ISBN:
0-295-95169-9
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978-0-295-95169-0
ISSN:
0065-8197
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 253 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln
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Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Monograph. American Ethnological Society 53
Keywords:
Neuguinea Papua-Neuguinea
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Ethnie, Neuguinea
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Enga
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Landwirtschaft
;
Anthropogeographie
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction. Tropical Agricultural Systems. The New Guinea Highlands. Area, Method and Objectives -- 2. The Organisation of Space. Aruní group territory: the land and the people. Population, household, residence and the pattern of settlement. The system of land use. The range of human interaction -- 3. The Organisation of Time. Raiapu concepts of time and labor. Patterns of activity. Implications of the activity patterns and the course of change -- 4. The Level of Production and Consumption. Yields of subsistence crops. Utilisation of production. The adequacy of Aruní diet. Conclusion -- 5. Elements of Order in the System. Enga perception of ecological constgraints. Land use techniques in response to environmental constraints. Land use techniques in response to demographic constraints. The economics of location 6. The Regulation of the System -- 7. Prospects for the Future -- 8. Conclusion. Regional Contrasts. The Evolution of Highlands Agriculture. Agricultural Systems, ecology, and evolution -- Appendixes. Characteristics of the Modopa sample community. Supreme Court cases heard at Wabag. Principal Raiapu cultigens. Work organisation: methods of enquiry and validity of the data. The composition of foodstuffs per 100 gm. Sirunki: nightly minimum temperatures -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Revision of the author's Ph.D. thesis, Australian National University, 1969, entitled "The dynamics of a New Guinea Highlands agricultural system" [Online verfugbar unter https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/116319]
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 239 - 249
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