Book
The ethnography of Ulithi Atoll
University of California • (28) • Published In 1950 • Pages: vii, 269 leaves
By: Lessa, William Armand.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is a detailed, comprehensive ethnographic study of Ulithi Atoll written by William A. Lessa over a nine month period in 1947 through 1949. Major topics include information on culture history, physical and mental characteristics of the people, exploitative activities, property, family and kinship, political and social organization, law and social control, conflict, religion and magic, and the cycle of life from infancy to old age and death. Two appendices provide information on wild flora of economic value, and a list of cultivated plants.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Gift giving
- Exchange transactions
- Labor and leisure
- Age stratification
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Nuptials
- Lineages
- Social control
- Sickness
- Burial practices and funerals
- Magic
- Sexuality
- Infancy and childhood
- Adulthood
- Status and treatment of the aged
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ulithi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- BY William A. Lessa
- Final report of W.A. Lessa; Pacific Science Board National Research Council; N7-onr-291: T O IV & Viking Fund Inc.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology Caroline Islands Ulithi
- Ulithi (Caroline Islands)