On the Use of Micronesian Oral Traditions to Interpret Sea Level Flux
Abstract
ABSTRACT This comment addresses a substantive error appearing in “Links between climatic histories and the rise and fall of a Pacific chiefdom” in PNAS Nexus . The conclusions that article draws about causal connections among changing sea levels, sociopolitical developments, and oral traditions on Pohnpei are misleading and mistaken.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 162–164
- Publication date
- 28 January 2026
- Language
- EN