Title Maring hunters and traders : production and exchange in the Papua New Guinea highlands / Christopher Healey

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [1990] ©1990

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Description xxii, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Series Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; 8 Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; 8 Contents The Kundagai Environment and Society -- The Uses and Significance of Plumes -- Hunting and Its Regulation -- Valuables and Prestations -- The Structure of Trade -- The Development of Trade -- Exchange Rates -- Utilitarianism, Sociability, and The Organization of Trade -- Appendix 1 Marriage Patterns -- Appendix 2 Birds Used in Decorations -- Appendix 3 Valuables and Trade Goods -- Appendix 4 Trade Regions Analysis Commerce Papua New Guinea Notes Bibliography: p381-391. - Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-391) and index Notes A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program English Subject Economic anthropology -- Papua New Guinea. Exchange -- Papua New Guinea. Exchange. Human ecology -- Papua New Guinea. Human ecology. Maring (Papua New Guinean people) -- Commerce. Maring (Papua New Guinean people) -- Hunting. Maring (Papua New Guinean people) -- Commerce -- Papua New Guinea. Maring (Papua New Guinean people) -- Hunting -- Papua New Guinea. LC no. 89020649 ISBN 0520068408 (alk. paper)

ABBREV TI MARING HUNTERS & TRADERS: PRODUCTION & EXCHANGE IN THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS MARING HUNTERS AND TRADERS: PRODUCTION & EXCHANGE IN THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS Other Titles Maring hunters and traders

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