Download or read book The Monumental Earthworks of Palau, Micronesia written by Sarah Phear and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.