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Shifting cultivation and population growth in Tonga
Journal of tropical geography • 31 • Published In 1970 • Pages: 57-64
By: Maude, Alaric Mervyn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source provides a discussion of the relationships between agricultural systems and population density. The author utilizes data from his fieldwork in three communities on Ha'apai and Tongatapu and presents information on fallow periods, crop systems, and soil fertility. He concludes that there has been some increase in agricultural intensity as a result of increasing population density, but suggests that population density is not the only important causal variable in agricultural change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Soil
- Population
- Composition of population
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Tillage
- Vegetable production
- Arboriculture
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- 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.
- Geographer
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ha'apai and Tongatapu, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alaric Mervyn Maude
- Information on change in agriculture will be found in FUNCTIONAL AND ADAPTATIONAL INTERPRETATIONS (182)
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sa 62000418
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans