The Abelam: A Study in Local Differentiation

Lea, David A. M.

doi:10.1111/apv.62005

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“…Mead's (1935: p. 11) early reference to the Abelam described them as "gay, artistic, head-hunting people". More recent studies report on land shortages (Lea, 1965) and health and nutrition problems in the region (Heywood, 1986).…”

Section: Place Of Origin: the "Outsites"mentioning

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Effects of resettlement on nutritional status of mothers and children in lowland Papua new Guinea

Shack

Grivetti

Dewey

1990

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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Nutritional status of three ethnic groups living at Gavien, a rubber resettlement project in lowland Papua New Guinea, was compared with that of people living in the home areas: Grass Country (hunter-gatherers); Wosera (agriculturalists); Middle Sepik (hunter-gatherers with limited agriculture).Anthropometry of mothers (n=115) and children (n=115) was completed during wet and dry seasons. Blood samples were collected to identify anemia and malarial infection.Grass Country children in Gavien were higher in weight-for-age and weight-for-height than their home area counterparts. Wosera children at Gavien were taller than their counterparts. In contrast, Middle Sepik children showed no improvement in Gavien. Hemoglobin and hematocrit were generally lower among mothers and children in the home areas and malarial parasite rates were higher.The group that benefited most from resettlement was agriculturalists, who were crowded at home and had cultivation skills necessary for growing food and cash crops. Resettlement was less beneficial for hunter-gatherer groups unaccustomed to agriculture.

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Section: Place Of Origin: the "Outsites"mentioning

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Effects of resettlement on nutritional status of mothers and children in lowland Papua new Guinea

Shack

Grivetti

Dewey

1990

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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“…It may even come to pass that apes will be a nonagnate in terms of the predominant composition of the work group he heads .2 Some 30 years ago, the Abelam of the Wosera were under considerable population stress and were on the verge of a major expansion into relatively underpopulated territory to the west. With the establishment of Australian control, the boundaries were fixed and the already serious population pressures have increased to crisis proportions (Lea, 1964(Lea, , 1965. The distinction of agnate 2It is evident that this description does not do justice to the intricacies of Abelam social organization.…”

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The interrelationships of disease and culture in a primitive New Guinea community

Gorlin

1977

Hum Ecol

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“…The agricultural system has been described elsewhere (Lea, 1964(Lea, , 1965(Lea, , 1966), and it is described only briefly here.…”

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“…in Stapikum, where there are tense social relationships within the village (see Lea, 1965) and where there is a pressing consciousness of land shortage, the lending of land is not as common as in Yenigo where land pressures are not felt. kinship does appear to be important in obtaining usufructuary rights to land but it is often subordinate to ties such as co-residence.…”

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“…Although a substantive genealogical link cannot be found, a kinship relationship is assumed by transferring clan membership. in Stapikum, where there are tense social relationships within the village (see Lea, 1965) and where there is a pressing consciousness of land shortage, the lending of land is not as common as in Yenigo where land pressures are not felt. Pressure of population has induced a need for security in land, and personal and group rights are more jealously guarded (compare Brookiield and Brown, 1963, 125 ff).…”

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