Ethnology, Volume 29University of Pittsburgh, 1990 - Anthropology |
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Page 142
... land belonging to the failed domestic group is reabsorbed into the lands of the closest agnates . While women have a truncated form of land inheritance in which garden plots within the village area may be passed from their mothers , it ...
... land belonging to the failed domestic group is reabsorbed into the lands of the closest agnates . While women have a truncated form of land inheritance in which garden plots within the village area may be passed from their mothers , it ...
Page 143
... land through the simple expedient of clearing the trees and planting crops . Opened land belonged to the family that cleared it . Thus the ability to give was tied directly to the size of the domestic group . More expansive forms of ...
... land through the simple expedient of clearing the trees and planting crops . Opened land belonged to the family that cleared it . Thus the ability to give was tied directly to the size of the domestic group . More expansive forms of ...
Page 249
... land near Baliau to plant coconut palms in order to eventually produce his own copra on a large scale . The operation of a tradestore was only part of a larger system of production and exchange Irakau developed which was based on two ...
... land near Baliau to plant coconut palms in order to eventually produce his own copra on a large scale . The operation of a tradestore was only part of a larger system of production and exchange Irakau developed which was based on two ...
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Abelam activities ancestors Antigua Anuta Asenöña Baliau banana beer Bedouin behavior Belize bridewealth cattle ceremonial Chimbu citrus clan colonial conflict copra corporate groups councilor cultural curers dakhal Department of Anthropology Dinka disputes domination economic Ethnology exchange faction gender Ghale growers Guinea Highlands Haya honor Howell Hueyapan Hueyapan's husband identity individuals Irakau island J. M. Adovasio John Frum Jonglei Kelly kinship Kondom labor leaders leadership levirate and sororate lineage Magruai male Manam mediator Melanesian Melpa moshav Nahua Nampas Nuer organization Papua New Guinea patrilineal pigs political population prestations processors production reciprocal region relations relationship ritual role rural Sahlins Scaglion settlement shaikhs Simbu Simbu Province social society sororate marriages Stann Creek district status stones stories Strathern structure Tamang tane poa Tanna Tauribariba Timling traditional tribal tribe Trobriand UMAV Vanatinai vendors victim's Village Courts Wamira woman women Yekuana