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The Micronesians of Yap and their depopulationBook 1949 • Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Expedition to Yap Island, Micronesia et al.
Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the causal factors relating to depopulation on Yap which has taken place after western contact and under the Spanish, German and Japanese colonial administrations of the island. Various theories whic...