Prehistoric Architecture in MicronesiaUniversity of Texas Press, 1988 - 166 Seiten Looks at prehistoric meeting houses and residences in Palau, the Yap Islands, Pohnpei, Kosrae, and the Mariana islands and discusses how they were made |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ancient appear Babeldaob basalt stones base beams Bechiyal breadfruit building built canal canoe central Chamorros coconut compounds construction contains corner crypt earth ovens east elevated enclosure entry faluw Fanana/Sremuta feast house feet high fire pit flat coral floor foundation gable Gagil grade Guam Hambruch height House of Taga inches Inol Insru Insruun interior Irrai islets Karian Kinyeir Fulat Kosrae Kosraean lagoon land latte houses Leluh located Lurun Marianas megaliths Melekeok METERS Micronesia miles Mochong mortuary Nan Madol Nandauwas northwest original Pacific Ocean Pahnkadira Palau Palauan paved pebaey perhaps photograph Pohnpei Pohnpeian portal posts prehistoric architecture probably quarry reconstructed reef residences roof Rota rows Rumung Sapwtakai saudeleur seawall side southeast southwest square feet stacked prismatic basalt stone platform tabinaw Talofofo River Temwen Island terraces Tinian tion Toruw traditional Truk tures village walls Western contact wood structures Yapese
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 120 - The captain-general wished to touch at the largest of these islands to get refreshments of provisions; but it was not possible because the people of these islands entered into the ships and robbed us, in such a way that it was impossible to preserve oneself from them. Whilst we were striking and lowering the sails to go ashore, they stole away with much address and diligence the small boat called the skiff, which was made fast to the poop of the captain's ship, at which he was much irritated, and...
Seite vii - But the surest test of the civilization of a people— at least, as sure as any— afforded by mechanical art is to be found in their architecture, which presents so noble a field for the display of the grand and the beautiful, and which, at the same time, is so intimately connected with the essential
Seite 120 - ... and two others lying to the southwest. One of these islands was larger and higher than the other two. The Captain-General wished to touch at the largest of these three islands to get refreshments of provisions; but it was not possible because the people of these islands entered into the ships and robbed us, in such a way that it was impossible to preserve oneself from them. Whilst we were striking and lowering the sails to go ashore, they stole away with much address and diligence the small boat...
Seite 108 - The chert fragments vary greatly in size, from a few inches to several feet in diameter, and are in all stages of decomposition, from the original hard, flinty rock to a porous, earthy mass.
Seite 120 - ... on Wednesday, the 6th of March, we discovered a small island in the northwest direction, and two others lying to the southwest. One of these islands was larger and higher than the other two. The Captain-General wished to touch at the largest of these three islands to get refreshments of provisions...
Seite 116 - Marianas chain extends some 450 mites, and runs generally in a north/south direction with the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Philippine Sea to the west.