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Contact: Jim Barlow
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University of Oregon
Caption: Rising high on the island is the Tevaitau Fortification. The mountaintop was flattened, with evenly spaced layers carved along the way to the top. Researchers suspect that fortifications resulted as division grew among the island's growing population.
Credit: Photos courtesy of Douglas Kennett
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