Book

Coral gardens and their magic: a study of the methods of tilling the soil and of agricultural rites in the Trobriand Islands. Vol. one, The description of gardening

American Book CompanyNew YorkPublished In 1935 • Pages:

By: Malinowski, Bronislaw.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work, volume one of two, contains detailed accounts of gardening technique, land tenure systems, and magic for gardens. Omarakana gardens are presented as the norm of Trobriand agriculture, and the rest of the Islands and areas are compared and contrasted with it.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Tillage
Real property
Magic
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Trobriands
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1995
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
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
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
Frank W. Moore
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1914-1920
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1914-1920
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Bronislaw Malinowski
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Trobriand Islanders