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Palauan society: a study of contemporary native life in the Palau Islands
University of Oregon Publications • (20) • Published In 1949 • Pages: 5, 223
By: Barnett, H. G. (Homer Garner).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This report is the result of nine months' fieldwork in Belau from the end of August 1947 to May 1948. During this period the author and an associate lived in the village of Ulimang in Ngarard District on Babeldaob Island. Unless stated otherwise most of the descriptive ethnography presented here is relevant only to the people of Ngarard, and then only to the end of the 1940s. Topics covered in this source are food and food production, work patterns, kinship, Belauan money, wealth manipulation to achieve status, life cycle events, social and political stratification in the society, and religion. Status and status manipulation through the use of 'valuables' or money and kin relationships are dominant themes in this work. History, although not dealt with extensively, is discussed from the standpoint of subsequent German, Japanese and American administrations and their effect in producing culture change in the society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Settlement patterns
- Diet
- Status, role, and prestige
- Accumulation of wealth
- Manipulative mobility
- Cereal agriculture
- Production and supply
- Labor and leisure
- Boats
- External trade
- Individual enterprise
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Clans
- Family relationships
- Ethnosociology
- Medium of exchange
- Mythology
- General character of religion
- Missions
- Sociocultural trends
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Belau
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- 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
- John Beierle; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ulimang, Ngarard District, Babeldaob Island, Republic of Belau
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Homer G. Barnett
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 49047200
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palauans