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Ethnography of the Santa Cruz Islands
Ethnologica • 1 • Published In 1909 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1-212 [Original: 71-184 ]
By: Graebner, Fritz, Schütze, Frieda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article primarily deals with the material culture of the Santa Cruz Islands. Short sections deal with social organization, economy and religion. The article, while based primarily on Wilhelm Joest's field notes and collection of Santa Cruz objects in Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne, also draws on all available literature. The author was a leader of the German Historical School which explained the growth of civilization by hypothesizing the diffusion of complexes of culture traits (Kulturkreise). In Oceania, Graebner recognized six successive layers or culture strata. This theory forms the basis for his analysis of the Culture History of Santa Cruz (pp. 158-184). It is, however, also apparent in the descriptive body of the source. (For a general discussion of this school, including Graebner's Oceanic culture layers see The History of Ethnological Theory, by Robert H. Lowie, pp. 177-185.)
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Santa Cruz Islanders
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Steffens ; 1963
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- Fritz Graebner
- Translation of: [Volkerkunde der Santa-Cruz-Inseln]
- Translated from the German for the Human Relations Area Files by Frieda Schütze
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 95043524
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands)