A turtle turned on the sand in the Kei Islands; Society's shares and values
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2903281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Barraud (0000-0003-4285-6627, 1. [email protected]), Charles Decimus Barraud (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-55 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90003226 |
| OpenAlex | W2068599533 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
On a bright night, when the beach is lit by a full moon, a villager, usually alone, lies in wait for a turtle1 to emerge from the sea and dig a hole in the sand to lay its eggs. Once the eggs have been buried, the turtle lies on top of them and rests. The man looks on silently, and when the turtle has stopped moving, he approaches and turns it over on its back. The animal is trapped. On Tanebar-Evav island,2 turtle eggs are usually laid on the southern or western nesting beaches, a good distance from the village which is situated on the northern coast. Since it is forbidden to carry through the gardens a turtle which has not yet been cut up and ritually offered, the turtle is transported around the island to the shore before the
Archaeology · Biology · Fishery · Geography · Nesting (process · Sea turtle · Shore · Turtle (robot · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Engineering · Geology · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |