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The stone money of Yap
Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinca • (16) • Published In 1963 • Pages: 147-160
By: Beauclair, Inez de.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, written by a professional anthropologist, presents a comprehensive summary of the Yap monetary system, its possible origin as derived from Yapese traditional history and historical reconstruction, and its valuation and varieties. The paper also presents data on the social function of stone money and on quarrying techniques and methods of transportation from Palau where it was obtained.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Medium of exchange
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yapese
- 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
- article
- 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 ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 175-1961
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Inez de Beauclair
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yapese (Micronesian people)/Yap (Micronesia)