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Oral traditions: an appraisal of their value in historical research in Tonga
Journal of Pacific history • 3 • Published In 1968 • Pages: 135-143
By: Lātūkefu, Sione.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source concerns the usefulness of Tongan oral traditions for historical research. The author, a Tongan historian, outlines the methods he used to elicit oral traditions and the ways he went about cross-checking and analyzing the traditional materials. The article includes a few brief examples of historical traditions to illustrate the author's methodology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Interviewing in research
- Traditional history
- Chief executive
- Revolution
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- 1964-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sione Latukefu
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73200598
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans