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(1) Only 100 people still live on tiny Mwoakilloa atoll in the Pacific, but the Mwokilese community on nearby Pohnpei still performs the traditional dances of their home island.  The young Mwokilese men prepare for the cultural day festivities, keeping their ancient traditional war dance alive.  (2) Archaeobotanist Tania Valamoti and her team excavating at Dikili Tash in northern Greece are finding and analyzing seed remains from the Neolithic period.  These seeds could help define how the ancient Neolithic people grew their food.

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Web links:

6,000-year-old Wine Discovered in Kavala (Greek Reporter)

Dikili Tash, Philippi, Greece (Dikili Tash Research Program)

Early Settlement of Atolls in Eastern Micronesia: Investigations on Mwoakilloa Atoll (poster), by Adam Thompson, Aaron S. Poteate, Scott M. Fitzpatrick, and William S. Ayres (PDF)

Early Settlement of the Mwoakilloa Atoll, by Adam Thompson (PDF)

First Radiocarbon Chronology for Mwoakilloa (Mokil) Atoll, Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia, by Adam Thompson (PDF)

Pohnpei (Wikipedia)