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The Need for a Multivocal Approach to Researching and Managing Guam's World War II Underwater Cultural Heritage

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Pages 164-178 | Received 20 Dec 2016, Accepted 20 Dec 2016, Published online: 22 Apr 2021
 

Abstract

Since 2006, four maritime archaeology field schools, desktop and field surveys have been carried out in Guam. In 2012 a site associated with the United States Navy's Construction Battalion (US Seabees) was investigated. This paper summarizes the historical background of Guam and the known sites of maritime archaeological interest, particularly those dating to World War II. The problems of public interpretation of the cultural material of colonial powers are considered, and, using the Seabee site as an example, ways in which Guam's indigenous Chamorro people can be included in this history are presented.

Chamorro

Desde dos mit sais na såkkan kuåtro na eskuelan plaset i atkeåliyian tåsi manmåtto Guahån ya ma ilao i lugat, macho'gue i che'cho’ gi ufisina yan gi i uriyan i plaset gi sanhiyong. Gi dos mit dosse maembestiga un lugåt ni’ i makåhati ni’ Batayon i Marinon Konstråksion i Estådos Unidos (Seabee). Este na tinige’ para u sumåria i sinedda’ put i historian i lugåt ni’ matungo’ yan i interes i atkeåliyian tåsi, kululo’‐ña gi tiempon i mina’ Dos na Geran Tåno’. Makonsidera i prublema gi inentetpeten i pupbleku nu i matiriåt siha put kuttura ni’ ginen i fuetsan i manmangonilisa, i humåtme yan sumagåyi Guåhan, ya ma usa i lugåt i ‘Seabee’ para ihemplo.Maprisenta guini na historia manera siha ni’ siña i Taotao Tåno’, Guåhan, i ManCHamoru mana’ fañaonao.

Translated by Teresita Flores and James Viernes

Abstract

论多义性方法在研究与管理关岛第二次世界大战水下文化遗-中的必要性

自2006年起, 四所海洋考古田野学校在关岛进行了桌面和田野调查。2012年调查涉及到一处与美国海军工程营 (美国海蜂-队) 相关的遗址。本文总结了关岛的历史背景及已知遗址在海洋考古上的重要性, 特别是那些处于第二次世界大战时间范围的遗址, 并探讨了殖民国家物质文化公共解读的问题, 及以海蜂遗址为例, 提出了将关岛土著查莫洛人纳入这段历史的方法。

論多義性方法在研究與管理關島第二次世界大戰水下文化遺產中的必要性

自2006年起, 四所海洋考古田野學校在關島進行了桌面和田野調查。2012年調查涉及到一-與美國海軍工程營 (美國海蜂-隊) 相關的遺址。本文總結了關島的歷史背景及已知遺址在海洋考古上的重要性, 特別是那-處於第二次世界大戰時間範圍的遺址, 並對殖民國家物質文化公共解讀的問題進行了-量, 及以海蜂遺址為例, 提出了將關島土著查莫洛人納入這段歷史的方法。

La necesidad de una aproximación multívoca para la investigación y manejo del patrimonio cultural sumergido de la segunda guerra mundial en guam

Desde 2006 se han llevado a cabo en Guam 4 escuelas de campo de arqueología marítima, mesas de trabajo y prospecciones. En 2012 se investigó un sitio asociado al batallón de construcción de la marina de Estados Unidos US Seabees (abejas marinas). Este artículo resume el contexto histórico de Guam y los sitios conocidos de interés para la arqueología marítima, particularmente aquellos que datan de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Se considera el problema de la interpretación pública de materiales culturales de potencias coloniales y, empleando como ejemplo el sitio Seabee, se presentan maneras en que los indígenas Chamorro de Guam pueden ser incluidos en la historia.

Traducción: Ricardo Borrero L (with thanks to the Honor Frost Foundation)

Acknowledgments

Conversations with the following have been cited in this article: W. Shawn, Arnold (archaeologist, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam), Robert Glass (US naval and military historian), Graeme Henderson (founding President of the ICOMOS International Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage), Brent Tibbatts (Department of Agriculture, Guam), and J. Sprengle (US Navy Seabee Museum). We would like to thank the people of Guam who have helped in our surveys and research, the Guam Preservation Trust, Guam State Historic Preservation Office, the University of Guam for facilitating the field schools, and the students and participants of the field schools, particularly Luis Cabral II. We would also like to thank Teresita Flores and James Viernes for the Chamorro language abstract, and acknowledge Graeme Henderson, Mack McCarthy, Vivienne Moran, James Oelke Farley, and Miranda Richardson the IJNA editor and journal reviewers for providing advice on this article. Si Yu'os Ma'åse’.

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