essay
A household survey of economic goods on Romonum Island, Truk
Explorations in cultural anthropology • New York • Published In 1964 • Pages: 335-349
By: LeBar, Frank M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
After an analysis of the ownership and distribution of household goods and objects among 53 households on Romonum Island, LeBar presents information on culture change, the standard of living, craft specialization, and the effect of kinship on the distribution of manufactured products. The methodology of collecting and analyzing the material is also discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- General tools
- Utensils
- Standard of living
- Occupational specialization
- Mutual aid
- 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
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1964
- 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
- 1947-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Romonum Island, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank M. LeBar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63021538
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trukese (Micronesian people)