Book

Contributions to the demographic study of Easter Island

Bernice P. Bishop Museum11 (12)Published In 1935 • Pages: 1-9

By: Drapkin, Israel.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Written by a physician, this report provides a brief demographic profile of the native population of Easter Island, including a breakdown of population by age, sex and racial origins. Limited information is given on age at marriage, illegitimacy, illiteracy, and mortality rates.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Racial identification
Demography
History
Writing
Regulation of marriage
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
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Physician
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
John Beierle ; 1961
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1934-1935
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1886-1935
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
I. Drapkin
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Easter Island