book chapter

Village and town in New Guinea

LongmansCroydon, Vic.Published In 1969 • Pages: 1-17, 39-41

By: Dakeyne, R. B..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is a study of culture change among the Yega (Orokaiva) of the north coast of Papua, New Guinea (near Popondetta). The author presents a brief introductory sketch of selective aspects of traditional Yega ethnology -- social structure, kinship, labor force, clan system, land tenure, etc. -- and then describes in much detail how these various aspects have been changed through European contacts. Given particular emphasis in this acculturation process are changes made in agriculture, settlement patterns, social structure and labor force.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Clans
Real property
Internal migration
Labor supply and employment
Acculturation and culture contact
Tillage
Settlement patterns
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Orokaiva
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Melanesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Geographer
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1984
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1962-1964
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
ca. 1910-1964
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Yega Orokaiva, Popondetta Sub-District, Northern District, Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
[by] R. B. Dakeyne
Only pages 1-17 and 39-41 are included in the Orokaiva file
Includes bibliographical references (p. 40)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
72504238
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)