> ...I had never seen anything else like them in elsewhere in the world. The indigenous people of the Mariana Islands built somewhat similar dwellings atop a f

> ...I had never seen anything else like them in elsewhere in the world. The indigenous people of the Mariana Islands built somewhat similar dwellings atop a foundation of large stone structures called latte[1]. The latte today is a distinct symbol of Chamorro[2] identity (e.g. prominently represented in the flag of the CNMI[3] and surrounded by a mwarmwar, a symbol of Refaluwasch[4] identity). P.S. Not Belauan, but sis-in-law is. Almost certainly just dox'd myself as well. I suspect the aggregate of us are truly ultra minorities in these tech backwaters. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latte_stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latte_stone [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_people [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Northern_Mariana_I... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolinian_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolinian_people