Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific A Search for Pattern Introduction Micronesia The Sidereal Compass Sailing Direction Exercises Keeping Track Living Seamarks Schematic Mapping Predicting the Weather . Putting the System to Work The Navigator as Ritual Specialist Keeping the Knowledge Alive The Search for Pattern Bodies of Knowledge and Cultural Anthropology Bibliography About this Presentation see more online exhibits at World Cultures: Ancient and Modern University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology ©copyright 1997