Book
Lamotrek Atoll and inter-island socioeconomic ties
University of Illinois Press • (5) • Published In 1965 • Pages: xi, 180
By: Alkire, William H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book discusses the social structure of the people of Lamotrek Atoll in the in the Woleai Region of the Federated Republics of Micronesia. It argues that the ways residents of Lamotrek organized themselves into clans, subclans, lineages and households closely resemebled with the ways this little island interacted with the neiboring Elato, Satawal and several other islands of the Western Pacific.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Maps
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Population
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Vegetable production
- Arboriculture
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Exchange transactions
- Status, role, and prestige
- Social relationships and groups
- Lineages
- Clans
- Inter-community relations
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Religious experience
- Revelation and divination
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Woleai Region
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1963
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1797-1963
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lamotrek Atoll, Woleai Region, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] William H. Alkire
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65063593
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Lamotrek (Micronesia)