 1997. 1997 "Stone Adzes and Quarries on Easter Island. Easter Island International Conference: South Seas Symposium, Albuquerque, , 1997, Lithic Resources and Uses of Stone in Oceania. (Symposium organizer; co-author with Goles, Fitzpatrick, and Wozniak) 1997 Organizing Committee for the 4th International Easter Island Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aug 1997. 1996 Panel on Area Studies. As principal investigator for a U.S. Dept. of Education grant, at International Studies Association annual meeting in San Diego., in March 1996. 1994 "Landscapes and Cultural Conservation in Salapwuk, Pohnpei." World Archaeological Congress-3, New Delhi, India, Dec 1994. (Symposium co-organizer) 1994 "Provenance Study of Lithic Materials in Micronesia: The Pohnpei Case." Invited paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Symposium on Prehistory Long- Distance Interaction in Oceania. Anaheim, CA, 1994 (with G. Goles and F. Beardsley). 1993 "Nan Madol and the Evolution of Social Complexity, Pohnpei, Micronesia." Invited paper presented at the AAA, Symposium on Emergence of Cultural Complexity, Nov. 1993. 1992 "Archaeology, Oral History, and Historic Preservation in Salapwuk, Pohnpei." Invited paper presented at the International Environment and Archaeology Congress, Puerto Rico, December 1992. 1992 "Dietary and Social Context of Prestige Fish, Pohnpei, Micronesia." Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Pittsburg, April 1992. 1991 Invited chair of a session entitled "Forty Years of Fulbright-Sponsored Anthropology in Thailand," at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in New Orleans in November, 1991. I presented "Archaeology of South Thailand: Early Food Production in SE Asia" in that session. 1991 "Salapwuk Archaeology: Archaeology and Oral History" Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Charleston, S.C., 1991. (with R. Mauricio). Ayres vitae 15

1990 "Geochemical Sourcing of Easter Island Obsidian" Paper presented at the IPPA Congress, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Aug 1990. (with F. Beardsley and G. Goles). 1989 "Archaeology of South Thailand: Early Food Production in Peninsular Southeast Asia". Paper presented at the Northwest Consortium of Southeast Asian Studies and Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Association meeting, Vancouver, B.C. Nov, 1989. 1989 "Micronesian Ceramics: the View from Pohnpei". Paper presented at the Circum-Pacific Prehistory Conference, Seattle, August 1989. (with R. Bryson). William S. Ayres, conference co-convener. 1987 "Pohnpei's Position in Eastern Micronesian Prehistory. Invited paper read at the Indo- Pacific Prehistory Association's Micronesian Archaeological Conference, Guam, Sept. 1987.

Selected University Committees

Editorial Board, Kon Tiki Museum, Oslo, publication series, 2008-.

University Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Committee, 2000-2010 Pacific Islands Studies Committee, 1987 -; Chair, 1987-97, 1999- present Center for Asian and Pacific Studies Board, 1998-2000 Asian Studies Committee, Univ. of Oregon, 1982-98, 99- ; Chair, 1986-94 University Council on International and Foreign Area Programs, 1987-1989 Student Disabilities Committee, 1994-2000 Southeast Asian Studies Committee, University of Oregon, 1986-present; Associate Director, 2000- Social Science Instructional Laboratory Committee, 1990-2000 Data Services Laboratory, 1991-2000 University Senate, 1985-87 Other: University Advisor, College of Arts and Sciences, Undeclared Advisor Program, 2001-2007, 2009-2012.

Organizations

Society for American Archaeology and several sub-organizations; Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association; American Anthropological Association; The Polynesian Society; Society for Archaeological Sciences; Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania; New Zealand Archaeological Association; Sigma Xi; Associate, "Current Anthropology;" Pacific Science Association.

Languages

Read and speak some Spanish; Read German, some conversation; Conversational Pohnpeian; some Thai; work in Polynesian linguistics.

Special Honors and Boards

Awarded the traditional Pohnpeian chiefly title: "Oun Pohnpei en Madar" by the Soulik (Chief) of Awak Powe, Uh District, Ponape, in 1979. Ayres vitae 16

Appointed by the to the Historic Preservation Review Board for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1979; Pohnpei State Review Board, 1987-93. Editorial Board, Kon Tiki Museum, Oslo, publication series, 2008-. 04/2014