Micronesia

Hard Currency: Stone Money of the Yap Islands

Posted on August 23, 2018 by MAMcIntosh

Federated States of Micronesia. The Yap Islands can be found in the far western portion of the Federated States Yap Islanders give a literal meaning to “cold, hard cash.” By Dr. Dick Van Tuerenhout / 05.05.2015 Curator of Anthropology Houston Museum of Natural Science We have all grown accustomed to seeing new forms of payment[…]

Nan Madol: “In the Space Between Things”

Posted on August 23, 2018 by MAMcIntosh

Nan Madol, 13th-17th century C.E., Pohnpei, The Federated States of Micronesia (photo: smwd0030, CC BY 2.0) Sometimes art and architecture calls on us to reimagine what we think was possible in the past, and what ancestors were able to achieve. By Dr. Billie Jane Lythberg / 08.20.2018 Senior Research Fellow The University of Auckland How did[…]