Ngebedech_Terraces Knowpia

The Ngebedech Terraces, or Ouballang ra Ngebedech, are located in the southwestern part of Babeldaob, the largest island in Palau.

Site description edit

The area covers over 160,000 sq m of grassland savannah in upland Babeldaob. The terraces performed multiple functions that include, according to UNESCO, "agriculture, settlement, defense, and ceremonial functions."^[1] Morgan (1988) argues that these terraces might be linked into larger more extended systems of complex topography.^[2]

World Heritage Status edit

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on in the Cultural category.^[1]

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Ouballang ra Ngebedech (Ngebedech Terraces) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ Morgan, W.N. (1988) p 4

References edit

Ouballang ra Ngebedech (Ngebedech Terraces) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-03.

Morgan, W.N. (1988), Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia, University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-76506-1

[auto-1] Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Ouballang ra Ngebedech (Ngebedech Terraces) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[2] Morgan, W.N. (1988) p 4

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