essay

People and their products in South Pentecost

Vanuatu : politics, economics and ritual in Island MelanesiaSydneyPublished In 1981 • Pages: 269-293

By: Jolly, Margaret.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an article on the subsistence practices of the Sa, including growing of taro and yams, raising pigs, hunting, gathering, and fishing. It also includes discussion of property rights, division of labor, tools, and exchange. Finally, the impact of colonialism is discussed.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Collecting
Hunting and trapping
Fishing
Domesticated animals
Vegetable production
Real property
Division of labor by gender
Labor supply and employment
Gender status
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Sa
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
essay
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
Ian Skoggard ; 2019
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
August 1970-January 1973, January 1977
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1970-1977
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southeastern Pentecost, Penama, Vanuatu
NotesAdditional notes
Margaret Jolly
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
81065767
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Sa
South Pentecost Island (Vanuatu)