book chapter
Taro cultivation in Truk
Taro cultivation practices and beliefs, . the Eastern Carolines and the Marshall Islands • (6) • Published In 1960 • Pages: 69-98
By: Mahony, Frank J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a description of taro cultivation on the Chuuk Islands. Mahony identifies the different varieties and species of taro cultivated and discusses the different techniques of cultivation, which vary among the islands, along with division of labor.He also discusses the various taboos and magic associated with taro cultivation.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Vegetable production
- Avoidance and taboo
- 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
- not specified
- 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
- by Frank Mahony
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk80009166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trukese (Micronesian people)