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Papua New Guinea Highlands Dissertations

Owning Institution: UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library

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Dissertations (PhD) and theses (M.A. and B.A.) based on anthropological fieldwork and other research in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea. The majority of the works were written in the 1960s (11 titles), 1970s (23 titles) and 1980s (10 titles). These works discuss social life and customs, history, and other topics pertaining to indigenous peoples of Papua New Guinea. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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55 items found in this collection

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Aspects of pig production and use in colonial Sinasina, Papua New Guinea
Axe makers of the Wahgi : pre- colonial industrialists of the Papua …
Bena Bena social structure
Binumarien : kinship and cooperation in a New Guinea highlands community
Convergence and divergence of human behavior : an ethnopsychological comparative study of …
Conversion and continuity : response to missionization in the Papua New Guinea …
Crops, kiaps, and currency : flexible behavioral strategies among the Ilakia Awa …
Dance and daily activities among the Maring people of New Guinea : …
The death of a great land : ritual, history and subsistence revolution …
A decade of change in the Goroka Valley, New Guinea : land …
An ecological study of Gadio Enga (New Guinea) subsistence
Ecology, agriculture and social organization : the dynamics of group composition in …
Economic change among the Siane tribes of New Guinea
The economics of social subordination : gender relations and market failure in …
Environment and health in a New Guinea Highlands community
An epic journey : the 1930 expedition of Michael Leahy and Michael …
Foi land use, prestige economics and residence : a processual analysis
Foundations of a primitive medical system : the Gimi of the New …
Gift exchange in the Mendi Valley : an examination of the socio-political …
The ground of the ancestors : a history of Goroka
A history of contact and change in the Goroka Valley, Central Highlands …
Hunting of birds of paradise and trade in plumes in the Jimi …
Illness and medical care in a New Guinea Highlands society
Incorporating the world system : culture and historical transformation among the Kamano …
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