Book
Native astronomy in the Central Carolines
The University Museum, Universty of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia • Published In 1953 • Pages:
By: Goodenough, Ward Hunt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph on native astronomy is one of the classics in the field of ethnology. Although Goodenough did field work in Chuuk, nearly all the data for this article have come from published sources. The mongraph presents general data on the astronomical knowledge of the people of the central Carolines, and its application to the native calendar and to navigation. here is also a great deal of information on the sidereal compass, the astronomical orientation of the population, the manner in which astronomical phenomena are correlated with the native calendar and almanac, and the problem of the origination of this knowledge.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Navigation
- Ordering of time
- Science
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chuuk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 1964
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947
- 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)
- Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ward H. Goodenough
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 53002124
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trukese (Micronesian people)