University Lecture by UCLA Anthropology Prof. Stephen Acabado

The Ifugao Archaeological Project is a collaborative research program investigating the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ifugao, Philippines, where the most extensive rice terraces in the world are located. Previous models suggest that the rice terraces are at least 2,000 years old. Recent archaeological information, however, indicates that the agricultural marvels were constructed after the arrival of the Spanish at c. AD 1600, in a period of rapid social and environmental change.