The Ngebedech Terraces, or Ouballang ra Ngebedech, are located in the southwestern part of Babeldaob, the largest island in Palau.
Site description
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
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on in the Cultural category. [1]
Notes
- ^ 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
- 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