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Vital statistics of New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) as revealed in genealogies
Human biology • 3 • Published In 1931 • Pages: 351-375
By: Powdermaker, Hortense.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article contains demographic information concerning birth, death, disease, and population trends derived from genealogical materials collected during the author's stay in the village of Lesu, although the data also concern a few other communities. Sufficient information on a number of related aspects of the culture, such as marriage and birth customs and acculturative factors, are introduced to provide a balanced presentation of the various forces affecting population growth or decline. The author also includes a theoretical discussion of the general problem of indigenous population trends, and relates her findings to the theories discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Household
- Puberty and initiation
- Regulation of marriage
- Polygamy
- Missions
- Extramarital sex relations
- Social placement
- Secondary marriages
- Pregnancy
- Abortion and infanticide
- Status of adolescents
- Birth statistics
- Composition of population
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Dwellings
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lesu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929-1930
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1931
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lesu, New Ireland, Papau New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hortense Powdermaker
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 31029123
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- New Ireland Province (Papua New Guinea)
- Ethnology--Papua New Guinea--New Ireland
- Lesu, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea)