The shift to a farming economy at Basil Jones on the interior of the
island at the
same time
coastal margin sites, such as Chac Balam and San Juan, are abandoned may have occurred because of this «horizontal integration» of the
coastal trade system by the Putun Maya.
They are planning to move to Bougainville, which is 50 miles away — another
island that is experiencing some of the
same problems, like
coastal erosion, but it's mountainous and not as vulnerable as the Carteret
Islands.