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Notes on present-day Easter Islanders
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 13 • Published In 1957 • Pages: 223-238
By: Ferdon, Edwin N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article covers several aspects of the ethnography of the Easter Islanders following over two hundred years of contact with Western civilization. While the author, a professional archaeologist, gives a rather brief and general account of the history of relations between Easter Islanders and Euro-Americans, he gives well-rounded descriptions of the effects of culture contact upon the indigenous population as reflected in contemporary customs relating to birth, adolescence, courting, sexual morality, marriage, divorce and death. Of special note are data regarding the position of the first born son and his relationship to his father, and the position of authority of the parents-in-law to a married couple. The article concludes with a summary of changes in social organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History and culture change
- Marriage
- Burial practices and funerals
- Infancy and childhood
- Majority
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rapa Nui
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- 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.
- Archaeologist
- 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 ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- (1956) 1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1956
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Easter Island