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The seasonal gardening calendar of Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands
Oceania • 9 • Published In 1939 • Pages: 237-253
By: Austen, Leo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article contains a discussion of the Trobriand method of ordering time and its relationship to gardening. The inefficiency of Trobriand time-reckoning for horticultural purposes is clearly brought out. Information on the astronomical knowledge of the islanders is also included. Austen was a resident magistrate and also held a degree in anthropology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Ordering of time
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- 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
- Arthur Fields
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Leo Austen
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders