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Traditional Communication Patterns in the Marshall Islands About 2700Km North of Fiji and 1500Km East of 1) MICRONESIAN JOURNAL OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Vol. 4, nº 1 Dry Season Issue June 2005 TRADITIONAL AND NINETEENTH CENTURY COMMUNICATION PATTERNS IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS Dirk HR Spennemann Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University In the atoll world of Micronesia, any traditional communication between the populations within an atoll and especially between atolls relied on sea voyages by canoe. This paper considers the situation in the Marshall Islands, a group of atolls arranged in two parallel chains. The paper sets out the (re-)construction of communications networks based on graph theory and then provides a discussion of the evidence on communications in the early Marshall Islands. This draws together data as diverse as traditional stick charts, known voyages and their durations, as well as linguistics, epi- demiology and biogeography. Based on a combination of these data a network model is proposed. Micronesians have a long and well-deserved This study will examine the communication reputation for long-distance open sea voyaging patterns in the Marshall Islands during the in canoes that are deemed small by European eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It does not standards. Navigation occurred by stars and by consider the nature and direction of initial an understanding of wave patterns caused by colonisation. While ethnographic sources, as the reflection and refraction of the ocean swell well as the observations made by early visitors by the various atolls and islands. Unlike in ter- contain some scattered information on tradi- restrial environments, any communication be- tional communications patterns in the Marshall tween the populations within an atoll and Islands, to date no systematic assessment has especially between atolls had to rely on sea been attempted. voyages by canoe. Given the in-depth know- This paper will first carry out the modelling ledge of navigation Micronesians possessed, of a communications network between the one can theorize that communication could atolls of the Marshall Islands based on graph have occurred between any two given islands theory. These models will then be compared without the involvement of intermediary with the collated available evidence, derived islands or stepping stones. While the theoreti- from historical and archival sources as well as cal connectivity is only limited by the overall from linguistic, epidemiological and biogeo- number of islands, connectivity in the real graphical data. world is influenced and governed by techno- logical aspects, such as the reliance of the ca- THE SETTING noes on the presence of wind, and the social The Marshall Islands, comprising 29 atolls and aspects, such as inter-atoll alliances and de- 5 islands, are located in the north-west equa- pendencies. torial Pacific, about 3790km west of Honolulu, This is a peer reviewed contribution. Received: 30 Jun 2005; Revised: 8 Sep 2005 Accepted: 9 Sep 2005 © Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences ISSN 1449-7336 Letao Publishing, PO Box 3080, Albury NSW, Australia 25 26 Observations on traditional communication patterns in the Marshall Islands about 2700km north of Fiji and 1500km east of 1). The atolls can be as small as Taka Atoll with Ponape. With the exception of the two north- only 0.6 km2 combined land area or as large as western atolls, Enewetak and Ujelang, the Mar- Kwajalein Atoll, the world’s largest atoll with a shall Islands are arranged in two island chains lagoon area of 2,174 km2 but only 16.4 km2 running roughly NNW to SSE: the western combined landmass (Table 1). Ralik Chain and the eastern Ratak Chain (figure Table 1. Geographical characteristics of the atolls of the Marshall Islands. Location Ratio land to (Lat. & Long No. of Land area (km2) Lagoon area (km2) lagoon area Atoll North East Islets area rank area rank ratio rank Ailinginae 11°10' 166°20' 25 2.80 19 105.96 19 2.64 11 Ailinglaplap 7°26' 169°00' 52 14.69 3 750.29 6 1.96 16 Ailuk 10°20' 169°52' 35 5.36 16 177.34 17 3.02 10 Arno 7°10 171°40' 83 12.95 4 338.69 12 3.82 8 Aur 8°12' 171°06' 42 5.62 15 239.78 14 2.34 14 Bikar 12°15 170°6 6 0.49 30 37.40 26 1.32 19 Bikini 11°30' 