book chapter
Changing social organization on Romónum, Truk, 1947-1965
Social organization and the applications of anthropology : essays in honor of Lauriston Sharp • Ithaca, N.y. • Published In 1974 • Pages: 62-93
By: Goodenough, Ward Hunt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Goodenough examines changes in the Chuuk system of property, settlement pattern and kinship terminology, on the island of Romonum. Property was held by lineage groups and managed by a lineage elder (SOWUPPWUN) who allocated plots to junior kin, under condition that the land be cultivated, and in exchange for 'first fruits' of the harvest. The relationship between senior and junior lineages--between land grantor and grantee--was reflected in the kinship terminology wherein all senior and junior lineage members referred to each other as 'father' and 'children,' respectively. Subsequent German, Japanese and American administrations recognized lineage corporate property as personal property of the SOWUPPWUN. Furthermore, the Americans recognized junior kin to have full title to what were residual land holdings. The result was the eventual weakening of the authoriy of the senior lineage and the increased importance and autonomy of sublinegaes with shallower generational depth. The gift of first fruit has become mere courtesy and in most places abandoned. Households have become more dispersed and are no longer clustered by lineage.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Household
- Kinship terminology
- Lineages
- Districts
- External relations
- 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 chapter
- 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 ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947, 1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1965
- 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
- Ward H. Goodenough
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74004721
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trukese (Micronesian people)