In trying to clear off loose ends in 2024, I managed to get the material from volumes 2, 3, 7 and 8 entered into the relevant portions of the Mahele (specifically Waititi) LCA awards and Lahaina LCA awards, so in both the number of awards with descriptions has significantly grown. I also modified the visuals to make it more clear which LCAs had testimony and which (faded light pink) were ’empty’. I suspect the majority of the missing ones will be found in the Native Testimony volumes, so it’s going to be a long time before those get added, as I’m moving on to For. Test. vol. 9 (Ewa-Wai’anae) to try and expand the Pearl Lochs material.

Foreign Testimony vol. 2 was finally completed, a total grind due to the 550+ pages of contracts, conflicting testimony, etc. By far the worst of the volumes to transcribe, until I get to Native Testimony vol. 1-3.

Shifting back partially to the Shaanxi material, adding two new layers: the first is those sites marked in Google Earth (including all ‘kiln’ named villages), the second is the sites located (and described) in Zou’s 1987 The Land Between the Passes, an excellent visual summary of the Wei River region central to Chinese history for over 2000 years. So a number of new or modified files for you to peruse and download for your entertainment and edification.