Book

The Micronesians of Yap and their depopulation: report of the Peabody Museum Expedition to Yap Island, Micronesia, 1947-1948

Peabody Museum, Harvard University (24) • Published In 1949 • Pages: iii, 223

By: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Expedition to Yap Island, Micronesia, Hunt, Edward E. (Edward Eyre), Schneider, David Murray, Kidder, Nathaniel R., Stevens, William D..

Abstract
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 which have been proposed in the past for the problem of depopulation in other areas of the world are examined as well as social, cultural and psychological factors inherent in Yap culture. In so doing a great amount of data on Yap cultural life and the various colonial administrative policies has been assembled.
Subjects
Culture summary
Descriptive somatology
Population
Morbidity
Vegetable production
Nuclear family
Extended families
Kinship terminology
Lineages
Clans
General sex restrictions
culture
Yapese
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Micronesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962
Field Date
1947-1948
Coverage Date
1947-1948
Coverage Place
Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Notes
Edward E. Hunt, Jr., David M. Schneider, Nathaniel R. Kidder, and William D. Stevens
On cover: Coordinated investigation of Micronesian anthropology, 1947-1949 [conducted by] Pacific Science Board, National Research Council
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223)
LCCN
50002553
LCSH
Yapese (Micronesian people)/Yap (Micronesia)