essay

A household survey of economic goods on Romonum Island, Truk

Explorations in cultural anthropologyNew YorkPublished 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)