The Monumental Earthworks of Palau, Micronesia: A landscape perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781407300603)

The specific landscape perspective employed in this study of the monumental earthworks of Badeldaob considers both cultural and environmental concerns of landscape theory, embracing the view that -landscape encompasses both the conceptual and the physical-. The earthworks are viewed as but one cultural unit within the history of the settled landscape at Palau. Emphasis is placed on elucidateing the contexts - social and environmental - that led to the construction of these monumental structures and these places.

Author: Sarah Phear
ISBN-10: 1407300601
ISBN-13: 9781407300603
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2007
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.60d