Book
An atoll culture: ethnography of Ifaluk in the central Carolines
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven • Published In 1953 • Pages: iii, 355
By: Burrows, Edwin G. (Edwin Grant), Spiro, Melford E..
Abstract
This is a general ethnographic description of the Ifaluk people of Weleai Region in the Federated States of Micronesia with particular emphasis on fishing, gardening, canoe making, residence pattern, kinship system, government, religion, life cylces and relations with other people in the neihgboring atolls and beyond. The book was based on materials collected through six months of residence in Ifaluk. Much of the data were gathered through observation and the use of a native Ifaluk man as an interpretor.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Micronesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2005
- Field Date
- July, 1947 - February, 1948
- Coverage Date
- 1678-1948
- Coverage Place
- Ifaluk, Woleai Region, Federated States of Micronesia
- Notes
- [by] Edwin G. Burrows and Melford E. Spiro
- 'Report … based mainly on six months of residence on Ifaluk, from July, 1947, to February, 1948. This field work was part of the project called CIMA (Co-ordinated investigation of Micronesian anthropology) sponsored by the National Research Council at the request of the U. S. Navy.'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-323)
- LCCN
- 54003418
- LCSH
- Ifaluk Atoll (Micronesia)