Vailele
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Vailele is a village situated on the central north coast of Upolu island in Samoa. It’s not to be confused with the far bigger Vaitele.
Vailele excavation in 1957 with Jack Golson and the family of I'iga Pisa visiting the site.
Jack Golson
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Jack Golson was a British-born Australian archaeologist who carried out extensive field work in Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia.
Vailele
…1940 to November 1943. Freeman also excavated the Falemauga Caves in Upolu's interior. Plainware pottery sherds were found in 1957 by archaeologist Jack Golson. Mikaele Pesamino, a rugby union player in the Samoa Sevens team which represents Samoa internationally in rugby sevens…
Jack Golson at ANU in 1987 after receiving Terra Australis 12, 'Early Tongan Prehistory' by Jens Poulsen, from the printer.