165°25' 36 6.01 12 594.14 9 1.01 23 Bokak 14°32' 169°00' 11 3.24 18 78.04 23 4.15 7 Ebon 4°38' 168°40' 22 5.75 14 103.83 20 5.54 4 Enewetak 11°30' 162°20' 40 5.85 13 1,004.89 3 0.58 29 Erikup 9°08' 170°00' 14 1.53 25 230.30 15 0.66 27 Jabwat 7°44' 168°59' 1 0.57 29 — 32 100.00 32 Jaluit 6°00' 169°34' 84 11.34 5 689.74 7 1.64 17 Jamo 10°7' 169°33' 1 0.16 31 — 33 100.00 33 Kili 5°37' 169°7' 1 0.93 28 — 31 100.00 31 Kwajalein 9°00' 166°05' 93 16.39 1 2,173.78 1 0.75 26 Lae 8°56' 166°30' 17 1.45 26 17.66 27 8.21 3 Lib 8°21' 167°40' 1 0.93 28 — 31 100.00 31 Likiep 9°54' 169°10' 64 10.26 6 424.01 10 2.42 13 Majuro 7°3' 171°30' 64 9.17 8 295.05 13 3.11 9 Maloelap 8°40' 171°00' 71 9.82 7 972.72 4 1.01 22 Mejit 10°17' 170°52' 1 1.86 22 — 30 100.00 30 Milli 6°05' 171°55' 84 14.94 2 759.85 5 1.97 15 Nadikdik 6°20' 172°10' 18 0.98 27 3.42 29 28.79 2 Namo 7°55' 168°30' 51 6.27 11 397.64 11 1.58 18 Namorik 5°37' 168°7' 2 2.77 20 8.42 28 32.92 1 Rongelap 11°19' 166°50' 61 7.95 10 1,004.32 2 0.79 25 Rongerik 11°20' 167°27' 17 1.68 24 143.95 18 1.17 21 Taka 11°18' 169°35' 5 0.57 29 93.14 22 0.61 28 Ujae 9°00' 165°45' 14 1.86 22 185.94 16 1.00 24 Ujelang 9°50' 160°55' 32 1.74 23 65.97 24 2.63 12 Utirik 11°12' 169°47' 6 2.43 21 57.73 25 4.22 6 Wotho 10°05' 165°50' 13 4.33 17 94.92 21 4.56 5 Wotje 9°26' 170°00' 72 8.18 9 624.34 8 1.31 20 Observations on traditional communication patterns in the Marshall Islands 27 160 162 164 166 168 170 172 174 20 Eneen-Kio 18 NORTH 16 . Bokak 14 Bikar Enewetak Bikini Ronglap Rongrik 12 Utrik Taka Ailinginae Ailuk Jemo Mejit Likiep Wotho 10 Kwajalein Wotje Ujelang Maloelap Ujae Erikup Lae Namu Lib Aur Jabat 8 Majuro Arno Ailinglaplap Mile Jaluit 6 Namdrik Narikrik Kili Ebon 4 0 300 2 nautical miles Figure 1. Index map of the Marshall Islands showing the atolls mentioned in the text. GRAPH THEORY Following Hunt (1988), it is assumed that Network analysis has frequently been utilised ‘where interaction and movement of people in the reconstruction of relationships between take place over geographic distances, … people prehistoric populations as inferred from ar- tend, in general, to interact more with close chaeological sites (cf Irwin 1985; Hunt 1988; neighbours, than with those located further Spennemann 2003). Various propositions have away.’ been made, ranging from empirically well- It needs to be stressed that any graph theo- founded gravity models to refined models in- retical analysis assumes that the entity of sites is fluenced by social and societal parameters, such absolute, that is that all sites belonging to the as the inclusion of dependent daughter settle- network are known. In the case of the atolls of ments which are tied politically to one entity. the Marshalls, this can easily be demonstrated. 28 Observations on traditional communication patterns in the Marshall Islands Figure 2. Network map of the Marshall Islands based on the third proximal point analysis. An underlying assumption, however, is that nemann 1990), varies between east and west as all atolls were in fact inhabited. While during well as north and south. The specific location the nineteenth century permanent habitation of these islands, as well as the location of the may not always have been the case on all, bio- deep passes through the reef platform, which graphical evidence shows that the atolls had allow for the passage of large canoes, have not been utilised (Table 4). Thus all atolls were in- been taken into account for the analysis carried cluded in the analysis. On each atoll the geo- out here. The additional distances these factors graphical position of the larger islands, which may create are actually too small to be of any provided for a permanent groundwater lens concern. An exception is Kwajalein due to its and better vegetation, and thus more favour- outstanding size and shape. Here the distances able conditions for human habitation (Spen- to the northern or southern ends were used. Observations on traditional communication patterns in the Marshall Islands 29 Figure 3. Network map of the Marshall Islands based on the minimum spanning tree. The graph analysis will explore a number of commonly used but as it is chosen arbitrarily, it analytical methods, namely third proximal could be increased to the fourth or fifth nearest point analysis, minimum spanning tree, and neighbour if so desired.
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