Village in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Bechiyal, also variously Bechiel or Bechyal, is a village in the municipality of Maap in the state of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. When visited in the 1984 it had a population of about ten. The village was once larger, with a documented population of about 200 in the early 20th century. There are a significant number of stone platforms, sites where houses would have stood, and the village site is considered archaeologically sensitive.[1] It was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
References
^Morgan, William (2010). The Prehistoric Architecture of Micronesia. University of Texas Press. pp. 33–38. ISBN9780292786219.