Status, Role, and Prestige

Community Structure

Community Heads

Community Councils

Form and Rules of Government

Chief Executive

Production and Supply

Internal Trade

External Trade

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Regulation of Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Residence

Social Control

Judicial Authority

Exchange Transactions

Identification

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Ethnosociology

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Age Stratification

Gender Status

Burial Practices and Funerals

Bibliographies in Sources

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Medical Therapy

Magic

Pharmaceuticals

Theory of Disease

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Dance

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Organized Ceremonial

Household

Family Relationships

Glossary

Kin Relationships

Rules of Descent

Lineages

Composition of Population

Land Use

Dwellings

Public Structures

Recreational Structures

Building Interiors and Arrangement

Settlement Patterns

Offenses Against the Person

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

Bone, Horn, and Shell Technology

Medium of Exchange

Fishing

Tillage

Division of Labor by Gender

Ethos

Child Care

Material Not Relevant

Organization and Analysis of Results

Kinship Terminology

Metallurgy

Shipbuilding

Animism

Spirits and Gods

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Population

Mortality

Labor Supply and Employment

Linguistic Identification

History

Water Transport

External Relations

Aftermath of Combat

Real Property

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Cultural Identity and Pride

Territorial Hierarchy

CULTURE SUMMARY: YAPESE

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KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

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The Yapese speak an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language and occupy the westernmost of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. The island was under Spanish control from 1871 to 1899, German control from 1899 to 1914, Japanese control from 1914 to 1945, and American control from 1945 to 1985, after which it became part of an independent state (Yap State) in the Federated States of Micronesia.  Ethnographically, the Yapese are noted for their men’s eating classes, elaborate gift-giving ceremonies, and social hierarchy.

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