William A Lessa
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 80348 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | William A Lessa |
| NOMBRES | William A |
| APELLIDO | Lessa |
| FIRMA | LESSA W A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 76 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 120 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 76 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1947 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1985 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
The First Taint of Civilization
More Tales from Ulithi Atoll
Drake's Island of Thieves
The Demystification of Yap
Pura Mutuzuma
Drake's Island of Thieves. Ethnological Sleuthing
Drake's Island of Thieves
Francis drake in Mindanao
(1974). Francis drake in Mindanao? The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 55-64
Reader in Comparative Religion
Folklore
Folklore
Legends of the South Sea
Big Men and Cargo Cults
Ethnology
Nā Mele o Hawai'i Nei
Religion
Ifa Divination
Chinese Body Divination
The Chinese Trigrams in Micronesia
SOME CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, said Henry David Thoreau, very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. That is the theme of this essay. In Micronesia, especially the Caroline Islands, there is an outstanding method of divination called bwe, which makes use of knotted palm leaflets. It is so similar in its methodology and permutations to the ancient Chinese i pu, using the random selection of the so-called diagrams, as to merit attention as on…
Tikopia Ritual and Belief
Chinese Body Divination
Polynesian Culture History
Ulithi
Ulithi
Discoverer-of-the-Sun
Reader in Comparative Religion
Ulithi and the Outer Native World
Ulithi
Big Men and Cargo Cults
An Evaluation of Early Descriptions of Carolinian Culture
Current Anthropology
Religion
Drake's Island of Thieves
Sorcery on Ifaluk
Tales from Ulithi Atoll
Oedipus-Type Tales in Oceania
The Place of Ulithi in the Yap Empire
Anthropologists have long been aware of the existence of the miniature empire of Yap. Until now, however, we have imperfectly understood the nature of the bonds which have held together this insular domain. Previous accounts, especially by those Germans of the Thilenius expedition who investigated the ethnology of the Caroline Islands 40 years ago, have been inadequate. A suitable understanding of the native system of interrelationships is a matt…
The Religion of Bellona Island
Population dynamics of an atoll community
A 1960 census of population for Ulithi atoll in Micronesia permits comparison with a prior enumeration conducted in 1949. During the intercensal period, a marked increase in population is noted, reversing a long-term trend of depopulation for the atoll community. Data on mortality, fertility, migration, and family structure are presented to examine changes in the population balance. The conclusions of the study lend support to a previous contenti…
The Content and Style of an Oral Literature
Legends of the South Sea
General and Theoretical
An Atoll Culture
A Study of Abortion in Primitive Societies
Other
The somatology of Ulithi Atoll
Aging Medicine is an open access journal for international collaboration in multiple research disciplines across the aging sciences. The American Journal of Biological Anthropology is a physical anthropology publication, accepting evolutionary articles in bioarcheology, human & primate biology, & more
Constitution and Disease; Applied Constitutional Pathology (2d Edition, revised and enlarged). Julius Bauer
Action for Unity.Goodwin Watson
El Engaño de las razas.Ferdinando Ortiz
The Place of Ulithi in the Yap Empire
Anthropologists have long been aware of the existence of the miniature empire of Yap. Until now, however, we have imperfectly understood the nature of the bonds which have held together this insular domain. Previous accounts, especially by those Germans of the Thilenius expedition who investigated the ethnology of the Caroline Islands 40 years ago, have been inadequate. A suitable understanding of the native system of interrelationships is a matt…
Ulithi and the Outer Native World
The Menehune of Polynesia and Other Mythical Little People of Oceania
Ethnology and Ethnography
The somatology of Ulithi Atoll
Aging Medicine is an open access journal for international collaboration in multiple research disciplines across the aging sciences. The American Journal of Biological Anthropology is a physical anthropology publication, accepting evolutionary articles in bioarcheology, human & primate biology, & more
Other
Other
An Atoll Culture
A Study of Abortion in Primitive Societies
Culture Contact and Culture Change
Reply to Posinsky
Current Anthropology
Oedipus-Type Tales in Oceania
Other
General and Theoretical
Ethnology and Ethnography
Ethnology and Ethnography
Prehistoric Religion
Ethnology and Ethnography
Religion
Reader in Comparative Religion
Reader in Comparative Religion
History (57 obras) · Sociology (40 obras) · History (39 obras) · Computer Science (38 obras) · Citation (34 obras) · Library science (33 obras) · Anthropology (22 obras) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (18 obras) · Philosophy (18 obras) · Geography (15 obras)