“…However, this division has been debated by archeologists (Cordy, 1983; Graves, 1986; Russell, 1998). Consequently, the division in status may have also contributed to geographical separation where the high-status Chamorro people, often referred to as the matua, settled on the coast and benefited from the exploitation of sea resources as well as increased mobility (de Freycinet, 1824; Fritz, 2001; Russell, 1998; Thompson, 1945). While early missionaries made such a distinction between coastal and inland Chamorro, some Spanish sources suggest that chiefs with authority, but no real power also lived inland (Russell, 1998).…”