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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Aoyagi, Machiko, 1930-
Title:
The geographical recognition of Palauan people with special
reference to the four directions
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Islanders and their outside world, edited by Machiko
Aoyagi
Published By: Original publisher
Islanders and their outside world, edited by Machiko
Aoyagi
Tokyo: St. Paul's (Rikkyo) Univeristy, Committee for
Micronesian Research. 1982. 3-33 p. ill., map
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Machiko Aoyagi
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2019. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Belau (OR15)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is divided into two parts. The first part deals
with the Belauan mythological age -- the Uab and Milad eras and the second part with the
lineage traditions of the latter period. Discussion on the Uab era centers on the creation
of the Belauan Islands by the god Uab and the subsequent establishment by this being of the
cosmic and socio-political order. The Milad era, which follows the Uab, continues to today.
This period introduces man into the mythological picture. during the Milad era the
distinction between man and god was not clear for '...both played their part on the same
stage' (p. 3). The second part of the paper deals with the lineage traditions of the Milad
period, particularly in reference to early migrations. The author believes that these
traditions do not always reflect the actual routes of migration, but instead may indicate
the world view of the people (p. 3)
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
17
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
or15-017
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1980 (July-Oct.)
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle; 1990
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1980
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
not specified
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ethnology--Palau
