Mangyol Village, Yap: a Micronesian Social Landscape

Smith, Anita (2023-02-13). "Mangyol Village, Yap: a Micronesian Social Landscape". In Brown, Steve; Goetcheus, Cari (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Practice. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 323–328. ISBN 978-1-315-20311-9.

Abstract: Mangyol is the ancestral core of the village of Makiy on the Island of Yap, Micronesia. A World Heritage nomination for Mangyol is being developed by the community of Makiy and the national government of the Federated States of Micronesia to tell the story of Yapese Stone Money. Most land in the Pacific Island nations continues to be held under traditional or customary systems of land tenure. In Yapese, the term tabinaw embodies the inseparable connection with the land and sea, as well as past, present, and future. The naun ko tabinaw are constructed on stone platforms that form a rectangular grid at the intersection of two paths that connect the core of the village to the sea, gardens, and other villages. The ancestral village of Mangyol is a cultural landscape patterned by the concepts of family, land, status, and authority that structure Yapese society.

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315203119-35
OpenAlex: W4313493781