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TITLE: |
An atoll culture : ethnography of Ifaluk in the Central Carolines / by E.G. Burrows and M.E. Spiro. |
AUTHOR: |
Burrows, Edwin Grant, 1891- |
SERIES: |
Behavior science monographs |
PUBLISHED: |
New Haven, CT : Human Relations Area Files, c1957. |
DESCRIPTION: |
xvii, 355 p. : ill, map ; 24 cm. |
NOTES: |
Contents: (1.) Population: Legends of settlement; first settlement of Ifaluk; conquest or nearby islands (a) Woleai (b) Lamotrek (c) Satawal (d) Faraulep (f) Eaurupik ; (2) Habitat: Native measurement, Climate, Topography, Flora, Fauna (3) Technology: Uses of minerals, uses of coconut, uses of breadfruit, uses of taro, other food plants, other timber trees, fiber plants, medicines and drugs, perfume and color, miscellaneous uses of plants.. |
NOTES: |
(4) Canoe building, navigation, uses of animals (5) Co-Residence and kinship (6) Economics (7) Government (8) Religion (9.) Life cycle. |
SUBJECT: |
Ethnology--Micronesia (Federated States)--Ifalik Atoll. |
SUBJECT: |
Canoe building--Micronesia.--Ifaluk. |
SUBJECT: |
Ifaluk Atoll (Micronesia). |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Spiro, Melford Elliot, 1920- |
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